Costică Ștefănescu

Costică Ștefănescu
	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
1969–1973	Steaua București
1973–1986	Universitatea Craiova
1986–1988	FCM Braşov
Total
International career
1977–1985	Romania
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 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]

Honours

Player

Steaua Bucharest

Cupa României: 1969–70, 1970–71

Universitatea Craiova

Liga I: 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81
Cupa României: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83

Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, (third place): 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984,

Coach

Al-Wakrah

Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 1991

Al-Jaish

Syrian Cup: 2004
AFC Cup: 2004

Notes

^ Including two appearances for Romania's Olympic team.^[1]^[2]

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

Costică Ștefănescu at WorldFootball.net
Costică Ștefănescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[ROM-3] Including two appearances for Romania's Olympic team.^[1]^[2]

[1] "Costică Ștefănescu". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[2] Costică Ștefănescu at National-Football-Teams.com

[4] "Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[5] "Romania – All-Time Most Matches Played in Divizia A". Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[RSSF-6] Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

[fanatik-7] "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.

[8] "Former Romania captain Costica Stefanescu dies aged 62". The Guardian. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

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