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Răzvan Lucescu (; born 17 February 1969) is a Romanian professional football
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and former player, who is the current manager of
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club PAOK. As a player, he operated as a
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and spent most years of his career at Sportul Studențesc during three stints. Lucescu also represented Național București,
Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census ( 2011), Brașov has a po ...
,
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and
FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club fro ...
in his country, as well as Crema Calcio abroad. He won his only
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with Rapid in the 2002–03 campaign. He returned to Brașov in 2004 for his first role as a manager, before moving to Rapid where he guided the team to the Cupa României in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Between 2009 and 2011, Lucescu was in charge of the Romania national team. His other managerial honours include six domestic trophies with El Jaish, PAOK and Al Hilal combined. With the latter side, he also won the
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in 2019.


Playing career

Born in
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, Lucescu made 240 appearances in the
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for Sportul Studențesc, Național București,
Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census ( 2011), Brașov has a po ...
,
Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...
and
FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club fro ...
.


Managerial career


Brașov

He began his coaching career with FC Brașov in the 2003–04 season spanning 15 matches in the first league.


Rapid București

In June 2004, he was named coach of
Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...
. In his first season, he qualified for the
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, finishing third in the domestic league. In the 2005–06 season, he had a dramatic start of the season, being dismissed for one night, before the owner of the club,
George Copos Gheorghe "George" Copos (; born 27 March 1953, in Tășnad, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian businessman and politician. A graduate of the communist cadres' training school Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy, he was in his youth a leader of the Union of C ...
, decided to take him back. Lucescu and his side managed to defeat teams such as
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,
Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...
(his father's team),
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and
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, reaching to the
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of the
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. Rapid was taken out by city rivals Steaua Bucharest after two draws. In the
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, he finished as runners-up, after being sixth at the half of the season. The 2006–07 season was not as good. Rapid got eliminated from the
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after 4 draws, finishing fourth. However, in 2007 Lucescu decided not to continue with Rapid, after a fallout with some of the supporters and several disagreements with the club owner. He opted to return to Braşov. Răzvan won the
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with Rapid in 2006 and 2007, both leading Rapid into the UEFA Cup.


Return to Brașov

Lucescu decided to start all over and, instead of accepting to manage bigger clubs from abroad, he decided to coach FC Brașov, who relegated two years before and finished 10th in the last season of the second division. He didn't disappoint and won promotion from the
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, leaving Braşov after a ninth-place finish in the first division and replacing
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in this position. After two years in control he gave up the national team, following the 3–0 victory over
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, leaving it with chances of qualifying to the
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.


Return to Rapid București

In June 2011, Lucescu returned to Rapid București for a second spell as coach. Lucescu's Rapid side defeated Polish champions
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4–2 on aggregate in the
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round to qualify for the
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group stage. The club finished fourth in
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and reached the finals of the 2011–12 Romanian Cup.


El Jaish

On 31 May 2012, he was appointed at the helm of Qatari side El Jaish on a two-year deal. In his first season in charge Lucescu won the 2012–13
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and led his side into the knockout stages of the
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. His contract with El Jaish was terminated in January 2014 and he was replaced by coach
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who led the club to the runner-up spot in the
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.


Petrolul Ploiești

In March 2014, he was named the head coach of
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side Petrolul Ploiești replacing
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. He was sacked six months later, Petrolul finished third in the domestic league and were knocked out in the semi-finals by
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in the
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and also eliminated in the play-offs of the Europa League.


Xanthi

On 24 September 2014, Lucescu signed a one-year contract with
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club
Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League Greece 2, Super League 2 du ...
. He guided them to their first
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final in their history. Lucescu went on to extend his contract with the Akrites for a further two seasons.


