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Ion Lăpușneanu

Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (8 December 1908 – 24 February 1994) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Ion Lăpușneanu
Ion Lăpușneanu (left) playing for Romania against Peru in the 1930 World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-12-08)8 December 1908
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 24 February 1994(1994-02-24) (aged 85)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1928 Venus București
1928–1929 Banatul Timișoara
1929–1930 Sportul Studențesc București
1931–1935 Venus București 32 (0)
1935–1937 Rapid București 12 (0)
1937–1938 Gloria CFR Galați
Total 44 (0)
International career
1929–1932 Romania 10 (0)
Managerial career
1942 Romania
1946–1948 Sporting Club Pitești
1948–1949 Politehnica Timișoara
1951–1952 Flacăra Petroșani
1953–1954 Dinamo Pitești
1955–1956 Dinamo Pitești
1958–1959 Dinamo Pitești
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ion Lăpușneanu was born on 8 December 1908 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play football in 1926 at Venus București in the regional championship.[1][2] After two years he went to play for Banatul Timișoara with whom in the 1928–29 season he won the regional championship which helped the team qualify for the national league where they were defeated with 3–0 by România Cluj in the semi-finals.[1][2][3] Afterwards he went for one year at Sportul Studențesc București, then he returned to Venus in 1931, keeping a clean sheet in his first match, a 2–0 over RGM Timișoara, making a total of 11 appearances by the end of the season as the team won the title.[1][2][4] He won another title with Venus in the 1933–34 season when coach Karoly Weszter used him in seven games.[1][2][4] In 1935, Lăpușneanu went to play for Rapid București where in his second season the team finished runner-up in the league and won the cup but he did not play in the 5–1 win over Ripensia Timișoara from the final, as Petre Rădulescu was preferred in his place.[1][2][5] After spending the 1937–38 season in Divizia B at Gloria CFR Galați, Ion Lăpușneanu ended his playing career.[1]

International career

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Ion Lăpușneanu played 10 games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Constantin Rădulescu used him on 15 September 1929 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against Bulgaria.[6][7] He played two games at the successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, two at the 1932 Balkan Cup and one at the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs.[6][8][9] Lăpușneanu was also selected by coach Rădulescu to be part of the team's 1930 World Cup squad in which he played in both of Romania's games at the tournament, the 3–1 victory against Peru and the 4–0 loss against eventual tournament winners Uruguay.[6][10] His last game for the national team was a friendly which ended with a 5–0 loss against Poland.[6]

Managerial career

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In 1942 Lăpușneanu was coach of Romania's national team, leading them in three friendly games, a 7–0 loss in front of Germany, a 1–0 loss against Slovakia and a 2–2 with Croatia.[2][11][12]

After coaching Sporting Club Pitești in the Romanian lower leagues for a while, he had his first coaching experience in the Romanian top-division Divizia A, being in charge of Politehnica Timișoara in the 1948–49 season.[2][13] He made his debut on 22 August 1948 in a 3–1 win over Petrolul București, finishing the season on the 10th place, thus avoiding relegation.[14][15] He then coached Flacăra Petroșani in the 1951 and 1952 Divizia A seasons, avoiding relegation in each of them.[2][16][17][18]

In 1953 he had his first spell at newly founded club, Dinamo Pitești, helping the club finish the first season of its existence on the 8th place in the regional championship.[2][13][19] In 1955 he started his second spell at Dinamo, helping the club promote from the regional championship to Divizia C where in the following season the team finished on the 8th place.[2][13][19] He had his third and final spell at Dinamo from 1958 until 1959, helping them promote once again from the regional championship to Divizia C.[2][13][19]

Writing

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Lăpușneanu wrote a book about football called Jocul și antrenamentul portarului de fotbal (The game and training of the football goalkeeper) which was released in 1968.[20]

Death

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Ion Lăpușneanu died on 24 February 1994 at age 85.[1][2]

Honours

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Player

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Venus București

Rapid București

Romania

Manager

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Dinamo Pitești

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ion Lăpușneanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Povestea lui Jean Lăpușneanu, portarul României de la primul Campionat Mondial din Istorie, Uruguay 1930" [The story of Jean Lăpușneanu, Romania's goalkeeper from the first World Championship in History, Uruguay 1930] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ "1928–29 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1964–1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Ion Lăpușneanu player profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Balkan Cup 1929–31". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. ^ a b "1931-1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs". European Football. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ^ "România la CM 1930 "Și noi am fost pe Conte Verde"" [Romania at the World Cup 1930 "We were on Conte Verde too"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Ion Lăpușneanu manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ "România a avut un singur antrenor străin într-un secol fotbalistic!" [Romania had only one foreign coach in a football century!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Istoric" [History] (in Romanian). Main.fotbalclubarges.ro. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "1948–49 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Ion Jean Lăpușneanu" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Fotbal. Jiul Petroşani - 90 de ani. Prigoana antrenorilor" [Football. Jiul Petrosani - 90 years old. The trainers' dungeon] (in Romanian). Zvj.ro. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  17. ^ "1951 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  18. ^ "1952 Divizia A". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  19. ^ a b c "Pe 8 decembrie se năștea primul antrenor din istoria FC Argeș" [On 8 December the first coach of FC Argeș was born] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Jocul şii antrenamentul portarului de fotbal" [The game and training of the football goalkeeper] (in Romanian). Exlibris.usv.ro. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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