Virgil Mărdărescu

Virgil Mărdărescu

Personal information
Full name	Vintilă Virgil Mărdărescu
Date of birth	15 July 1921
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	11 June 2003 (aged 81)
Place of death	Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947–1950	Flacăra București
Teams managed
1955–1956	Dinamo Braşov
1957–1958	Dinamo Cluj
1958–1959	Universitatea Cluj
1959–1960	Jiul Petroșani
1960–1961	Știința Craiova
1961–1962	Gloria Bistrița
1962–1963	Bacău
1963–1965	Argeș Pitești
1965–1968	Farul Constanța
1969–1970	Romania Olympic B
1970–1973	Politehnica Iași
1974–1978	Morocco
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu") was a Romanian football manager.

In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, known as Romania Olympic and undertook a tour of Israel.^[1] and Australia.^[2]

In 1976 he led Morocco to their first Africa Cup of Nations title,^[3] but was unable to follow up that success in 1978 when the team were knocked out in the first round.^[4]

His son Gil Mărdărescu played together with Pelé for New York Cosmos in the NASL.^[5]

Honours

Politehnica Iași

• Romanian Second League: 1972–73

Morocco

• Africa Cup of Nations: 1976

References

1. "Israel Official Games 1970-1979". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
2. "South Australia v Romania B". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
3. "African Nations Cup 1976 - Final Tournament Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
4. "African Nations Cup 1978 - Final Tournament Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
5. "Imagine de colecţie" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 14 January 2015.