Viorel Năstase

Viorel Năstase

Personal information
Full name	Viorel Năstase
Date of birth	7 October 1953
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Progresul Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1969–1971	Progresul Bucureşti	18	(9^1)
1971–1979	Steaua Bucureşti	166	(77)
1980–1981	TSV 1860 München	25	(15)
1981–1984	Catanzaro	31	(3)
1984–1985	SV Salzburg	3	(0)
Total		243	(104)
National team
	Romania U-23	15	(7)
1971–1976	Romania	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Viorel Năstase (born 7 October 1953 in Bucureşti) is a retired Romanian footballer who player as striker.

He scored four goals in six matches for Steaua in European Cups, all against FC Barcelona.^[1][2][3]

He defected to the West in 1979 after a game between Steaua and Young Boys Bern.^[4]

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

• Romanian League (2): 1975–76, 1977–78
• Romanian Cup (2): 1975–76, 1978–79
• Torneo di Viareggio Third place: 1973

Notes

^1 The 1969–1970 Liga I goals made for Progresul Bucureşti are unavailable.

References

1. "Season 1971–72" (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
2. "Season 1971–72" (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
3. "Season 1977–78" (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
4. "Viorel Năstase - o legendă a Stelei, dispărută în anonimat" (in Romanian). antena3.ro. Retrieved 10 October 2009.

External links

• Viorel Năstase at worldfootball.net