Marcel Răducanu

Marcel Răducanu (born 21 October 1954) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Steaua București, Borussia Dortmund, FC Zürich and the Romania national team. His uncle, Marin Voinea was also a footballer.[3]

Marcel Răducanu
Răducanu in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-10-21) 21 October 1954
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1981 Steaua București 229 (94)
1982–1988 Borussia Dortmund 163 (31)
1988–1990 FC Zürich 47 (12)
Total 439 (137)
National team
1976–1981 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 21 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Răducanu was honoured as Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1980, also in the same year he was nominated for the Ballon d'Or.[4][5]

Club career

Răducanu was born in Bucharest. After playing for Steaua București in the 1970s, where he won just two championships (in nine seasons) and also two Romanian Cups, he defected following a match in Dortmund, West Germany in 1981.[6] In his native Romania this act was considered a desertion, as he was a captain in the Army. Therefore, he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison in his absence.[6]

Once in West Germany he signed with both Hannover 96 and Borussia Dortmund clubs, and as a result was suspended by UEFA for one year.[7] In order to have his services, Borussia Dortmund paid half a million deutschmarks to the Hannover club, and Răducanu made his debut in Bundesliga in 1982. Between 1982 and 1988, he played a total of 163 games in the Bundesliga and scored 31 goals.[8] In 1988 Raducanu signed a contract in Switzerland at FC Zürich where he played 47 matches, scoring 12 goals and winning promotion to the top league Nationalliga A via the playoffs with FC Zürich.[9]

International career

Between 1976 and 1981, he played 18 games for the Romania national team, during which he scored three goals.[1][10] He played nearly 80 matches scoring many goals for Romania's Under-16, U-18, national youth sides, respectively for the U-21 and U-23, also made two appearances for the Olympic team.

Post-playing career

Răducanu retired from football in 1990. Since 1994, he has run a football school in Dortmund. Mario Götze trained at his academy when he was 10 years old.[11]

Honours

Club

Steaua București

Romania

Individual

Notes
  1. Including three appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References
  1. "Marcel Răducanu". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. Marcel Răducanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Marcel Răducanu, artistul-fotbalist fugit în Germania pe timpul lui Ceaușescu: dribla tot ce-i ieșea în cale!" [Marcel Răducanu, the footballing artist who fled to Germany during Ceausescu's time: he dribbled everything that came his way!] (in Romanian). Elitaromaniei.ro. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1980". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. "Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994" [Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. Gieselmann, Dirk (2 April 2008). "Wir kriegen dich, Verbrecher!" (in German). Der Westen. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  7. "Marcel Raducan" (in German). bvb-freunde.de. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  8. "Marcel Raducanu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  9. "Marcel Raducanu" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  10. Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1980–1989 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  11. "Die Dortmund-Legende über seine Entdeckung" (in German). Bild.de. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
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