Ion Lăpușneanu

Ion Lăpușneanu
Lăpușneanu in 1966
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-12-08)8 December 1908
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 24 February 1994(1994-02-24) (aged 85)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1928 Venus București
1928–1929 Banatul Timișoara
1929–1930 Sportul Studențesc București
1931–1935 Venus București 32 (0)
1935–1937 Rapid București 12 (0)
1937–1938 Gloria CFR Galați
Total 44 (0)
International career
1929–1932 Romania 10 (0)
Managerial career
1942 Romania
1946–1948 Sporting Club Pitești
1948–1949 Politehnica Timișoara
1951–1952 Flacăra Petroșani
1953–1954 Dinamo Pitești
1955–1956 Dinamo Pitești
1958–1959 Dinamo Pitești
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (8 December 1908 – 24 February 1994) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career

Lăpușneanu was born on 8 December 1908 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1926 at Venus București in the regional championship.[1][2] After two years he joined Banatul Timișoara with which in the 1928–29 season he won the regional championship that helped them qualify for the national league where they were defeated with 3–0 by România Cluj in the semi-finals.[1][2][3] Afterwards he went for one year at Sportul Studențesc București.[1][2] Subsequently, Lăpușneanu returned to Venus in 1931, keeping a clean sheet in his first match, a 2–0 win over RGM Timișoara, making a total of 11 appearances by the end of the season as the team won the title.[1][2][4] He won another title with Venus in the 1933–34 season when coach Karoly Weszter used him in seven games.[1][2][4] In 1935, Lăpușneanu joined Rapid București where in his second season the team finished runner-up in the league and won the cup, but he did not play in the 5–1 win over Ripensia Timișoara in the final, as Petre Rădulescu was preferred in his place.[1][2][5] After spending the 1937–38 season in Divizia B at Gloria CFR Galați, Lăpușneanu ended his playing career.[1]

International career

Lăpușneanu played 10 games for Romania, making his debut on 15 September 1929 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 3–2 friendly victory against Bulgaria.[6][7] He played two games in the successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, two in the 1932 Balkan Cup and one during the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs.[6][8][9] Lăpușneanu was selected by coach Rădulescu to be part of the team's 1930 World Cup squad in which he played in both of Romania's games, the 3–1 victory against Peru and the 4–0 loss to eventual tournament winners Uruguay.[6][10] His last game for the national team was a 5–0 friendly loss to Poland.[6]

Managerial career

In 1942, Lăpușneanu was coach of Romania's national team, leading them in three friendly games, a 7–0 loss to Germany, a 1–0 loss to Slovakia and a 2–2 draw against Croatia.[2][11][12]

After coaching Sporting Club Pitești in the Romanian lower leagues for a while, he had his first coaching experience in the Romanian top-division Divizia A, leading Politehnica Timișoara in the 1948–49 season.[2][13] Lăpușneanu made his debut on 22 August 1948 in a 3–1 win over Petrolul București, finishing the season in 10th place, thus avoiding relegation.[14][15] He then coached Flacăra Petroșani in the 1951 and 1952 Divizia A seasons, preventing the team from being relegated in both instances.[2][16][17][18]

In 1953 he had his first spell at newly founded club, Dinamo Pitești, helping the team finish the first season of its existence in 8th place in the regional championship.[2][13][19] In 1955 he started his second spell at Dinamo, helping the club get promoted from the regional championship to Divizia C where in the following season the team finished in 8th place.[2][13][19] Lăpușneanu had his third and final spell at Dinamo from 1958 until 1959, helping them get promoted once again from the regional championship to Divizia C.[2][13][19]

Writing

Lăpușneanu wrote a book about football titled Jocul și antrenamentul portarului de fotbal (The game and training of the football goalkeeper) which was released in 1968.[20]

Death

Lăpușneanu died on 24 February 1994 at age 85.[1][2]

Honours

Player

Venus București

Rapid București

Romania

Manager

Dinamo Pitești

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ion Lăpușneanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Povestea lui Jean Lăpușneanu, portarul României de la primul Campionat Mondial din Istorie, Uruguay 1930" [The story of Jean Lăpușneanu, Romania's goalkeeper from the first World Championship in History, Uruguay 1930] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "1928–29 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1964–1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Ion Lăpușneanu player profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Balkan Cup 1929–31". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b "1931-1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ^ "România la CM 1930 "Și noi am fost pe Conte Verde"" [Romania at the World Cup 1930 "We were on Conte Verde too"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Ion Lăpușneanu manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ "România a avut un singur antrenor străin într-un secol fotbalistic!" [Romania had only one foreign coach in a football century!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Istoric" [History] (in Romanian). Main.fotbalclubarges.ro. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "1948–49 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Ion Jean Lăpușneanu" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Fotbal. Jiul Petroşani - 90 de ani. Prigoana antrenorilor" [Football. Jiul Petrosani - 90 years old. The trainers' dungeon] (in Romanian). Zvj.ro. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  17. ^ "1951 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  18. ^ "1952 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  19. ^ a b c "Pe 8 decembrie se năștea primul antrenor din istoria FC Argeș" [On 8 December the first coach of FC Argeș was born] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Jocul şii antrenamentul portarului de fotbal" [The game and training of the football goalkeeper] (in Romanian). Exlibris.usv.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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