Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 September 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Toporu, Romania | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești (head of scouting) | ||
Youth career | |||
1972–1973 | Spicu Toporu | ||
1973–1976 | Argeș Pitești | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1980 | Argeș Pitești | 62 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Dinamo București | 28 | (0) |
1981–1986 | Sportul Studențesc | 157 | (0) |
1986–1990 | Argeș Pitești | 116 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Sportul Studențesc | 23 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Shimshon Tel Aviv | (0) | |
1992–1993 | Sportul Studențesc | 20 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Dacia Pitești | (0) | |
Total | 406 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1976–1977 | Romania U21 | 6 | (0) |
1976–1979 | Romania Olympic | 14 | (0) |
1979–1986 | Romania | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
Dacia Pitești | |||
1997–1998 | Sportul Studențesc București | ||
2007–2010 | Steaua București (GK Coach) | ||
2011–2012 | Universitatea Cluj (GK Coach) | ||
2013 | Universitatea Cluj (GK Coach) | ||
2019– | Argeș Pitești (head of scouting) | ||
2023 | Argeș Pitești (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019 |
Andrei Speriatu (born 29 September 1957) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Speriatu is considered a legend of Argeș Pitești and Sportul Studențesc, also playing for teams such as Dinamo București, Shimshon Tel Aviv or Dacia Pitești. [1] [2]
Andrei Speriatu was born on 29 September 1957 in Toporu, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1972 at local club, Spicu. [1] [2] In 1973 he went to Argeș Pitești where he made his Divizia A debut on 21 November 1976 in a 3–1 away loss in front of UTA Arad. [1] [2] In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory. [1] [3] In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ending. [1] [3] [4] In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Cristian Gheorghe. [1] [5]
In 1980, Speriatu went to play for one season at Dinamo București, working with coach Valentin Stănescu who used him regularly as they earned a runner-up position in the league. [1] [2] [6] Afterwards he went at Sportul Studențesc București where he spent five seasons, the highlights of this period being a second place in the 1985–86 season and a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against Inter Milan from the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, however the second leg was lost with 2–0. [1] [2] [7]
In 1986 he returned to Argeș Pitești for four seasons, then made a comeback for one year at Sportul Studențesc. [1] [2] In 1991 he had an experience playing abroad at Israeli second league side, Shimshon Tel Aviv. [1] [2] Afterwards he came back for a third spell at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1993 in a 4–2 away loss in front of Dinamo, having a total of 406 appearances in the competition, also he played a total of 10 games in the UEFA Cup. [1] [2] Speriatu ended his career in 1994 after he spent one season at Dacia Pitești in Divizia C, helping it promote to the second league. [1] [8]
Andrei Speriatu made four appearances at international level for Romania, making his debut on 13 May 1979 under coach Florin Halagian in a 1–1 with Cyprus at the Euro 1980 qualifiers. [9] [10] His following three appearances were friendlies, the last one taking place on 17 March 1986 when he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 with Iraq. [9]
Romania national team [9] | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1979 | 1 | 0 |
1980 | 1 | 0 |
1986 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Andrei Speriatu had his first coaching experience at Dacia Pitești, then from 1997 until 1998 he was head coach of Sportul Studențesc. [2] [8] [11] Afterwards he worked as a goalkeeper coach for several clubs and as an assistant on several occasions at Argeș Pitești for head coaches Nicolae Dobrin, Constantin Stancu, Marian Bondrea and Bogdan Vintilă. [2] [8] [11] [12] He also worked at Argeș's Center for Children and Juniors and was a scouter for the same team. [2] [8]
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