Costică Ștefănescu (26 March 1951 – 20 August 2013) was a Romanian football player and coach who last managed Qatari side Al Shamal. He spent the majority of his career at FC 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, after suffering from cancer for a long time, he committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the military hospital in Bucharest.[7]
 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 | |||
Honours
editPlayer
editSteaua Bucharest
Universitatea Craiova
Individual
- Romanian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, (third place): 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984,
Coach
editAl-Wakrah
- Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 1991
Al-Jaish
- Syrian Cup: 2004
- AFC Cup: 2004
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "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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- Costică Ștefănescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)