In the same year he joined Bucharest city rivals Rapid București.
He also played for Olimpia Satu Mare, FCM Galați and ICSIM București.
After he quit playing in 1977, he became quickly a player/manager for ICSIM București, amongst others in the beginning he managed lower league sides such as Rapid Fetești, Autobuzul București, Steaua Mizil, and Rulmentul Bârlad.
In 1994, he was the assistant coach to Anghel Iordănescu in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
In the 1997–98 season he reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals as AEK Athens FC manager, losing a semi-final place to Lokomotiv Moscow in the last minute of the second leg match.