Mircea Sandu

Mircea Sandu
Sandu with Sportul Studențesc in 1972
Personal information
Full name Mircea "Traian" Sandu
Date of birth (1952-10-22) 22 October 1952
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1964–1968 Școala Sportivă 2 București
1968–1970 Progresul București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Progresul București 15 (2)
1971–1986 Sportul Studențesc București 416 (178)
1986–1987 Gloria Buzău 5 (2)
Total 436 (182)
International career
1972–1982 Romania 18 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea "Traian" Sandu (born 22 October 1952) is a Romanian sports administrator and former professional footballer who played as a striker. After retiring as a player, he served as president of the Romanian Football Federation from 1990 to 2014.

Sandu spent his entire playing career in Romania, most notably with Sportul Studențesc București, becoming one of the club's most prolific goal scorers. He was capped 18 times for the Romania national team, scoring six goals from 1972 to 1982.