Mircea Stoenescu
Mircea Stoenescu (11 October 1943 – 5 January 2022) was a Romanian football centre-back, manager and referee.[1][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 October 1943[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 2022 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Drăgășani, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo București | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Dinamo București | 2 | (0) |
| 1962–1963 | Dinamo Obor București | ||
| 1963–1965 | Dinamo Pitești | 36 | (9) |
| 1965–1973 | Dinamo București | 120 | (2) |
| 1973–1975 | Dinamo Slatina[a] | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 173 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 1965–1966 | Romania U23[2] | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Dinamo Victoria București | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Mircea Stoenescu was born on 11 October 1943 in Bucharest, Romania.[1] He started his career playing at the junior squads of Dinamo București, winning a national title at children level in 1959 and one in junior level in 1961.[4] He made his Divizia A debut on 9 July 1961, playing for Dinamo in a 2–0 home victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov.[1] In the following season he made one Divizia A appearance as the club won the title, after which he went to play two seasons at Divizia B club, Dinamo Obor București and another two seasons at Divizia A club, Dinamo Pitești.[1][4] In 1965, Stoenescu returned to Dinamo București for a 8 seasons spell, in which he won two titles, in the first he contributed with 20 appearances and in the second he played 8 games and scored one goal, also helping the club win a cup.[1][4] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 November 1972, playing for Dinamo București in a 1–0 away loss against ASA Târgu Mureș.[1] Stoenescu ended his playing career, spending two seasons at Divizia B team, Dinamo Slatina, having a total of 158 Divizia A matches with 11 goals scored and 7 appearances in European competitions (including 4 appearances in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1] After he ended his playing career, Stoenescu worked for a while as a coach at Dinamo Victoria București in the lower leagues of Romania and as a referee, arbitrating 39 matches over the course of six seasons in Romania's top-league Divizia A.[4][3][5][6] He was also president at Dinamo București.[7][8] Mircea Stoenescu died in Drăgășani on 5 January 2022, at the age of 78.[4]
Honours edit
Dinamo București
- Divizia A: 1961–62, 1970–71, 1972–73[1]
- Cupa României: 1967–68, runner-up 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71[9][10][11][12]
Dinamo Pitești
- Cupa României runner-up: 1964–65[13]
Notes edit
- ^ The statistics for the 1974–75 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mircea Stoenescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Mircea Stoenescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ a b "EXCLUSIV Mircea Stoenescu, interviu tulburător de pe patul de cămin: "E "Apusul meu de soare". Visez să mai trec pragul casei cu soția"" [EXCLUSIVE Mircea Stoenescu, disturbing interview from the dormitory bed: "It's my sunset. "I dream to cross the threshold of the house with my wife"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Nazare, Daniel (5 January 2022). "Dinamo, încă o lovitură grea! A murit marele Mircea Stoenescu, "jandarmul" lui Dobrin: "Am pierdut un personaj fabulos! Te vom iubi mereu!"". Pro Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Mircea Stoenescu referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Ei ne-au părăsit în 2022! Cele mai importante nume din fotbalul românesc care au murit anul trecut" [They left us in 2022! The most important names in Romanian football who died last year] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Mircea Stoenescu se simte umilit de actualii jucători şi conducători ai "cîinilor": "Noi am scris istoria frumoasă a clubului! Cu voi mi-e ruşine"" [Mircea Stoenescu feels humiliated by the current players and leaders of the "dogs": "We wrote the beautiful history of the club! I am ashamed of you"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Mircea Stoenescu a fost numit presedinte la Dinamo" [Mircea Stoenescu was appointed president at Dinamo] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1967–1968". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1969–1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1970–1971". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1964–1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
External links edit
- Mircea Stoenescu at WorldFootball.net
- Mircea Stoenescu at Labtof.ro