Victoraş Constantin Iacob (born 14 October 1980 in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as striker. Club career Rocar București Iacob started to play professional football at AS Rocar București and played his first match in Liga I on 4 December 1999 against FC Argeş Piteşti, but his team lost 3–1. He helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final. Iacob played two seasons for AS Rocar București and scored 4 times in 30 games. In 2001, AS Rocar București were relegated to the second League and the owner of the team, Gigi Nețoiu moved along with part of the players, including Iacob to Universitatea Craiova. Universitatea Craiova He played 15 games for Universitatea Craiova and scored three times. While he was playing for Universitatea, Iacob suffered an injury which kept him away from the field for a long period of time. Progresul București In 2002, Iacob was transferred to Progresul București also known as FC Național where he played in 27 games and scored 4 times. Oțelul Galați During the 2003–04 season, Iacob played half of the season for Oțelul Galați and the other half at Rapid București. Iacob did not manage to meet the expectations of Rapid officials and returned to Oțelul Galați. The 2004–05 season was the best of his career. In 28 games he scored 13 goals and was noticed by Mihai Stoica, the general manager of Steaua București, who signed him on a free transfer. FC FCSB His first season for FCSB was a good one and they won the championship. He played in 22 games and scored five times. His first season in the UEFA Cup in 2004–05 led to an extended cup run for FCSB. They qualified from a group which included Standard Liège, Beşiktaş, Sampdoria and Athletic Bilbao and beat Valencia, a former UEFA Cup winner in the next knock out stage. However they were eliminated in the quarter finals by Villareal. The following season the club qualified for the UEFA Champions League but were beat in the qualifying rounds by Rosenborg. They then played in the UEFA Cup group stages where they defeated teams like RC Lens, Heerenveen S.C., Real Betis in the group stages and one of their traditional Romanian rivals, Rapid București, in the quarter finals. FCSB played the semifinal but were beaten by Middlesbrough F.C. after two dramatic games. In