Internaționali români de fotbal: Gavril Pelé Balint

Gavril Pelé Balint (born 3 January 1963) is a former Romanian football striker and the current head coach of Moldovan national team. His scored the second and last goal at the penalties shoot-out during the 1986 European Cup final, helping his team, Steaua Bucureşti, to win the trophy.

Born in Sângeorz-Băi, Bistriţa Balint made his Divizia A debut with Steaua Bucureşti in 1981 where he played until 1990 winning the league title in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, the Romanian Cup in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989, the European Cup 1985-86 in 1986 and the European Super Cup in 1987. At the end of the 1989-90 season Balint became top goalscorer of Divizia A with 19 goals.
In 1990, he was bought by Real Burgos for $ 1,000,000. He played for the Spanish side until his retirement in 1993.

Balint was capped 34 times by Romania, and scored 14 goals. He played at the 1990 World Cup where he scored twice, against Cameroon and Argentina.

Balint started his coaching career in 1994, aged 31, when he was appointed as assistant coach of Romania under Anghel Iordănescu's regime. Four years later comes his first chance as head coach after taking the charge at Sportul Studenţesc, but in May 2000 he is called again to join the coaching team of Romania as the squad prepared for the UEFA Euro 2000.

In the summer of 2000 Balint was requested by Mircea Lucescu as his assistant to Galatasaray, however left the job after only one season, to join again Romania as assistant coach, this time under Gheorghe Hagi's regime.
After Hagi resigned, Balint went to Sheriff Tiraspol for his second job as head coach, taking the team in 2002.
In 2003 he returned to Romania and signed to Sportul Studenţesc, now in Liga II but helped the team win promotion back to Liga I.
Balint returned as assistant coach to Galatasaray in 2004 to work again with Gheorghe Hagi.
In 2005 he was appointed assistant coach of FCU Politehnica Timişoara, working again with Gheorghe Hagi.
Romanian gaffer Gavrin Balint as the new man in charge of the Moldova national team. The 47-year-old has signed a two-year contract.