Mircea Axente (footballer, born 1944)

Not to be confused with Mircea Ionuț Axente.

Mircea Axente
Axente with UTA Arad in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-12-09) 9 December 1944[1]
Place of birth Arad, Romania[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Gloria Arad
UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1976 UTA Arad 286 (42)
1976–1977 Rapid Arad
International career
1966 Romania U23 1 (1)
1970 Romania B 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea Axente (born 9 December 1944) is a Romanian former football midfielder and referee.[1][2][3]

Club career

Axente was born on 9 December 1944 in Arad, Romania and started playing junior-level football at local club, Gloria.[2][3] After he was seen by UTA Arad's coach Nicolae Dumitrescu at a school championship, he was signed by The Old Lady where he started his senior career, making his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1964 in a 2–0 away loss to Știința Cluj.[2][3] His first performance was reaching the 1966 Cupa României final which was lost with 4–0 to Steaua București.[2][3][4] Afterwards he won two consecutive titles with coach Dumitrescu in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons, contributing in the first with eight goals scored in 29 appearances and in the second he played 30 games and scored six times.[2][3][5] Axente also made some European performances with UTA, as he provided the assist to Florian Dumitrescu who scored their decisive goal that eliminated defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup.[2][3][6][7][8] In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, he helped the club reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition.[2][3][9] He spent 13 seasons at UTA, his last Divizia A game took place on 20 June 1976 in a 3–2 away loss to ASA Târgu Mureș, having a total of 286 matches with 42 goals scored in the competition, and he also made 11 appearances in European competitions.[2][3] Axente retired in 1977 after he spent a season in Divizia B at Rapid Arad.[2]

International career

Axente played one game in 1966 for Romania's under-23 team, a 3–3 draw against Poland in which netted one goal.[10] In 1970 he made three appearances for Romania's B squad, consisting of two losses against Mexico and a win over El Salvador.[10]

After retirement

After he ended his playing career, Axente became a referee, officiating matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A and at international and European club level.[3][6]

A book about him was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Mircea Axente, de pe maidanele Aradului în casa campioanei lumii (Mircea Axente, from the slopes of Arad in the world champion's house).[6][7][11][12]

Honours

UTA Arad

References

  1. ^ a b c Mircea Axente at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mircea Axente at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k ""Senatorul" benzilor marii echipe a UTA-ei a împlinit 70 de ani" [The "senator" of the wings of the great team of UTA has turned 70 years old] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1965-1966". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Lansare de carte la Muzeu" [Book launch at the museum] (in Romanian). Aradon.ro. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b "74 de ani de UTA! "Campioana Provinciei" a sărbătorit prin lansarea volumului "Mircea Axente, de pe maidanele Aradului în casa campioanei lumii"" [74 years of UTA! "Champion of the Province" celebrated by launching the volume "Mircea Axente, from the slopes of Arad in the house of the world champion"] (in Romanian). Ghidularadean.ro. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ "UTA – Feyenoord, o victorie de legendă. Florian Dumitrescu: "De frică ne-am mobilizat total"" [UTA - Feyenoord, a legendary victory. Florian Dumitrescu: "Fear totally mobilized us"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Mircea Axente profile". 11v11. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  11. ^ "A 74-a aniversare a "Bătrânei Doamne", sub semnul extremei ce a îngenunchiat Feyenoordul: "Mircea Axente, de pe maidanele Aradului în casa campioanei lumii"" [74th anniversary of the "Old Lady", under the sign of the winger that made Feyenoord kneel: "Mircea Axente, from the slopes of Arad in the world champion's house"] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  12. ^ ""De pe maidanele Aradului în casa campioanei lumii"" ["From the slopes of Arad in the world champion's house"] (in Romanian). Aradon.ro. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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