Adrian Bumbescu (born 23 February 1960 in

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) is a retired

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who played as a

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. A defender with a tough attitude, he played mostly with Steaua București, helping it win the 1986 European Cup and subsequent European Supercup. He is one of the most famous and successful players who has ever played in the Romanian First League. He is 2nd in an all time ranking, tied with

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won it 10 times and is ranked 1st.

Club career

During his career as a player, Bumbescu won the

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with three clubs, in an unparalleled feat. His first appearances came during 1978–79 with hometown's

FC Universitatea Craiova FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system. FC U ...

and, after winning the league in his second season, he signed with

FC Dinamo București FC Dinamo București, commonly known as Dinamo București () or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest that competes in the Liga I. Founded in 1948 as the team of the Ministry of Inter ...

and conquered another championship in 1982. After two years at FC Olt Scornicești, Bumbescu moved to national powerhouse

FC Steaua București Fotbal Club FCSB (), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the Liga I, the top flight of th ...

, where he won a further five leagues – being instrumental in four of those – and three domestic cups. He also played complete matches in two of the team's biggest achievements, the 1985–86

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and the subsequent edition of the

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, which was held the following year. After 1991–92, Steaua refused to renew Bumbescu's contract. Aged 32, he joined

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side Steaua Mizil, where he played three more seasons before eventually retiring from professional football, having appeared in 316 first division games and scored four goals; he later rejoined Steaua as a youth coach. On 25 March 2008, Bumbescu was decorated by the president of Romania

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with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – ("The Sportive Merit" order) class II, for his part in the winning of the 1986 European Cup.

International career

Bumbescu won 15 caps for

during slightly less than three years, scoring once. He did not take part in any major international tournament, however.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.''

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: 1979–80 Dinamo București *

: 1981–82 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: 1981–82 Steaua București *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92 *

: 1985–86 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bumbescu, Adrian 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Dinamo București players FC Olt Scornicești players FCSB players UEFA Champions League–winning players FC Callatis Mangalia players Romania men's international footballers Romanian football managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen