| Virgil Mărdărescu | |
| Fullname: | Vintilă Virgil Mărdărescu |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Death Place: | Aliso Viejo, California, United States |
| Years1: | 1947–1949 |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1955–1956 |
| Managerclubs1: | Dinamo Braşov |
| Manageryears2: | 1957–1958 |
| Managerclubs2: | Dinamo Cluj |
| Manageryears3: | 1958–1959 |
| Managerclubs3: | Universitatea Cluj |
| Manageryears4: | 1959 |
| Managerclubs4: | Jiul Petroșani |
| Manageryears5: | 1960–1961 |
| Managerclubs5: | Știința Craiova |
| Manageryears6: | 1961–1962 |
| Managerclubs6: | Gloria Bistrița |
| Manageryears7: | 1962–1963 |
| Managerclubs7: | Dinamo Bacău |
| Manageryears8: | 1963–1965 |
| Managerclubs8: | Argeș Pitești |
| Manageryears9: | 1965–1968 |
| Managerclubs9: | Farul Constanța |
| Manageryears10: | 1969–1970 |
| Managerclubs10: | Romania Olympic B |
| Manageryears11: | 1970–1973 |
| Managerclubs11: | Politehnica Iași |
| Manageryears12: | 1974–1978 |
| Managerclubs12: | Morocco |
| Manageryears13: | 1980 |
| Managerclubs13: | New York United |
Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu"; 15 July 1921 – 11 June 2003) was a Romanian football manager.
As a player, Virgil Mărdărescu played for Flacăra București in Divizia A.[1] [2] [3]
In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, known as Romania Olympic and undertook a tour of Israel.[4] and Australia.[5]
In 1976, he led Morocco to their first Africa Cup of Nations title,[6] but was unable to follow up that success in 1978 when the team were knocked out in the first round.[7]
His son Gil Mărdărescu played together with Pelé for the New York Cosmos in the NASL.[8] [9] [10]
Argeș Pitești
Politehnica Iași
Morocco