Mihai Țurcan (born 4 October 1941) is a Romanian former football forward.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 1941[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Brezoi, Romania[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Minerul Lupeni | 34 | (9) |
| 1962–1964 | Dinamo Pitești[a] | 25 | (4) |
| 1964 | Minerul Lupeni | ||
| 1965–1970 | Argeș Pitești | 85 | (25) |
| 1970 | Jiul Petroșani | 10 | (1) |
| 1971–1972 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 162 | (39) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editMihai Țurcan was born on 4 October 1941 in Brezoi, Romania, starting to play football at Minerul Lupeni, making his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1960 in a 3–1 home win over Farul Constanța in which he scored two goals.[1]
In the middle of the 1961–62 season he was transferred at Dinamo Pitești, relegating at the end of the season but he stayed with the club, helping it promote back after one year.[1] In 1964 he made a short comeback to Minerul Lupeni, this time in Divizia B, returning to Pitești afterwards with whom he managed to reach the 1965 Cupa României final, being used by coach Virgil Mărdărescu all the minutes in the 2–1 loss in front of Știința Cluj in which he scored his side's goal.[1][3] In the 1965–66 season, he scored a personal record of nine goals in the league.[1] In his first season played in European competitions he appeared in six games in the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as in the first two rounds Dinamo Pitești eliminated Sevilla and Toulouse, Țurcan scoring once against the latter, being defeated in the third round with 1–0 on aggregate by Dinamo Zagreb who eventually won the competition.[1][4]
In 1970, Țurcan went to play for Jiul Petroșani where on 6 December he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3–1 home win over Progresul București, having a total of 154 appearances with 39 goals scored in the competition, also he played a total of 10 games, scoring once in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[1] He ended his career in 1972 after helping Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea promote from the third league to the second.[1]
Honours
editDinamo Pitești
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Notes
edit- ^ The statistics for the 1962–63 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mihai Țurcan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Mihai Țurcan at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1964 - 1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Care este echipa românească ce a reuşit una dintre cele mai spectaculoase răsturnări de scor din istoria fotbalului" [Which is the Romanian team that managed one of the most spectacular scoring reversals in the history of football] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
"Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
"Singura echipă românească ce a eliminat Sevilla în cupele europene. Povestea unei duble istorice jucate în urmă cu 50 de ani" [The only Romanian team that eliminated Sevilla in European cups. The story of a historic double played 50 years ago] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
"Mihai Țurcan. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966/1967". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
External links
edit- Mihai Țurcan at Labtof.ro