Costică Ștefănescu
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Ștefănescu at the Amsterdam tournament in 1984 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 20 August 2013 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1969 | Steaua București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1973 | Steaua București | 77 | (9) |
| 1973–1986 | Universitatea Craiova | 378 | (10) |
| 1986–1988 | FCM Brașov | 35 | (0) |
| Total | 490 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1985 | Romania | 64 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1989 | FCM Brașov | ||
| 1990 | Steaua București | ||
| 1990–1991 | Romania U21 | ||
| 1991–1992 | Al-Wakrah | ||
| 1992–1993 | Selena Bacău | ||
| 1993–1994 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 1994–1998 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Astra Ploiești | ||
| 2000–2001 | CSM Reșița | ||
| 2001–2002 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | ||
| 2003 | Al Shoala | ||
| 2003–2005 | Al-Jaish Damascus | ||
| 2006 | FC U Craiova | ||
| 2007 | Al-Wahda Damascus | ||
| 2008 | Najran SC | ||
| 2009 | Al Tadamon | ||
| 2010–2012 | Al-Jaish Damascus | ||
| 2012 | Al Shamal | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Costică Ștefănescu (26 March 1951 – 20 August 2013) was a Romanian professional football player and coach. He spent the majority of his playing career at Universitatea Craiova, where he made a club-record 378 appearances. He was the all-time appearance leader in Liga I with 490 matches, until his record was broken in October 2012 by Ionel Dănciulescu. In 1983, Ștefănescu was nominated for the Ballon d'Or. He played for Romania from 1977 to 1985, and was capped 64 times.
In August 2013, he died after he jumped from the fifth floor of a hospital in Bucharest, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer.