Marin Dragnea

Marin Dragnea (born 1 January 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]

Marin Dragnea
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-01) 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[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)
International career
1984–1986 Romania 5 (0)
Managerial career
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

Club career

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 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]

International career

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]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

Manager

Unirea Urziceni

ACS Berceni

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. "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.
  3. Marin Dragnea at WorldFootball.net
  4. "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.
  5. "Marin Dragnea". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. "Romania 1-1 Spain". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  7. Marin Dragnea at National-Football-Teams.com
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