Constantin Stancu (2 October 1956) is a Romanian retired

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player and manager. As a player he spent all of his career at Argeș Pitești.

Club career

Constantin Stancu was born on 2 October 1956 in

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș (river), Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in th ...

, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1970 at local club, Argeș. He made his

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debut on 1 September 1976 in a 2–0 away loss in front of Politehnica Iași. He started playing in European competitions in the

1978–79 UEFA Cup The 1978–79 UEFA Cup was the eighth season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and at the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, W ...

edition when 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 34 games in which he scored once in a 1–0 win over SC Bacău. In the following season they passed

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in the first round of the

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, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners,

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. Since 1979 until 1990, Stancu was the team's captain. His last Divizia A appearance took place on 2 June 1990 in a 0–0 with Flacăra Moreni, having a total of 447 matches with one goal scored in the competition, also playing a total of 14 games in European competitions. Stancu was a player known for his consistency, having several seasons in which he played in all the league games, also he did not receive a red card in his entire career.

International career

Constantin Stancu made three appearances at international level for

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, making his debut on 1 June 1983 when coach

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sent him on the field to replace Gino Iorgulescu in the 70th minute of a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss in front of

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. His following two games were also friendlies, a 2–2 with

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and a 2–0 victory against

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Managerial career

Constantin Stancu coached several clubs in Romanian football like Argeș Pitești, Chindia Târgoviște,

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, Astra Ploiești, Juventus București, Muscelul Câmpulung and

Mioveni Mioveni () is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately north-east of Pitești. , it had a population of 29,317. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu, and Racovița. History Mioveni was first mentioned in a ...

Honours

Argeș Pitești *

: 1978–79

References

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Constantin Stancu
at Labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Stancu, Constantin 1956 births Living people Footballers from Pitești Romanian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football midfielders Romania men's international footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania FC Argeș Pitești players Liga I players Romanian football managers FC Argeș Pitești managers FCM Târgoviște managers CSO Plopeni managers FC Astra Giurgiu managers CS Mioveni managers ASC Daco-Getica București managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen