Ion Lǎpuşneanu
Ion Lǎpuşneanu (left) playing for Romania against Peru in the 1930 World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-12-08)December 8, 1908
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death February 24, 1994(1994-02-24) (aged 85)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1928 Venus București
1928–1929 Banatul Timișoara
1929–1930 Sportul Studențesc București
1931–1935 Venus București 32 (0)
1935–1937 Rapid București 12 (0)
1937–1938 Gloria CFR Galați
Total 44 (0)
International career
1929–1932 Romania 10 (0)
Managerial career
1942–1943 Romania
1948–1949 Politehnica Timișoara
1951–1952 Flacăra Petroșani
1953–1954 Argeș Pitești
1955–1956 Argeș Pitești
1958–1959 Argeș Pitești
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (December 8, 1908 in Bucharest – February 24, 1994) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Career

His career in club football was spent at Venus București, Banatul Timișoara, Sportul Studențesc București, Venus București, Rapid București and Gloria CFR Galați.[1]

International career

Ion Lăpuşneanu played 10 games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Constantin Rădulescu used him on 15 September 1929 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against Bulgaria.[2][3] He played two games at the successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, two at the 1932 Balkan Cup and one at the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs.[2] Lăpuşneanu was also part of Romania's 1930 World Cup squad in which he played in both of Romania's games at the tournament, the 3–1 victory against Peru and the 4–0 loss against eventual tournament winners Uruguay.[2][4] His last game for the national team was a friendly which ended with a 5–0 loss against Poland.[2]

In 1942 Lăpușneanu was coach of Romania's national team, leading the team in three friendly games, a 7–0 loss against Germany, a 1–0 loss against Slovakia and a 2–2 against Croatia.[5][6]

Honours

Venus București

Rapid București

Romania

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ion Lăpușneanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ion Lăpușneanu player profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "România la CM 1930 "Şi noi am fost pe Conte Verde"" [Romania at the World Cup 1930 "We were on Conte Verde too"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ion Lăpușneanu manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "România a avut un singur antrenor străin într-un secol fotbalistic!" [Romania had only one foreign coach in a football century!]. www.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 3 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Balkan Cup 1929–31". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "1931-1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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