Mircea Stoenescu | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1943 |
Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
Death Place: | Drăgășani, Romania |
Height: | 1.76 m |
Position: | Centre back |
Years1: | 1960–1961 |
Caps1: | 2 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1962–1963 |
Years3: | 1963–1965 |
Caps3: | 36 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Years4: | 1965–1973 |
Caps4: | 120 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1973–1975 |
Clubs5: | Dinamo Slatina |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 173 |
Totalgoals: | 13 |
Nationalyears1: | 1965–1966 |
Nationalteam1: | Romania U23[1] |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Managerclubs1: | Dinamo Victoria București |
Mircea Stoenescu (11 October 1943 – 5 January 2022) was a Romanian football centre-back, manager and referee.[2]
Mircea Stoenescu was born on 11 October 1943 in Bucharest, Romania. He started his career playing at the junior squads of Dinamo București, winning a national title at children level in 1959 and one in junior level in 1961.[3] He made his Divizia A debut on 9 July 1961, playing for Dinamo in a 2–0 home victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov. In the following season he made one Divizia A appearance as the club won the title, after which he went to play two seasons at Divizia B club, Dinamo Obor București and another two seasons at Divizia A club, Dinamo Pitești.[3] In 1965, Stoenescu returned to Dinamo București for a 8 seasons spell, in which he won two titles, in the first he contributed with 20 appearances and in the second he played 8 games and scored one goal, also helping the club win a cup.[3] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 November 1972, playing for Dinamo București in a 1–0 away loss against ASA Târgu Mureș. Stoenescu ended his playing career, spending two seasons at Divizia B team, Dinamo Slatina, having a total of 158 Divizia A matches with 11 goals scored and 7 appearances in European competitions (including 4 appearances in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). After he ended his playing career, Stoenescu worked for a while as a coach at Dinamo Victoria București in the lower leagues of Romania and as a referee, arbitrating 39 matches over the course of six seasons in Romania's top-league Divizia A.[3] [2] [4] [5] He was also president at Dinamo București.[6] [7] Mircea Stoenescu died in Drăgășani on 5 January 2022, at the age of 78.[3]
Dinamo București
1967–68, runner-up 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71[8] [9] [10] [11] Dinamo Pitești