Ion Alecsandrescu

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]

Ion Alecsandrescu
Alecsandrescu in the 1950s
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-07-17)17 July 1928
Place of birth Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death 21 June 2000(2000-06-21) (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[lower-alpha 1] 153 (85)
1962 Olimpia București
Total 198 (99)
International career
Romania B 5 (0)
1956–1959 Romania[lower-alpha 2] 5 (0)
Managerial career
1982–1989 Steaua București (President)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Notes
  1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Steaua București are not official.[1]
  2. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team[2][3]

References
  1. Ion Alecsandrescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Ion Alecsandrescu". European Football. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. Ion Alecsandrescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "Ion Alecsandrescu – "Omul secolului XX" la Steaua" [Ion Alecsandrescu – "The man of the twentieth century" at Steaua] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. "on Alecsandrescu-Sfinxul" [Ion Alecsandrescu-The Sphinx] (in Romanian). Fcsteaua.ro. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. "Mitică, de partea fostelor glorii: "Gigi a scăpat de sub control!"" [Mitică, on the side of the former glories: "Gigi got out of control!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.


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