Dan Păltinișanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-23)23 March 1951
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 4 March 1995(1995-03-04) (aged 43)
Place of death Timișoara, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1962–1965 TM București
1965–1970 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 FC Brașov 1 (0)
1972–1973 Metrom Brașov 26 (0)
1973–1983 Politehnica Timișoara 271 (24)
1983–1985 Unirea Sânnicolau Mare 20 (3)
Total 318 (27)
International career
1978–1979 Romania 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Universiade
Gold medal – first place1974 NiceTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dan Păltinișanu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Dan Păltinișanu was born in Bucharest, he started playing football in the youth systems of TM București and Dinamo București.[1] He started his senior career at FC Brașov, making his Divizia A debut on 11 June 1972 in a 0–0 against Politehnica Iași.[1] After playing only one Divizia A match for FC Brașov, Păltinișanu went to play one season in the second division for Metrom Brașov.[1] For ten seasons starting from 1973 until 1983, Păltinișanu played for Politehnica Timișoara, winning the 1979–80 Cupa României in which he scored the decisive goal in the 2–1 victory of the final against Steaua București, appearing in 271 Divizia A matches in which he scored 24 goals and playing in 9 games in which he scored 4 goals in European competitions.[1][2] He scored the goal that secured Politehnica Timișoara's 1–0 victory in the second leg against Celtic in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup which helped Politehnica advance to the next phase of the competition.[2][3] He spent the last two years of his career playing in the third league for Unirea Sânnicolau Mare.[1]

For his performances achieved at Politehnica Timișoara, the Dan Păltinișanu Stadium from Timișoara was named in his honor.[4]

Păltinișanu won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition of the tournament that was held in France, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romulus Chihaia and Paul Cazan.[5]

International career

Dan Păltinișanu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 31 May 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovács in a 1–1 against Bulgaria at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[6][7] His following two games were friendlies, a 1–0 loss against East Germany and a 3–1 loss against Soviet Union.[6]

Personal life

His son, who is also named Dan Păltinișanu, was a basketball player who played for Romania's national basketball team and won the Romanian Basketball Cup while playing for BCM Elba Timișoara in 2010.[4][8][9]

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dan Păltinișanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 "23 martie, ziua in care se nastea o legenda a Timisoarei: Dan Paltinisanu" [March 23, the day a legend of Timisoara was born: Dan Paltinisanu] (in Romanian). Opiniatimisoarei.ro. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Remember Poli – Celtic Glasgow: în urmă cu 31 de ani Timişoara a zguduit Europa" [Remember Poli - Celtic Glasgow: 31 years ago Timisoara shook Europe] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Dan Păltinişanu, un nume de legendă: bunicul fotbalist, tatăl baschetbalist. Ce va fi nepotul?" [Dan Paltinisanu, a legendary name: the footballer grandfather, the basketballer father. What will the nephew be?] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Au fost odată campioni mondiali" [Once they were world champions] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Dan Păltinișanu". European Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bulgaria - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Legenda baschetului timișorean, Dan Păltinișanu, va conduce Academia BC Timișoara" [The basketball legend of Timişoara, Dan Paltinisanu, will lead the BC Timişoara Academy] (in Romanian). voceatimisului.ro. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Dan Păltinișanu Junior: "Mă bucur când oamenii îmi vorbesc și astăzi de tata!" FOTO/VIDEO" [Dan Paltinisanu Junior: "I'm glad that people talk to me about my father even today!" PHOTO / VIDEO] (in Romanian). renasterea.ro. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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