Gheorghe Constantin (14 December 1932 – 9 March 2010) was a Romanian former footballer and coach. Known as The Professor, he was a symbol of Steaua București.
 Gheorghe Constantin in the 1960s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gheorghe Constantin | ||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 9 March 2010 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1946–1949 | Unirea Tricolor București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1950 | Venus București | ||
| 1950–1951 | Avântul Reghin | ||
| 1951–1954 | CFR Iaşi | ||
| 1954–1955 | CFR Sighetu Marmației | ||
| 1955–1969 | Steaua București | 264 | (148) |
| 1969–1970 | Kayserispor | 26 | (5) |
| 1970–1971 | Farul Constanța | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 293 | (153) | |
| International career | |||
| 1956–1967 | Romania[a] | 39 | (12) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1972 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 1972–1973 | Steaua București | ||
| 1973–1975 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 1975–1976 | SC Bacău | ||
| 1976 | Fenerbahçe (assistant) | ||
| 1976–1977 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 1977–1978 | FCM Galaţi | ||
| 1978–1981 | Steaua București | ||
| 1981–1982 | Politehnica Iaşi | ||
| 1982–1984 | Steaua Mecanică Fină | ||
| 1984–1986 | Gloria Buzău | ||
| 1986–1987 | Olt Scornicești | ||
| 1987–1988 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1989–1990 | Farul Constanța | ||
| 1990 | Romania | ||
| 1990–1991 | Zeytinburnuspor | ||
| 1991–1992 | Rapid București | ||
| 1993–1994 | Farul Constanța (assistant) | ||
| 1994 | Farul Constanța | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editConstantin made his debut for Unirea Tricolor's youth team, and shortly after their abolition he signed with Venus UCB. He played only a year for his new club, before moving to Avântul Reghin and then CFR Iaşi before he signed a contract with Steaua București. He played for Steaua 15-years, scoring 149 goals in Divizia A. Romanian Communist authorities allow him to play abroad for Kayserispor in Turkey.[4]
He made his debut in the Romania national team against Yugoslavia; that was a game made notable by the fact that the whole Romanian team was made up of players from Steaua București. Constantin was also a member of the Romanian soccer team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Managerial career
editAfter his return from Turkey, he was appointed by Steaua București as an assistant manager. Constantin was the manager of the team in 1973, but after only a short period he moved to Bacău. After Bacău, he managed FCM Galaţi, but returned to Steaua in 1978. He won the Romanian Cup in his second spell there, then left the club to manage Politehnica Iaşi. In 1983, he was appointed the manager of Steaua București's second team, Steaua Mecanică Fină București. He managed a number of clubs in his native country and also coached in Turkey.
Career statistics
editInternational goals
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Honours
editPlayer
editClub
editSteaua Bucharest
- Romanian League (4): 1956, 1960, 1961, 1968
- Romanian Cup (4): 1955, 1962, 1966, 1967
Individual
edit- Romanian League Top Scorer (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
- Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 1967
Manager
editSteaua Bucharest
- Romanian Cup: 1978–79
- Romanian League Runners-up: 1979–80
Politehnica Iaşi
- Romanian Second League: 1981–82
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Profile of Gheorghe Constantin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Gheorghe Constantin". European Football. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Gheorghe Constantin at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.
Further reading
edit- Marius Popescu, I se spune Profesorul..., Editura Militară, București, 1969.
External links
edit- Gheorghe Constantin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Gheorghe Constantin at WorldFootball.net
- Gheorghe Constantin at SteauaFC at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 November 2018) (in Romanian)
- Gheorghe Constantin at arsiv.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Gheorghe Constantin's coaching career in Liga I at labtof.ro (in Romanian)
- Gheorghe Constantin – FIFA competition record (archived)
