| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Slobozia Moară, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1973 | Progresul București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Progresul București [a] | 14 | (0) |
| 1975–1986 | Dinamo București | 251 | (58) |
| 1976–1977 | → FC Constanța (loan) | 30 | (6) |
| 1986–1990 | Flacăra Moreni | 109 | (21) |
| 1990–1991 | Rapid București | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 419 | (85) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Poiana Câmpina | ||
| 2002–2004 | Unirea Urziceni | ||
| 2005–2006 | Unirea Urziceni (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2012 | ACS Berceni | ||
| 2013–2014 | ACS Berceni | ||
| 2015 | ACS Berceni | ||
| 2019 | Juventus Bascov | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marin Dragnea (born 1 January 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. [2]
Dragnea was born on 1 January 1956 in Slobozia Moară, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Progresul București under coach Nicolae Gorgorin. [1] [3] He started playing at senior level in 1972 when the club was in Divizia B, being given his debut by coach Eugen Iordache and later worked with Viorel Mateianu. [1] [3] He was transferred to Dinamo București where he stayed one year without playing due to a cruciate ligament injury sustained at Progresul, which recurred during a friendly match for Dinamo. [1] [3] In the following season he was loaned to FC Constanța where on 29 August 1976 he made his Divizia A debut in a 0–0 draw against his former team, Progresul. [1] [3]
After one season, Dragnea left FC Constanța to rejoin Dinamo where he won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 until 1984. [1] [3] [4] In the first one he contributed under coach Valentin Stănescu with seven goals scored in 23 matches. [1] [3] [4] In the second he played 30 games and netted seven times and in the third he made 29 appearances and scored a personal record of 15 goals, working with coach Nicolae Dumitru in both seasons. [1] [3] [4] Dragnea also won three Cupa României with The Red Dogs , but in the first final, which took place in 1982, he did not play in the win over FC Baia Mare. [1] [3] [5] However, in the 1983 final, coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 success against rivals Steaua București and in the one from 1986, coach Mircea Lucescu played him the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 victory over Steaua who had recently won the European Cup. [1] [3] [6] In November 1984, he scored the victory goal in a 2–1 win over Steaua in a league match. [7] Dragnea made some notable performances with Dinamo in European competitions, such as helping it eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. [1] [3] [3] [8] He also appeared in eight matches in which he scored one goal against Kuusysi Lahti in the 1983–84 European Cup season, as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool. [1] [9]
After nine and a half seasons spent at Dinamo, in the middle of the 1986–87 season he was transferred to Flacăra Moreni. [1] [3] In three and a half seasons at Flacăra he made 109 league appearances in which he scored 21 goals and appeared in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate loss to FC Porto in the first round of the 1989–90 UEFA Cup. [1] [3] [10] Dragnea ended his career by playing one season for Rapid București, making his last Divizia A appearance on 16 June 1991 in a 1–0 loss to Petrolul Ploiești, having a total of 405 matches with 85 goals scored in the competition, and also totaling 28 appearances with three goals in European competitions. [1] [3]
Dragnea played five games at international level for Romania, making his debut as a starter under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 1–1 draw against Spain during the Euro 1984 final tournament. [3] [11] [12] [13] His following game also came in the tournament, a 2–1 loss to West Germany. [3] [11] [12] He did not play in the 1–0 loss to Portugal which led to his side's group stage exit. [12] Dragnea's last three games were friendlies, a 1–1 draw against Israel and two draws, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq. [11]
Dragnea coached teams in the Romanian lower leagues, most notably at Unirea Urziceni, where with players he brought, he promoted them from Divizia C to Divizia B in 2003. [14] After leading Unirea one and a half more seasons, he was replaced by Constantin Stănici. [14] However, six months later when his former Dinamo teammate Costel Orac came as head coach, Dragnea worked as his assistant and together they managed to promote the team to Divizia A. [14] He also worked at Poiana Câmpina, ACS Berceni, Juventus Bascov and at junior level. [3] [15] [16]
Dinamo București
Unirea Urziceni
