Mircea Axente (born 9 December 1944) is a Romanian former football midfielder and referee.[1][5][6] In the 1970–1971 European Cup, Axente was the one who gave the assist to Florian Dumitrescu who scored UTA's decisive goal that eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time.[2][7][5] After he ended his playing career he became a referee, arbitrating matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A and at international and European club level.[2][6] A book about him was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Mircea Axente, de pe maidanele Aradului în casa campioanei lumii (Mircea Axente, from the slopes of Arad in the world champion's house).[5][6][8][9]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1944-12-09) 9 December 1944 (age 77)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Arad, Romania[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gloria Arad[2] | |||
| UTA Arad[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1976 | UTA Arad[3] | 286 | (42) |
| 1976–1977 | Rapid Arad[3] | ||
| National team | |||
| 1966 | Romania U23[4] | 1 | (1) |
| 1970 | Romania B[4] | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
UTA Arad