Ion Pârcălab (born 5 November 1941)[3] is a Romanian former football player and manager.
 Pârcălab in the 1970s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 November 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo București | |||
| UTA Arad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1961 | UTA Arad | 38 | (13) |
| 1961–1970 | Dinamo București | 194 | (53) |
| 1970–1973 | Nîmes | 83 | (20) |
| Total | 315 | (86) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1968 | Romania[a] | 38 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| UTA Arad (assistant) | |||
| Gloria Buzău | |||
| Sportul Studențesc București (juniors) | |||
| IMUM Medgidia | |||
| 1980 | Progresul Pucioasa | ||
| Aversa București | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editIon Pârcălab, nicknamed "The Carpathian Arrow" by foreign experts was born on 5 November 1941 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Dinamo, working with coach Petre Steinbach.[4][5][6][7] He was brought by his stepbrother, Nicolae Dumitrescu at UTA Arad who was a junior coach there, winning together the 1958–59 national junior championship after defeating Farul Constanța in the final.[6] He started his senior career at UTA, making his Divizia A debut on 24 May 1959 in a 2–1 loss in front of Jiul Petroșani.[4][5] In his last season spent with The Old Lady, the teenager Pârcălab scored 10 goals in the league.[4]
Dinamo București
editIn 1961 Pârcălab went to play for Dinamo București where in his first four seasons he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965, in the first he worked with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru who gave him 24 appearances in which he scored seven goals, in the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 21 matches in which he netted seven times in the first and in 25 with 10 goals scored in the second and in the last one he played 20 games, scoring eight times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[4][8] He also won two Cupa României trophies with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him all the minutes in the 5–3 victory in which he scored a goal against rivals Steaua București from the 1964 final, then in the one from 1968 Pârcălab played the whole match which was a 3–1 over Rapid București, being coached by Bazil Marian.[9] He would score two more goals against Steaua, including one in a 2–0 victory.[10] In 1965, Pârcălab was awarded the title "Best Football Player" in Romania, also being third on the ranking for the first Romanian Footballer of the Year award in 1966.[5][11] In the 1963–64 European Cup campaign, he played all four games as Dinamo got pass East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid against whom he scored a goal in a 5–3 loss and also in the 1965–66 edition he scored a goal against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped the team advance to the next phase where they were eliminated by the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition, Inter Milan but earned a historical 2–1 victory in the first leg, after which he said:"I am happy, very happy! This victory is primarily a lesson for us. We proved to ourselves that we can do much more".[4][12] Pârcălab's last Divizia A appearance took place on 19 July 1970, playing for Dinamo in a 1–1 with Politehnica Iași, having a total of played 232 matches played in the competition in which he scored 66 goals, also appearing in a total of 20 matches in which he scored five goals in European competitions.[4]
Transfer at Nîmes
editDuring Romania's communist era, transfers of Romanian footballers outside the country were rarely allowed, but in June 1970 dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu went on a visit in France where he was invited by president Georges Pompidou.[5][13] Pampidou took him to see Nîmes, a town where the communists were constantly winning the elections, there Ceaușescu talked to the mayor who complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique so Ceaușescu told him that he is going to send two Romanian footballers to the club.[5][13] Some French people were sent to see the 1970 Cupa României final which was won with 2–1 by Steaua București against Dinamo București and they selected Florea Voinea from Steaua București and Pârcălab from Dinamo to come and play for Nîmes Olympique, where in the 1971–72 season they helped the team finish second in the championship, each of them scoring 11 goals.[4][5][13][14]
International career
editIon Pârcălab played 26 games and scored three goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.[1][15] His following game was a 3–1 win over Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.[1][16] Pârcălab scored his first goal for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against East Germany.[1][17] He played six matches and scored one goal in a 2–0 victory against Eusébio's Portugal at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[1][18] Pârcălab scored his last goal for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory with Israel and made one appearance at the Euro 1968 qualifiers and one at the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][19]
Pârcălab also played 12 games for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad from Tokyo where he scored two goals, one in a 3–1 victory against Mexico and one in a 3–0 win with Yugoslavia, helping the team finish on the fifth place.[2][20]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pârcălab goal.[1]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 May 1963 | 23 August Stadium, București, Romania |  East Germany |
2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 21 November 1965 | 23 August Stadium, București, Romania |  Portugal |
1–0 | 2–0 | 1966 World Cup qualifiers |
| 3 | 7 December 1966 | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel |  Israel |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Conviction
