Dumitru Antonescu

Dumitru Antonescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-03-25)25 March 1945
Place of birth Constanța, Romania
Date of death 25 April 2016(2016-04-25) (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

Antonescu was born on 25 March 1945 in Constanța, Romania, and began playing junior-level football in 1957 at local club Electrica, after four years moving to Steaua București for one year.[1][2][3] Afterwards he returned to play at senior level for his hometown team FC Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 15 February 1967 under coach Virgil Mărdărescu in a 1–0 victory against Petrolul Ploiești, the team finishing the season in fourth place.[1][2][3][4] In his 17 seasons spent at FC Constanța, the highlights were another fourth place in the 1973–74 season and a personal record of seven goals netted in the 1976–77 season, managing to become the club's all-time leader of Divizia A appearances with 390 games in which he scored 12 goals.[1][5] During his years spent with The Sailors, the team also suffered a relegation at the end of the 1977–78 season but Antonescu stayed with the club, helping it earn promotion back to the first league three years later.[1] For the way he played in 1973, Antonescu was placed fourth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.[6] In 1979 he spent a short period playing for Șoimii Cernavodă in Divizia C.[1][7] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 24 November 1982 in Farul's 1–1 draw against Dinamo București.[1][8]

International career

Antonescu played 13 games for Romania, making his debut on 29 October 1972 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 2–0 home win over Albania in 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.[9][10][11][12] He also played in a 3–1 victory against Greece in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup and his last game for the national team was a 0–0 draw against Denmark in the Euro 1976 qualifiers.[9]

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Antonescu was coach from 1985 until 1987 at Dunărea Călărași.[2][13] He then 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.[2][3]

Death

Antonescu died on 25 April 2016 in a hospital in Bucharest at age 71.[1][2][3]

Honours

FC Constanța

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Dumitru Antonescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e Iancu, Mariana (10 April 2013). "Dumitru Antonescu, fosta glorie a Farului, trăiește dintr-o pensie de 800 de lei" [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.
  3. ^ a b c d "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.
  4. ^ "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.
    "Ce s-a ales din echipa de aur Farului de acum 45 de ani" [What happened to Farul's golden team from 45 years ago] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Adevărata legendă a Constanței" [The true legend of Constanța] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Adevărata legendă a Constanței" [The true legend of Constanța] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Dumitru Antonescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Romania 2-0 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1970-1979 - Details". RSSSF.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Culea-Pană-Simion, apărare de beton" ["Culea-Pană-Simion, concrete defense"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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