Ion Alecsandrescu

Ion Alecsandrescu
	Alecsandrescu in the 1950s
Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1928
Place of birth	Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death	21 June 2000 (aged 71)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1947–1949	Juventus București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1950	Partizanul București
1950–1951	Steaua București
1952–1953	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
1953–1961	Steaua București
1962	Olimpia București
Total
International career
	Romania B
1956–1959	Romania
Managerial career
1982–1989	Steaua București (president)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the president of Steaua București during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia București.^[1]

He was top scorer of Liga I with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.^[1]^[3]

Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Cupa României, all with Steaua București and also won four caps for Romania and one for Romania's Olympic team.^[2]^[3]

Notes

^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Steaua București are not official.^[1]
^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ion Alecsandrescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b "Ion Alecsandrescu". European Football. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ion Alecsandrescu at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Ion Alecsandrescu – "Omul secolului XX" la Steaua" [Ion Alecsandrescu – "The man of the twentieth century" at Steaua] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "on Alecsandrescu-Sfinxul" [Ion Alecsandrescu-The Sphinx] (in Romanian). Fcsteaua.ro. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Mitică, de partea fostelor glorii: "Gigi a scăpat de sub control!"" [Mitică, on the side of the former glories: "Gigi got out of control!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

External links

Ion Alecsandrescu at WorldFootball.net

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[STE-2] The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Steaua București are not official.^[1]

[ROM-5] Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team^[2]^[3]

[RS-1] Ion Alecsandrescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[EU-3] "Ion Alecsandrescu". European Football. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[NFT-4] Ion Alecsandrescu at National-Football-Teams.com

[6] "Ion Alecsandrescu – "Omul secolului XX" la Steaua" [Ion Alecsandrescu – "The man of the twentieth century" at Steaua] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[7] "on Alecsandrescu-Sfinxul" [Ion Alecsandrescu-The Sphinx] (in Romanian). Fcsteaua.ro. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[8] "Mitică, de partea fostelor glorii: "Gigi a scăpat de sub control!"" [Mitică, on the side of the former glories: "Gigi got out of control!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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