Costică Ștefănescu
Ștefănescu at the Amsterdam tournament in 1984
Personal information
Full name Costică Ştefănescu
Date of birth (1951-03-26)26 March 1951
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 20 August 2013(2013-08-20) (aged 62)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
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[lower-alpha 1] 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 football player and coach who last managed Qatari side Al Shamal. He spent the majority of his career at CS 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 a total of 490 matches.[4] In 1983, Ștefănescu was nominated for the Ballon d'Or.[5][6] 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

Universitatea Craiova

Coach

Al-Wakrah

Al-Jaish

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Costică Ștefănescu". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Costică Ștefănescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Romania – All-Time Most Matches Played in Divizia A". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Former Romania captain Costica Stefanescu dies aged 62". The Guardian. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
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