Gheorghe Constantin

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Gheorghe Constantin
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Constantin
Date of birth December 14, 1932 (1932-12-14) (age 75)
Place of birth    Flag of Romania Bucharest, Romania
Playing position former Striker
Club information
Current club retired
Youth clubs
1946–1949 Flag of Romania Unirea Tricolor
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1949-1950
1950-1951
1951-1954
1954-1969
1969-1971		 Flag of Romania Venus Bucureşti
Flag of Romania Avântul Reghin
Flag of Romania CFR Iaşi
Flag of Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Flag of Turkey Kayserispor




   
National team
1956–1967 Flag of Romania Romania 39 (12)
Teams managed
1972-1973
1975-1976
1977-1978
1978-1981
1981-1982
1983-1984
1984-?		 Flag of Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Flag of Romania SC Bacău
Flag of Romania FCM Galaţi
Flag of Romania Steaua Bucureşti
Flag of Romania Politehnica Iaşi
Flag of Romania Steaua Mecanică Fină
Flag of Romania Gloria Buzău

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Gheorghe Constantin (born 14 December 1932 in Bucureşti, Romania) is a romanian former football player. He is a symbol of Steaua Bucureşti.


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[edit] Player Career

Constantin made his debut for Unirea Tricolor youth team and shortly after the abolition of his team he signed with Venus UCB. He played only a year for his new team. He played a short period of time for Avântul Reghin and for CFR Iaşi before he signed a contract with Steaua Bucureşti. He played 15 years for this team , scoring a huge number of goals in Liga I, 149. After this period he played his last years in Turkey , at Kayserispor, before his retirement.


[edit] Manager Career

After his comeback from Turkey he was appointed by Steaua as an Assistant Manager. He was the manager of the team in 1973 but after only a short period he moves to Bacău. After Bacău he trains FCM Galaţi , but he returns in 1978 at his true love, Steaua. He wins the Romanian Cup with Steaua and he leaves the team for training Politehnica Iaşi. n 1983 he is appointed the manager of Steaua's second team, Steaua Mecanică Fină Bucureşti. After only a year, he moves to Gloria Buzău.


[edit] Achievements

As a player:

  • 4 Romanian Cups (1955, 1961-1962, 1965-1966, 1966-1967)
  • 4 times Romanian Liga I winner (1956, 1959-1960, 1960-1961, 1967-1968)
  • 3 times top-goalscorer of Liga I (1960,1961,1962)

As a manager:


[edit] Trivia

  • He is nicknamed "Profesorul" (the teacher);
  • His debut in the national team is made in the match between Romania and Serbia, match won by the romanian team which was composed only with players from Steaua.
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FC Steaua Bucureşti – Managers

Braun-Bogdan (1948) • Vâlcov (1948–49) • Ronnay (1950) • Gh. Popescu (1951–53) • Ronnay (1953–54) • Savu (1954–55) • Dobay (1956) • Savu (1958) • Niculescu (1958) • Gh. Popescu (1958–60) • Onisie (1960–61) • Mladin (1961) • Gh. Popescu (1962) • Onisie (1962–63) • Ola (1963–64) • Savu (1964–67) • Kovács (1967–70) • Onisie (1970–71) • Stănescu (1971–72) • Constantin (1972-73) • Teaşcă (1974–75) • Jenei (1975–78) • Constantin (1978–81) • Ionescu (1981) • Cernăianu (1981–83) • Jenei (1983–84) • Halagian (1984) • Jenei (1984–86) • Iordănescu (1986–90) • Ştefănescu (1990) • Hălmageanu (1991) • Jenei (1991) • Piţurcă (1992) • Iordănescu (1992–93) • Jenei (1993–94) • Dumitriu (1994–97) • Stoichiţă (1997–98) • Jenei (1998–2000) • Piţurcă (2000–02) • Olăroiu (2002) • Piţurcă (2002–04) • Zenga (2004–05) • Dumitriu (2005) • Protasov (2005) • Olăroiu (2006–07) • Hagi (2007) • Pedrazzini (2007) • Lăcătuş (2007–)
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Romania national football team – Managers

Moraru (1922–23) • Rădulescu (1923) • Suciu (1923–24) • Moraru (1924–28) • Rădulescu (1928–34) • Uridil (1934) • Săvulescu (1934–35) • Rădulescu (1935–38) • Săvulescu (1938) • Iuga (1938–39) • Economu (1939–40) • Iuga (1940) • Economu (1941–42) • Lăpuşneanu (1942–43) • Vogl (1942–43) • Braun-Bogdan (1945) • Economu (1946) • Vâlcov (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Ronnay (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Vâlcov (1948) • Steinbach (1948) • Baratky (1948) • Vogl (1948) • Vâlcov (1949) • Vogl (1949) • Mihăilescu (1949) • Albu (1950) • V. Vâlcov (1950) • Vogl (1950–51) • Popescu I (1951–57) • Botescu (1958–60) • Popescu I (1961) • Teaşcă (1962) • Popescu I (1962) • Ploeşteanu (1962–64) • Stănescu (1964) • Ploeşteanu (1964) • Oană (1965–66) • Stănescu (1967) • Oană (1967) • Niculescu (1967) • Teaşcă (1967) • Niculescu (1967–70) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Stănescu (1973–75) • Drăguşin (1975) • Kovács (1976–79) • Halagian (1979) • Cernăianu (1979) • Kovács (1980) • Stănescu (1980–81) • Lucescu (1981–86) • Jenei (1986–90) • Constantin (1990) • Rădulescu (1990–92) • Dinu (1992–93) • Iordănescu (1993–98) • Piţurcă (1998–99) • Jenei (2000) • Bölöni (2000–01) • Hagi (2001) • Iordănescu (2002–04) • Piţurcă (2004–)
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Steaua Golden Team

Ion Voinescu • Costică Toma • Vasile Zavoda • Alexandru Apolzan • Victor Dumitrescu • Ştefan Onisie • Tiberiu Bone • Cornel Cacoveanu • Gheorghe Constantin • Ion Alecsandrescu • Francisc Zavoda • Nicolae Tătaru • Traian Ivănescu • Emerich Jenei • Coach: Ilie Savu
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