Costică Ștefănescu
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Ștefănescu at the Amsterdam tournament in 1984 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Costică Ştefănescu | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 20 August 2013 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1969 | Steaua București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1973 | Steaua București | 77 | (9) |
| 1973–1986 | Universitatea Craiova | 378 | (10) |
| 1986–1988 | FCM Braşov | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 490 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1985 | Romania[a] | 66 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1989 | FC Brașov | ||
| 1990 | Steaua București | ||
| 1990–1991 | Romania U-21 | ||
| 1991–1992 | Al-Wakrah | ||
| 1992–1993 | Selena Bacău | ||
| 1993–1994 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
| 1994–1998 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Astra Ploieşti | ||
| 2000–2001 | CSM Reşiţa | ||
| 2001–2002 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | ||
| 2003 | Al Shoala | ||
| 2003–2005 | Al-Jaish Damascus | ||
| 2006 | FC U Craiova | ||
| 2007 | Al-Wahda Damascus | ||
| 2008 | Najran SC | ||
| 2009 | Al Tadamon | ||
| 2010–2012 | Al-Jaish | ||
| 2012 | Al Shamal | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Costică Ștefănescu (26 March 1951 – 20 August 2013) was a Romanian professional football player and coach. He spent the majority of his playing career at Universitatea Craiova, where he made a club-record 378 appearances.[3] He is also the second all-time appearance leader in Liga I, having played in 490 matches.[4] In 1983, Ștefănescu was nominated for the Ballon d'Or.[5][6] He played for the Romania national team from 1977 to 1985, and was capped 66 times.
In August 2013, he died after he jumped from the fifth floor at the hospital in Bucharest, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.[7]
Honours
Player
Steaua Bucharest
Universitatea Craiova
Individual
- Romanian Footballer of the Year runner-up: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985
Coach
Al-Wakrah
- Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 1991
Al-Jaish
- Syrian Cup: 2004
- AFC Cup: 2004
Notes
References
- ^ "Costică Ștefănescu". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Costică Ștefănescu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Romania – All-Time Most Matches Played in Divizia A". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994" [Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Former Romania captain Costica Stefanescu dies aged 62". The Guardian. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
External links
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