Alex is in his second season helping the Irvine Valley men's soccer team. 

He was quite a player himself. Alex grew up in Romania and moved to the United States in 2000. He played professional soccer in both countries, and most recently with Chivas USA. After retiring following the 2010 season, Alex became the head coach for the Chivas USA U14 Soccer Development Academy Team. He has also been the head coach at Irvine High.

Alex was born in Sibiu, Romania and started playing professional soccer in 1995, following in the footsteps of his father and brother who also played in Romania. His career began at FC Inter Sibiu in Romania’s 2nd Division where he played for three years before joining the 1st Division Romanian powerhouse, Steaua Bucharest in 1998.

During his run with Steaua, they won the Romanian Cup and competed in the UEFA Cup.

In 2000, Alex won the USA Green Card Lottery in Romania and decided to take his chances and leave Romania. Upon arriving in the United States Zotinca played for the MISL team Kansas City Comets from 2000-2003 where he made the MISL All-Rookie Team as well as the MISL All Star Team.

He then joined Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards in 2003 where he played for four years including the MLS cup Final in 2004.

Then in 2007, Alex joined Chivas USA and decided to make Orange County his permanent home. He played three seasons with Chivas USA, and with them played in the MLS Playoffs in 2007 and 2008.

Following the 2010 season he retired, subsequent to undergoing back and knee surgery in the same year.

After retiring, Alex was named the Head Coach for the Chivas USA U14 Soccer Development Academy Team. In 2012, he joined the coaching staff at IVC. He is also currently coaching club soccer with United FC in San Juan Capistrano.

Alex holds a United States Soccer Federation “B” License, in addition to a Kinesiology degree from Romania.