Alexandru Custov

Alexandru Custov (8 May 1954 – 20 March 2008) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Alexandru Custov was born on 8 May 1954 in Fundeni where he started playing football at junior level in 1968 at local club, Gloria. In 1969 he went to play for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 4 May 1972 in a 0–0 with Farul Constanța. In the 1974–75 season, Custov won his first title with the club, contributing under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitru with 31 appearances and two goals scored, repeating the performance in the 1976–77 season with coach Ion Nunweiller, this time playing 33 matches and scoring two goals. In his last three seasons spent with '' The Red Dogs'', he won three consecutive Divizia A titles, in the first one working with coach Valentin Stănescu who gave him 31 appearances in which he scored six goals and in the following two he worked again with Nicolae Dumitru and he contributed with 28 matches played and two goals scored in each season. He also won two Cupa României with Dinamo, being used all the minutes by Stănescu in the 3–2 victory over FC Baia Mare from the 1982 final and in the one from 1984 he scored a goal in the 2–1 victory against rivals Steaua București, playing the whole match under the guidance of Dumitru. Custov played a total of 30 games and scored three goals in European competitions, in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup he scored one goal on the San Siro stadium in a 1–1 with Inter Milan, thus contributing to its elimination after a 3–2 victory in the second leg and he appeared in six games in the 1983–84 European Cup as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated by Liverpool.

In 1984 he went to play for Victoria București in Divizia B, managing to promote after one season in Divizia A, where on 10 May 1986 he made his last first league appearance in a 1–0 win over ASA Târgu Mureș, having a total of 326 matches with 29 goals scored in the competition. Custov spent the last years of his career playing for Gloria Buzău and Mecanica Fină București in Divizia B.

International career

Alexandru Custov played two games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 18 July 1982 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him on the field in the 58th minute in order to replace Ilie Balaci in a friendly which ended with a 3–1 victory against Japan. His second game was 2–0 win over Sweden at the Euro 1984 qualifiers in which he also came as a substitute, replacing Michael Klein in the 85th minute.

Death

On 20 March 2008, Custov died at age 53 in his native Fundeni, after suffering from diabetes and thrombophlebitis.

Honours

Dinamo București
*Divizia A: 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
* Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84
Victoria București
*Divizia B: 1984–85

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1954 births
2008 deaths
Romanian men's footballers
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Dinamo București players
Victoria București players
FC Gloria Buzău players
Romania men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sportspeople from Ilfov County