Pompiliu Iordache (18 October 1954 – 23 October 2006) was a

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n football forward.

Club career

Iordache was born on 18 October 1954 in

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, Romania, starting to play football at Foresta Gugești. In 1973 he moved to Unirea Focșani with whom he played in

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and

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for about six years. Iordache arrived at

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in 1980 where he was recommended by Titus Ozon. He made his

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debut on 2 March, as coach Angelo Niculescu used him as a starter in a 2–1 away loss to Sportul Studențesc București. In the next round he netted his first goal in a 3–0 win over

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. In the 1981–82 season, the club won The Double under coach

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, Iordache playing 15 matches and scoring once in the league, also being used all the minutes in the 3–2 victory over FC Baia Mare from the Cupa României final in which he opened the score. In the same season he started to play in European competitions, making an appearance in a 1–0 home loss to

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from the round of 16 of the

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. In the following season, he was coached by Nicolae Dumitru, winning another title, scoring five goals in 26 matches, also appearing in six games from the

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campaign as the club got past

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and

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in the first rounds, being eliminated by

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after a 6–2 aggregate loss in which he scored once. Iordache left Dinamo to go and spend the 1983–84 season at Olt Scornicești. In 1984 he went at Divizia B club, Victoria București which he helped earn promotion to the first league after

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by contributing with 10 goals scored under the guidance of coach Florin Cheran. In the 1986–87 season, he scored a personal record of 11 goals in the first league which helped Victoria earn a third place. Afterwards he played in both legs from the second round of the

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as they lost 2–1 on aggregate to

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. In the middle of the 1987–88 season, Iordache left Victoria to go at Petrolul Ploiești where on 24 April 1988 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 home victory against his former side, Olt Scornicești, having a total of 165 matches with 36 goals netted in the competition.

International career

Iordache played two friendly games at international level for

making his debut on 29 January 1983, being used as a starter by coach

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in a 1–1 against

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. The second game took place a few days later and ended with a 3–1 away win over

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, when he came as a substitute and replaced Romulus Gabor in the 57th minute.

Death

Iordache died on 23 October 2006 at age 52.

Honours

Unirea Focșani *

: 1973–74, 1978–79 Dinamo București *

: 1981–82, 1982–83 *

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: 1981–82 Victoria București *

: 1984–85

Notes

References

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