Dumitru Stângaciu
Stângaciu in 1992
Personal information
Full name Dan Dumitru Stângaciu
Date of birth (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964
Place of birth Braşov, Romania
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
OJT Predeal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 FCM Braşov1 5 (0)
1984–1995 Steaua București 191 (0)
1988–1989 → Olt Scorniceşti (loan) 16 (0)
1995–1996 Vanspor 23 (0)
1996–2000 Kocaelispor 94 (0)
Total 329 (0)
International career
1992–1998 Romania 5 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2012 Kuban Krasnodar (assistant manager)
2012–2014 Dynamo Moscow (assistant manager)
2015 ASA Târgu Mureș (GK coach)
2015–2016 Jiangsu Sainty (GK coach)
2016 FC Kuban Krasnodar (GK coach)
2016–2017 Al-Nasr Dubai SC (GK coach)
2018– Al Hazem (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dan Dumitru Stângaciu, (born 9 August 1964) is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper and a current coach. He is best known for his spell with Steaua Bucharest in the 1980s and 1990s where he won the European Cup in 1986 and the European Super Cup in 1987.[1]

He is one of the most famous and successful players who has ever played in the Romanian First League. He is 2nd in an all time ranking, tied with Giedrius Arlauskis, Ciprian Deac, Adrian Bumbescu, Mircea Lucescu and Tudorel Stoica, all with 7 championships won.[2] Marius Lăcătuș won it 10 times and is ranked 1st.

Career

Aged 18, Stângaciu signs for FC Brașov but after only two years is signed by Steaua București, being the second goalkeeper option of the coach Emerich Jenei. As Helmuth Duckadam retired from football in 1986, Stângaciu becomes the first option of the new coach, Anghel Iordănescu.

He spent the season 1988–1989 on loan to FC Olt Scorniceşti, as Steaua preferred to sign Silviu Lung, but returned in Bucharest one year later.

In 1995, Stângaciu starts his adventure in the Turkish Premier Super Football League, playing for Vanspor and Kocaelispor.[3]

He retired in 2001 and since then was for a while the goalkeepers' coach at FCU Politehnica Timişoara.

Stângaciu was Romanian football champion in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, won the Romania Cup in 1985, 1987 and 1992 and the Turkish Cup in 1997.[1] He also won five caps for Romania, being part of the squad who played at the World Cup 1998.[4]

On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the winning of the UEFA Champions League with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II.[5][6]

Honours

Club

FCM Braşov
Steaua București
Kocaelispor

Notes

^1 The 1983–1984 appearances and goals made for FCM Braşov are unavailable.

References

  1. 1 2 Dumitru Stângaciu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ "Best of the best! Dan Petrescu, la un titlu de recordul absolut + doi jucători-simbol de la CFR Cluj, lângă Lăcătuș, Lucescu sau Tudorel Stoica" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "DUMİTRU STINGACİU". TFF. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Dumitru Stângaciu". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

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