editIn 1980, Pârcălab was coach at Progresul Pucioasa in the third division.[21][22][23][24][25] After a victory in the championship, Pârcălab took his players to a restaurant in order to celebrate, but after a few drinks, a conflict between him and the goalkeeper Nicolae Stancu started because of a waitress.[21][22][23][24][25] They went to the bathroom to solve their problem and it is assumed that there Pârcălab killed Stancu by introducing a broomstick in his throat or by hitting him in the back of his head.[21][22][23][24][25] Pârcălab was sentenced to three years in prison but got released after two.[21][22][23][24][25] In the early 2000s, Pârcălab claimed he was innocent and that he was wrongfully convicted.[23]
Personal life
editPârcălab's stepbrother was Nicolae Dumitrescu, who was also an international footballer and a manager.[6][26]
Honours
editDinamo București
Nîmes Olympique
- French Division 1 runner-up: 1971–72[4]
- Coppa delle Alpi: 1972[4]
Individual
- Romanian Best Football Player: 1965[5]
- Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year (third pace): 1966[11]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Ion Pârcălab". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b Ion Pârcălab at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Football sources report his date of birth as being 5 November while Olympic sources report his date of birth as being 15 November.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Ion Pârcălab at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c d e f g "EXCLUSIV / Generatia lui Ion Parcalab nu se regaseste in ceea ce arata Dinamo acum! Vezi cine l-a numit "Sageata Carpatilor" si cum a ajuns sa termine pe locul 2 in Franta!" [EXCLUSIVE / Ion Parcalab's generation does not like how Dinamo looks like now! See who called him the "Carpathian Arrow" and how he ended up in second place in France!] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cinci decenii și jumătate de la primul campionat de juniori câștigat de UTA. Pe când juniorii creșteau ocrotiți de fotbaliștii legendari" [Five decades and a half from the first junior championship won by UTA. From the time when juniors grew protected by legendary footballers] (in Romanian). glsa.ro. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Din istoria sportului românesc-Povestea lui Petre Steinbach, fotbalistul-scriitor deportat în URSS" [From the history of Romanian sport-The story of Petre Steinbach, the football player-writer deported to the USSR] (in Romanian). Independentaromana.ro. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Ceahlăul a avut un antrenor legendar, PETRE STEINBACH" [Ceahlăul had a legendary coach, PETRE STEINBACH] (in Romanian). Zch.ro. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Ceahlăul 100: Fotbaliștii pietreni au avut un antrenor legendar – Petre Steinbach" [Ceahlăul 100: The footballers from Piatra Neamț had a legendary coach – Petre Steinbach] (in Romanian). Dordeneamt.ro. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1967–1968". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1965–66". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Dinamo Bucuresti in 1967–68". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ^ a b "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Ion Pârcălab - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Ion Pârcălab - Champions League 1965/1966". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ^ a b c "Povestea fotbalistului al cărui transfer în Franţa a fost rodul negocierii între Nicolae Ceauşescu şi Georges Pompidou" [The story of the footballer whose transfer to France was the result of negotiations between Nicolae Ceausescu and Georges Pompidou] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Florea Voinea profile". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania 4-0 Turkey". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania 3-1 Spain". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania 3-2 East Germany". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania 2-0 Portugal". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Israel 1-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "A câștigat titluri cu Dinamo, dar cea mai frumoasă amintire este de la Olimpiadă" [He won titles with Dinamo, but the most beautiful memory is from the Olympics] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
"Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2024. - ^ a b c d "Un OFICIAL dinamovist a primit doi ani pentru CRIMĂ!" [A Dinamo EMPLOYEE received two years for CRIME!] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Scheletul din dulapul unuia dintre cei mai mari fotbalişti ai României, care a înfundat puşcăria pentru crimă: "O mătură băgată pe gât l-a omorât pe loc!"" [The skeleton in the closet of one of Romania's greatest footballers, who was in prison for murder: "A broom put in his throat killed him instantly!"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Crima sinistră comisă de Ion Pârcălab: "I-a băgat o coadă de mătură pe gât, detaliile sunt șocante"" [The sinister crime committed by Ion Pârcălab: "He put a broomstick in his throat, the details are shocking"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d ""L-a omorât pe loc!" Crima mușamalizată comisă de o legendă a fotbalului românesc: "Au mers la toaletă să tranșeze disputa"" ["He killed him on instantly!" The cover-up crime committed by a Romanian football legend: "They went to the toilet to settle the dispute"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Dezvăluiri cutremurătoare despre crima comisă de un mare fotbalist dinamovist: "I-au luat capul din mormânt!". Ce scrie în certificatul de deces" [Shocking revelations about the crime committed by a great Dinamo football player: "They took his head from the grave!". What is written on the death certificate] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "SPECIAL Situație de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câștigarea titlului cu Astra. De la frații Vâlcov, la frații Costea şi familia Pițurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Pițurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
External links
edit- Ion Pârcălab at WorldFootball.net
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Pârcălab". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.