Andrei Rădulescu (footballer)

For the jurist, see Andrei Rădulescu.

Andrei Rădulescu
Andrei Rădulescu (in the middle)
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-02-09)9 February 1925[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death 1992(1992-00-00) (aged 66–67)[2]
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
1938–1942 Luceafărul București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1943 Venus București[a] 0 (0)
1943–1949 Politehnica Timișoara
1950–1954 Rapid București
International career
1948–1950 Romania 4 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Rădulescu (9 February 1925 – 1992) was a Romanian football forward, referee, president of the Romanian Football Federation and a basketball player.[2][4][5]

Club career

Rădulescu was born on 9 February 1925 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football, aged 13 at Luceafărul București.[2][6] In 1942, he started his senior career at Venus București.[2][5] Subsequently, he moved to Timișoara where he attended the Politehnica University, and played football for the university's team Politehnica.[2][5] From 1950 until 1954, Rădulescu played for Rapid București, managing to become the top-scorer of the 1950 Divizia A season with 18 goals scored in 22 matches.[2][5][6][7][8]

International career

Rădulescu played four games, scoring two goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Iuliu Baratky in a 3–2 victory against Bulgaria in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[5][6][9][10] His next two matches were during the same competition, playing in a 0–0 draw against Poland and in a 5–1 loss to Hungary.[5][9][11][12] Rădulescu's last appearance for the national team was a 6–0 friendly victory against Albania in which he scored two goals.[5][9][13]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rădulescu goal.[9]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 October 1950 Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania  Albania 2–0 6–0 Friendly
2 5–0

Basketball career

During his years of playing football at Venus București and Politehnica Timișoara, Rădulescu also played basketball in regional championships for Viforul Dacia II București and RGM Timișoara.[2][4][6] However, he abandoned that activity in 1948, after Politehnica Timișoara won the promotion to the first league at the requirement of the club's management in order to avoid injuries.[2][4][6]

Refereeing career

In 1957, Rădulescu became a football referee, officiating matches in the Romanian top-division Divizia A and the 1960 Cupa României final.[3][2][4][14] Rădulescu also officiated at international and European club level.[5][15] He was selected to officiate matches in the 1970 World Cup, leading the Belgium – El Salvador game and being a linesman at the Israel – Sweden and Uruguay – Israel games.[2][4][5][6]

After retirement

After he retired from his referee career, Rădulescu worked for the Romanian Football Federation, first as a simple member.[2][4][5] Afterwards he was president of the Central Commission of Referees and of other federal commissions in different periods.[2][4][5] He also managed to be president of the Romanian Football Federation in two periods, the first one was from February 1981 until July 1983 and the second was in January – February 1990.[2][4][5][6][16]

Death

He died in 1992.[5]

Honours

Club

Politehnica Timișoara

Rapid București

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Venus București are not official.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Andrei Rădulescu at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Povestea bucureșteanului Andrei Rădulescu, prima vedetă a Politehnicii Timișoara" [The story of Andrei Rădulescu from Bucharest, the first star of Politehnica Timișoara] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Andrei Rădulescu player profile". Labtof. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Andrei Rădulescu, as pe gazon și sub panou" [Andrei Rădulescu, ace on the grass and under the panel] (in Romanian). Druckeria.ro. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Andrei Rădulescu, românul delegat la CM Mexic '70. Inginer metalurgist, golgheter în Liga 1, arbitru de Mondiale, șef al Federației" [Andrei Rădulescu, the Romanian delegate to the WC Mexico '70. Metallurgical engineer, top scorer in League 1, World Cup referee, head of the Federation] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Alfred Eisenbeisser to Bondoc Ionescu-Crum: Romanian legends who excelled in multiple sports". Fifa.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ Andrei Rădulescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ a b "Topscorers of Liga 1". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d "Andrei Rădulescu". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Romania - Bulgaria 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Poland - Romania 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Romania - Hungary 1:5". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Romania - Albania 6:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  14. ^ "Romanian Cup 1959– 1960". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Andrei Rădulescu referee profile". WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  16. ^ "FRF Presidents". frf.ro. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
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