Costică Ștefănescu

Costică Ştefănescu

Costică Ștefănescu 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
Playing position	Centre-back
Youth career
1965–1969	Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1969–1973	Steaua Bucureşti	77	(9)
1973–1986	Universitatea Craiova	378	(10)
1986–1988	FCM Braşov	35	(0)
Total		490	(19)
National team
1977–1985	Romania	66	(0)
Teams managed
1986–1989	FC Brasov
1990	Steaua Bucureşti
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	Tzafririm Holon
2003	Al Shoala
2003–2005	Al-Jaish Damascus
2006	Universitatea Craiova
2007	Al-Wahda Damascus
2008	Najran SC
2009	Al Tadamon
2009–2012	Al-Wahda Damascus
2012	Al Shamal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Costică Ştefănescu (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 Universitatea Craiova, where he made a club record 378 appearances.^[1] He is also the second all-time appearance leader in Divizia A, having played in a total of 490 matches.^[2] 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.^[3]

Honours

• Romanian Divizia A (3): 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81
• Romanian Cup (6): 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983

References

1. "Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
2. "Romania - All-Time Most Matches Played in Divizia A". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
3. "Former Romania captain Costica Stefanescu dies aged 62". The Guardian. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

External links

• Costică Ștefănescu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro