Andrei Speriatu (born 29 September 1957) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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. Speriatu is considered a legend of Argeș Pitești and Sportul Studențesc, also playing for teams such as

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or Dacia Pitești.

Club career

Andrei Speriatu was born on 29 September 1957 in Toporu, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1972 at local club, Spicu. In 1973 he went to Argeș Pitești where he made his

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debut on 21 November 1976 in a 3–1 away loss in front of

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. In the

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edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory. In the following one they met

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led by

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, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ending. In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach

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in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Cristian Gheorghe. In 1980, Speriatu went to play for one season at

, working with coach

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who used him regularly as they earned a runner-up position in the

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. Afterwards he went at Sportul Studențesc București where he spent five seasons, the highlights of this period being a second place in the 1985–86 season and a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against

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from the

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, however the second leg was lost with 2–0. In 1986 he returned to Argeș Pitești for four seasons, then made a comeback for one year at Sportul Studențesc. In 1991 he had an experience playing abroad at Israeli second league side,

. Afterwards he came back for a third spell at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1993 in a 4–2 away loss in front of Dinamo, having a total of 406 appearances in the competition, also he played a total of 10 games in the

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. Speriatu ended his career in 1994 after he spent one season at Dacia Pitești in

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, helping it promote to the second league.

International career

Andrei Speriatu made four appearances at international level for

, making his debut on 13 May 1979 under coach

in a 1–1 with

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at the Euro 1980 qualifiers. His following three appearances were friendlies, the last one taking place on 17 March 1986 when he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 with

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International stats

Coaching career

Andrei Speriatu had his first coaching experience at Dacia Pitești, then from 1997 until 1998 he was head coach of Sportul Studențesc. Afterwards he worked as a goalkeeper coach for several clubs and as an assistant on several occasions at Argeș Pitești for head coaches Nicolae Dobrin, Constantin Stancu, Marian Bondrea and

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. He also worked at Argeș's Center for Children and Juniors and was a scouter for the same team.

Honours

Argeș Pitești *

: 1978–79 Dacia Pitești *

: 1993–94

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Speriatu, Andrei 1957 births Living people Footballers from Giurgiu County Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Romania men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga III players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Dacia Pitești players FC Dinamo București players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Liga Leumit players Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Romanian football managers FC Sportul Studențesc București managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen