Career
Club career
Țicleanu began his youth career with Metallurgistul Sadu in 1974. He was quickly spotted there by manager Constantin Oţet who brought him to Universitatea Craiova in 1976. He made his professional debut at age 17 with Craiova during the 1976-1977 season.
In the 1985-1986 season, he joined Sportul Studențesc of Bucharest, helping them to a second-place finish in the Divizia A the club"s highest ranking ever.
He remained at the club four seasons, before joining Cypriot side Olympiakos Nicosia, from where he retired in 1991. International career
Țicleanu made his full international debut on 29 August 1979 against Poland at the age of 20.
He earned 42 caps for the Romanian national team, and participated at Union of European Football Associations Euro 1984. After retiring as a football player, Țicleanu went on to become a football coach for a number of teams in Romania including UTA Arad, Oţelul Galaţi, Universitatea Craiova and Romania U–21 team
He has also coached various national youth teams and clubs in Cyprus, Albania, Morocco, Bangladesh, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
His former clubs include Evagoras Paphos, Maghreb Fez, Dinamo Tirana, Kansas Lushnja, Hassania Agadir, Bangladesh U–20 team, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sahel and First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jahra, Corona Brasov and Football Club Brasov.