Constantin Moldoveanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-10-25)25 October 1943[1]
Place of birth Ploiești, Romania[1]
Date of death 10 September 2013(2013-09-10) (aged 69)[1]
Place of death Ploiești, Romania[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger[1]
Youth career
1958–1960 CSMS Iași[3]
1961–1962 Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Petrolul Ploiești 24 (5)
1964 Steaua București 4 (2)
1964–1969 Petrolul Ploiești 99 (19)
1969–1972 Politehnica Iași 73 (26)
1972–1974 Sportul Studențesc București 22 (7)
1974–1975 Petrolul Ploiești 1 (0)
1975–1976 Prahova Ploiești
Total 223 (59)
International career
1967 Romania 1 (0)
Managerial career
1974–1975 Petrolul Ploiești (juniors)
1975–1976 IUC Ploiești
1976–1977 Chimistul Valea Călugărească
1977–1983 Prahova Ploiești
1983–1984 Metalul Plopeni
1984–1986 Steaua Mizil
1986–1987 Gloria Buzău
1987 Petrolul Ploiești
1988–1994 Prahova Ploiești
1994–1995 Flacăra Moreni
1995–1996 Steaua Mizil
1996–1997 Politehnica Iași
1998 Petrolul Ploiești
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Moldoveanu (25 October 1943 – 10 September 2013) was a Romanian football forward, manager and referee.[2][3][4]

Club career

Constantin Moldoveanu was born on 25 October 1943 in Ploiești, Romania and started to play football in 1958 at the junior squads of CSMS Iași, returning in 1961 in Ploiești to play for Petrolul where on 19 August 1962 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ilie Oană in a 0–0 against Progresul București.[1][3][5] He scored two goals in a 6–1 victory against Siderurgistul Galați in the 1963 Cupa României final which helped Petrolul Ploiești win the first Cupa României in the club's history.[2][6] In 1964 he went to play for a half of season at Steaua București, afterwards returning at Petrolul.[1][3] In his second period spent with The Yellow Wolves, he helped the team win the 1965–66 Divizia A title, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 24 matches in which he scored 8 goals, he also played three games in the first round of the 1966–67 European Cup against Liverpool which include a 3–1 victory in which he scored a goal, however they did not manage to qualify to the next round.[1][2][4][7][8] In 1969 he went to play for Politehnica Iași where in the 1970–71 Divizia A season he scored 15 goals, being the top-goalscorer of the league alongside Florea Dumitrache and Gheorghe Tătaru.[1][3][2][4][9] In 1972 Constantin Moldoveanu went to play for Sportul Studențesc București where on 28 October 1973 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–0 away loss against UTA Arad, having a total of 222 appearances and 59 goals scored in the competition, also he has a total of 16 matches played and 8 goals scored in Cupa României and 9 matches and one goal scored in European competitions (including four games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1][3] He ended his career by playing two seasons in Divizia B, first at Petrolul and then at Prahova Ploiești.[1][3] On 10 September 2013, Moldoveanu died in the Ploiești County Hospital.[1][2][3][4][10]

International career

Constantin Moldoveanu played one game for Romania's national team when coach Bazil Marian sent him on the field in order to replace captain Ion Ionescu in the 14th minute of a 1–1 friendly against Uruguay, which took place on 4 January 1967 in Montevideo on Estadio Gran Parque Central.[11][12]

Managerial career

Constantin Moldoveanu worked as a coach mainly in the Romanian lower leagues, having a few spells in Divizia A at Gloria Buzău and Petrolul Ploiești.[3][13] He also coached juniors for many years and worked for a while as a football referee.[3][4]

Honours

Club

Petrolul Ploiești

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Constantin Moldoveanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Constantin Moldoveanu, unul dintre jucătorii emblematici ai echipei Petrolul, a încetat din viaţă" [Constantin Moldoveanu, one of the emblematic players of Petrolul, died] (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "A murit Constică Moldoveanu" [Constică Moldoveanu died] (in Romanian). Doarpetrolul.ro. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "A murit Costică Moldoveanu, una dintre legendele Petrolului" [Costică Moldoveanu, one of the Petrolul legends, died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ^ "FC Progresul vs Petrolul". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Petrolul 66, 53 de ani de la victoria cu Liverpool. Supraviețuitorii succesului, sărbătoriți la Ploiești" [Petrolul 66, 53 years since the victory with Liverpool. The survivors of success, celebrated in Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  8. ^ "55 de ani de la istorica victorie a Petrolului cu Liverpooli" [55 years since the historic victory of Petrolul with Liverpool] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Topscorers of Liga 1 1932–2017". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Omagiu pentru fosta glorie a Petrolului, Constantin Moldoveanu" [Tribute to the former glory of Petrolul, Constantin Moldoveanu] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Constantin Moldoveanu". European Football. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Uruguay – Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Constantin Moldoveanu managerial statistics". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

External links

FC Petrolul Ploiești – managers
Liga I top scorers
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