Marin Dragnea (born 1 January 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1956-01-01) 1 January 1956 (age 66) | ||
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) |
1975–1976 | Dinamo București | 0 | (0) |
1976–1977 | FC Constanţa | 30 | (6) |
1977–1986 | Dinamo București | 251 | (58) |
1986–1990 | Flacăra Moreni | 109 | (21) |
1990–1991 | Rapid București | 15 | (0) |
Total | 419 | (85) | |
National team | |||
1984–1986 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2002–2004 | Unirea Urziceni[2] | ||
2005–2006 | Unirea Urziceni (assistant)[2] | ||
2010–2014 | ACS Berceni | ||
2015 | ACS Berceni | ||
2019 | Juventus Bascov | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marin Dragnea was born on 1 January 1956 in Slobozia Moară, Romania.[1] He started playing football at the junior squads of Progresul București, starting to play at senior level in 1972 when the club was in Divizia B.[1] He was transferred to Dinamo București where he stayed one year without playing, after which he went to play for FC Constanţa where on 29 August 1976 he made his Divizia A debut in a 0–0 against Progresul București.[1] After one season with 6 goals scored in 30 games, Dragnea left FC Constanţa in order to return at Dinamo where from 1981 until 1984 the team won three consecutive Divizia A titles, in the first he contributed with 7 goals scored in 23 matches, in the second he played 30 games and scored 7 goals and in the third he made 29 appearances and scored 15 goals.[1] Dragnea also won three Cupa României with the The Red Dogs and appeared in 26 matches in which he scored 3 goals in European competitions, including appearing in 8 games in which he scored one goal in the 1983–84 European Cup as the club reached the semi-finals.[1][4] After nine and a half seasons in which he scored 58 goals in 251 Divizia A matches for 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 two games in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup.[1] 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 against Petrolul Ploiești.[1] During his whole career, Marin Dragnea played 405 Divizia A matches in which he scored 85 goals and made 28 appearances in which he scored 3 goals in European competitions.[1]
Marin Dragnea played 5 games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Mircea Lucescu used him in a 1–1 against Spain at Euro 1984.[5][6] His following game was also at Euro 1984, a 2–1 loss against West Germany.[5] Dragnea's last three games were friendlies, a 1–1 against Israel and a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq.[5]
Dinamo București
Unirea Urziceni
ACS Berceni
Romania squad – UEFA Euro 1984 | ||
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