Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 July 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania | ||
Date of death | 21 June 2000 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1947–1949 | Juventus București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950 | Partizanul București | 6 | (8) |
1950–1951 | Steaua București | 6 | (1) |
1952–1953 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 32 | (5) |
1953–1961 | Steaua București[a] | 153 | (85) |
1962 | Olimpia București | ||
Total | 198 | (99) | |
International career | |||
Romania B | 5 | (0) | |
1956–1959 | Romania[b] | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1982–1989 | Steaua București (President) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the president of Steaua București during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century.[4][5][6]
Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia București.[1]
He was top scorer of Liga I with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.[1][3]
Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Cupa României, all with Steaua București and also won four caps for Romania and one for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]