PAOK

On 11 August 2017, Lucescu would return to the benches of
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as he signed a three-year contract with PAOK. His tenure at the club started against Ostersund for the play-off round of
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. PAOK went to win the first leg in Thessaloniki, 3–1, but a 0–2 defeat in Sweden in the second leg eliminated them from the competition, as they failed to reach the Europa League group stages for the first time in 5 years. At the home front, PAOK had a turbulent season, as they found themselves fighting for the league title with real chances. However, the derbies came to disastrous outcomes, with PAOK losing to
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due to an awarded 3–0 win, as the match was suspended for fan behavior. Against rivals
AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...
, the president of the team,
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, stormed onto the pitch with a pistol in his holster after a late PAOK goal was overturned after protests from AEK, causing the league to be suspended. PAOK was later punished with a reduction of 3 points and the awarding of the game to AEK by 0–3. The awarded derbies, as well as the court deduction, played a big role in PAOK losing the league title to AEK, as they finished the championship 2nd, 6 points behind their
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rivals. Afterwards, PAOK won the
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after defeating AEK 2–0 in the Cup final in
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, Athens, which was viewed as a consolation prize for the lost championship. In the 2018–19 season, PAOK begin their European adventure in the Second Qualifying Round of the
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, eliminating
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and
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, before losing in the play-offs against Benfica and dropping to the
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group stages. PAOK finished fourth in a group with
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,
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and Videoton, only winning 4–1 against BATE in
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and losing all the other matches. Despite the early European exit, the team enjoyed a great domestic season. On 21 April 2019, PAOK won their third league title and their first in 34 years after beating Levadiakos at home with 5–0. Lucescu led his side to league triumph without a single defeat, a milestone last reached by
Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...
65 years before, and finished the season with a record-breaking 80 points.


Al-Hilal

On 28 June 2019, Lucescu parted ways with PAOK after receiving an offer to manage Saudi Arabian club
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. The club reportedly paid PAOK the manager's €2M release clause. Razvan had rejected the proposal from the specific team in May, however he changed his mind after a strong disagreement with the president of PAOK
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and his son Giorgos Savvidis who had different plans for the team from them, that Lucescu had. As a result, he judged that he had no reason to stay in the team if his own plans for the team were not accepted, and so he left taking advantage of the fact that Al Hilal again proposed to him. He brought the club to its third
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-era title and first continental title in 17 years, after a 3–0 win on aggregate over
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in the
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. He was dismissed after a 1–0 defeat against Damac in February 2021.


Return to PAOK

After two years in
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, Lucescu returned to PAOK for a second term, signing a three-year contract with a salary of €1.7 million without including the bonuses and became the highest paid coach in the history of PAOK. In the
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, PAOK finished 2nd 19 points behind the champion
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, which, however, eliminated in the semifinals of the
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to find PAOK for the 5th time in 6 years in a cup final where it suffered a 1-0 defeat by
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in the final in which there were many protests for refereeing against PAOK. In the
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he managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament where he was eliminated by
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where there were also protests against refereeing against PAOK.


Personal life

Lucescu's father,
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, also coached the
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and
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, and is one of the most decorated managers of all time.


Managerial statistics


Honours


Player

Național București * Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97 Rapid București *
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: 2002–03


Manager

Rapid București * Cupa României: 2005–06, 2006–07, runner-up: 2011–12 Brașov *
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: 2007–08 El Jaish *
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:
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Skoda Xanthi *
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runner-up: 2014–15 PAOK *
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: 2018–19 runner-up: 2017–18 *
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: 2017–18, 2018–19 runner-up: 2021–22 Al-Hilal *
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:
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*
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: 2019–20 * Saudi King Cup: 2019–20


Individual

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Romania Coach of the Year The Romania Coach of the Year ( ro, Antrenorul anului în România) is an annual association football award given by the ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the head coach in Romania adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. Mircea L ...
: 2018, 2020 (joint with
Cosmin Olăroiu Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu (born 10 June 1969) is a Romanian professional football manager and former footballer in charge of UAE Pro League Sharjah FC. As a manager, he guided Steaua Bucharest to the Romanian League title and Romanian Supercup b ...
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Gazeta Sporturilor ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' ( en, The Sports Gazette) is a daily Romanian newspaper, and the country's largest and most read sports-related publication. It is owned by Ringier Sportal S.R.L—a joint venture of Ringier Romania S.R.L. and the Bulgarian ...
'' Romania Coach of the Month: March 2022 * Super League Greece Manager of the Season: 2018–19 * Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: September 2019, January 2020, February 2020, November 2020 *
IFFHS The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for s ...
AFC AFC may stand for: Organizations * Action for Children, a UK children's charity * AFC Enterprises, the franchisor of Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits * Africa Finance Corporation, a pan-African multilateral development finance institution * A ...
Man A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chrom ...
Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...
: 2020


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