| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 March 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 2016 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1965 | Electrica Constanța | ||
| 1965–1966 | Steaua București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1983 | FC Constanța[a] | 390 | (12) |
| 1979 | → Șoimii Cernavodă (loan) | ||
| International career | |||
| 1972–1974 | Romania | 13 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Dunărea Călărași | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dumitru Antonescu (25 March 1945 – 25 April 2016) was a Romanian football player.
Club career
Dumitru Antonescu was born on 25 March 1945 in Constanța, Romania, starting to play football at junior level in 1957 at local club Electrica Constanța, after four years moving at Steaua București for one year, before returning to play at senior level for his hometown team FC Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 15 February 1967 in a match which ended with a 1–0 victory against Petrolul Ploiești.[1][2][3][4] In his 17 seasons spent at FC Constanța which include three Divizia B seasons, the highlight of this period was a fourth position at the end of the 1966–67 season and he managed to become the clubs all-time leader of Divizia A appearances with 390 games in which he scored 12 goals, making his last appearance in the competition on 24 November 1982 in a 1–1 against Dinamo București.[1][5] In 1979 he spent a short period playing for Șoimii Cernavodă in Divizia C.[6] After he ended his playing career, Antonescu was coach from 1985 until 1987 at Dunărea Călărași, after which he worked at Farul Constanța's youth center for almost three decades, spending the last year of his life as a technical director at ACS Prejmer, dying on 25 April 2016 in a hospital from Bucharest.[2][3][7]
International career
Antonescu played 13 games for Romania making his debut on 29 October 1972 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 2–0 home victory against Albania at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers in which he appeared in a total of five matches, including Romania's biggest ever victory, a 9–0 against Finland.[8][9][10][11] He also played in a 3–1 victory against Greece at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup and his last game for the national team was a 0–0 against Denmark at the Euro 1976 qualifiers.[8]
Honours
FC Constanța
Individual
- Romanian Footballer of the Year (fourth place): 1973,
Notes
- ^ The statistics for the 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Dumitru Antonescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b Iancu, Mariana (10 April 2013). "Dumitru Antonescu former glory of Farul lives just with a 800 lei pension". reporterntv.ro. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Doliu în fotbalul românesc. Dumitru Antonescu, legenda Farului Constanța, a murit" [Mourning in Romanian football. Dumitru Antonescu, the legend of the Farul Constanța, died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Constanța își plânge un simbol. S-a stins din viață Dumitru Antonescu, fundașul Farului cu 400 de meciuri în Liga 1" [Constanța cries after the death of a symbol. Dumitru Antonescu, the Farul defender with 400 matches in Liga 1, passed away] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Adevărata legendă a Constanței" [The true legend of Constanța] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Imagine rară cu fotbalistul emblemă al Farului. Dumitru Antonescu, în tricoul echipei Şoimii Cernavodă. Momente memorabile!" [Rare image with the emblematic football player of the Farul. Dumitru Antonescu, in the jersey of Şoimii Cernavodă. Memorable moments!] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Culea-Pană-Simion, apărare de beton" ["Culea-Pană-Simion, concrete defense"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Dumitru Antonescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Romania 2-0 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970-1979 - Details". RSSSF.
- ^ "Sandu și ceilalți "eroi" din 1973, despre culisele victoriei istorice cu 9-0 cu Finlanda" [Sandu and the other "heroes" from 1973, about the backstage of the historic 9-0 victory over Finland] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
External links
- Dumitru Antonescu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dumitru Antonescu at WorldFootball.net