Marin Dragnea

Marin Dragnea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 68)
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 [lower-alpha 1]	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]

Club career

Marin Dragnea was born on 1 January 1956 in Slobozia Moară, Romania. ^{[1] [3]} He started playing football at the junior squads of Progresul București under coach Nicolae Gorgorin, starting to play at senior level in 1972 when the club was in Divizia B, being given his debut by coach Eugen Iordache and later working with Viorel Mateianu. ^{[1] [3]} He was transferred to Dinamo București where he stayed one year without playing as he suffered a cruciate ligament injury while he was a player at Progresul which recurred when he played for them in a friendly. ^{[1] [3]} In the following season he was loaned at FC Constanța where on 29 August 1976 he made his Divizia A debut in a 0–0 with his former team, Progresul. ^{[1] [3]}

After one season, Dragnea left FC Constanța in order to return at Dinamo where he won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 until 1984, at the first he contributed under the guidance of coach Valentin Stănescu with seven goals scored in 23 matches, in the second he played 30 games and netted seven once again and in the third he made 29 appearances and scored a personal record of 15 goals, at both working with coach Nicolae Dumitru. ^{[1] [3] [4]} He also won three Cupa României with The Red Dogs , in the first one he did not play in the final with FC Baia Mare, at the second, coach Dumitru used him the whole match in the 2–1 over rivals Steaua București and at the one from 1986, under the guidance of coach Mircea Lucescu he played all the minutes in the 1–0 victory with Steaua who had recently just won the European Cup. ^{[1] [3] [5]} In November 1984, he would score the victory goal in a 2–1 over Steaua in a derby from the league. ^[6] Dragnea made some notable performances with Dinamo in European competitions as helping it eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup and appearing 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 the campaign ended in front of Liverpool. ^{[1] [3] [7]}

After nine and a half seasons spent at Dinamo, in the middle of the 1986–87 Divizia A season he was transferred at Flacăra Moreni where in three seasons and a half he made 109 Divizia A appearances in which he scored 21 goals and appeared in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate in the first round of the 1989–90 UEFA Cup against FC Porto. ^{[1] [3] [8]} He 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 in front of Petrolul Ploiești, having a total of 405 matches with 85 goals scored in the competition, also he gained a total of 28 appearances in which he scored three goals in European competitions. ^{[1] [3]}

International career

Marin Dragnea played five games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Mircea Lucescu used him as a starter in a 1–1 with Spain at the Euro 1984 final tournament. ^{[3] [9] [10]} His following game was also at Euro 1984, a 2–1 loss in front of West Germany. ^{[3] [9]} Dragnea's last three games were friendlies, a 1–1 against Israel and a 1–1 and a 0–0 with Iraq. ^[9]

Managerial career

Marin Dragnea coached teams from the Romanian lower leagues, his most notable period being at Unirea Urziceni when with players brought by him, he promoted the team from Divizia C to Divizia B in 2003. ^[11] After leading Unirea one more season and a half, he was replaced by Constantin Stănici, but half of year 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. ^[11] He also worked at Poiana Câmpina, ACS Berceni, Juventus Bascov and at junior level. ^{[3] [12] [13]}

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 ^[14]
• Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 ^[14]

Manager

Unirea Urziceni

• Divizia C: 2002–03 ^[11]

Notes

1. The statistics for the 1972–73 and 1974–75 Divizia B seasons are unavailable. ^[1]

References

1. Marin Dragnea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. Marin Dragnea at WorldFootball.net
3. "Confesiune emoționantă: Marin Dragnea, unul din eroii marelui Dinamo, a împlinit 67 de ani! De la semifinalele Cupei Campionilor la EURO '84, într-un interviu de colecție!" [Exciting confession: Marin Dragnea, one of the heroes of the great Dinamo, turned 67! From the semifinals of the Champions Cup to EURO '84, in a collection interview!] (in Romanian). Playsport.ro. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
4. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
5. "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
   "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
   "Romanian Cup – Season 1985–1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
   "Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1984–85". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
7. "Când Dinamo elimina marele Inter – Cupa UEFA, turul II, 4 noiembrie 1981" [When Dinamo eliminated the great Inter – UEFA Cup, round II, 4 November 1981] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
   "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semi-final with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
   "Marin Dragnea, jucător timp de zece sezoane la Dinamo, despre dezvăluirile lui Cornel Dinu:"Nu-mi aduc aminte să fi fost avantajați de arbitraj, ba dimpotrivă"" [Marin Dragnea, player for ten seasons at Dinamo, about the revelations of Cornel Dinu: "I don't remember being helped by the referees, on the contrary"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
   "Marin Dragnea. Champions League 1983/1984". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
8. "Marin Dragnea. UEFA Cup 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
9. "Marin Dragnea". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
10. "Romania 1-1 Spain". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
11. "Interviu exclusiv Dumitru Bucșaru:"Iancu primește bani de la buget, eu vorbesc pe banii mei!"" [Exclusive interview Dumitru Bucșaru:"Iancu receives money from the budget, I'm talking about my money!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
12. "Pagini memorabile din istoria fotbalului prahovean (XXXIII)/La Câmpina au jucat Dănciulescu, Zicu, Marica, Mitea…" [Memorable pages from the history of Prahova football (XXXIII)/Dănciulescu, Zicu, Marica, Mitea played at Câmpina...] (in Romanian). Ziarulprahova.ro. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
    "Marin Dragnea răspunde întrebărilor puse de cititorii Liga2.ro" [Marin Dragnea answers the questions asked by Liga2.ro readers] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
    "Șoc la Berceni: Adi Matei trimis la juniori, Dragnea e noul principal!" [Shock at Berceni: Adi Matei sent to juniors, Dragnea is the new coach!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
    "ACS Berceni - Steaua 0-3. Tripla lui Iancu a adus calificarea în optimile Cupei" [ACS Berceni - Steaua 0-3. Iancu's triple brought qualification to the round of 16 of the Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
    "ACS Berceni s-a întărit cu patru jucători cu experiență de Liga 1. La cine au renunțat ilfovenii și ce planuri au în 2016" [ACS Berceni has strengthened itself with four players with Liga 1 experience. Who did the Ilfoven team give up on and what are their plans in 2016] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
    "Fostul mare fotbalist dinamovist Marin Dragnea, adus la Juventus Bascov pentru promovare" [Former great Dynamo player Marin Dragnea, brought to Juventus Bascov for promotion] (in Romanian). Argesulonline.ro. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
    "Juventus Bascov vrea să promoveze în Liga 3 după ce l-a adus antrenor principal pe Marin Dragnea" [Juventus Bascov wants to promote to Liga 3 after bringing in Marin Dragnea as head coach] (in Romanian). Arges-sport.ro. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
13. Marin Dragnea at Soccerway
14. Marin Dragnea at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Romania National Team 1980–1989 – Details