Nicolae Pescaru (27 March 1943 – 25 May 2019) was a Romanian football play and manager, who worked mostly for Steagul Roșu Brașov.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 March 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Breaza, Prahova County, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 25 May 2019 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Mihăești, Vâlcea, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Someșul Beclean | ||
| 1960–1961 | Progresul Făgăraș | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Chimia Făgăraș | ||
| 1962–1981 | Steagul Roșu Brașov[a] | 392 | (77) |
| 1981–1982 | Șoimii IPA Sibiu | 15 | (1) |
| Total | 407 | (78) | |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1973 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981–1982 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | ||
| 1993–1994 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editNicolae Pescaru was born on 27 March 1943 in Breaza, Prahova County, Romania.[1] He started to play football at junior level in 1959 at Someșul Beclean, after one year moving at Progresul Făgăraș.[1] Pescaru started to play senior football at Chimia Făgăraș in Divizia B, afterwards transferring to Steagul Roșu Brașov where he made his Divizia A debut on 23 September 1962 under coach Silviu Ploeșteanu in a 4–2 home victory against Știința Cluj.[1][2] He spent a total of 19 seasons at Steagul of which about 13–14 of them he was the team's captain, being known for telling his teammates:"You have to defend the honor of being flagbearers!"[1][2][3] The highlights of this period being a fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and 11 games played in European competitions in which he scored a goal in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4–2 victory against Espanyol Barcelona and played in the 3–2 victory on aggregate against Beşiktaş at the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, also the club relegated twice to Divizia B, but Pescaru stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first division each time.[1][2][3][4] He played his last Divizia A match on 23 November 1980 in a 3–1 away loss against Progresul București, a competition in which he has a total of 311 appearances with 62 goals scored, thus being Steagul's leader of appearances and goals scored in the competition.[1][2][3][5][6][7] Pescaru went to play one season for Divizia B team, Șoimii IPA Sibiu, after which he retired and became a junior coach, also coaching Steagul's senior team in two different periods, having a total of 70 Divizia A matches as coach.[1][5][8]
International career
editNicolae Pescaru played three friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Angelo Niculescu, when he came as a substitute and replaced Ion Dumitru at half-time in a 2–0 loss against France.[9][10] His following two games were a 2–2 against Peru and a 2–0 loss against the Soviet Union.[9][11][12] Pescaru was a member of Steagul Roșu Brașov's "Mexican trio", alongside Stere Adamache and Mihai Ivăncescu who were part of Romania's 1970 Mexico World Cup squad, but he did not play in the tournament.[9][13] For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[14][15]
Personal life and death
editHis father was also a footballer who played at Dinamo Brașov, advising Nicolae, when he was a child that if he should become a footballer, he should play for Steagul Roșu Brașov.[2]
Pescaru died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 25 May 2019 at age 76.[5]
Honours
editSteagul Roșu Brașov
Notes
edit- ^ The statistics for the 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Nicolae Pescaru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c d e "Legenda" [The legend] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Un an fără Nicolae Pescaru! 5 amintiri memorabile despre jucătorul legendă al Brașovului" [A year without Nicolae Pescaru! 5 memorable memories about the legendary player of Brașov] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Top 3 "ce (poate) nu știați despre meciul cu Beşiktaş"" [Top 3 "what (maybe) you didn't know about the match with Beşiktaş"] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "A decedat Nicolae Pescaru, cel mai mare fotbalist din istoria lui FC Brasov" [Nicolae Pescaru, the greatest footballer in the history of FC Brasov, has died] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "A murit Nicolae Pescaru, cel mai reprezentativ jucător din istoria lui FC Brașov și selecționat în Mexic '70. Cifrele unei cariere impresionante" [Nicolae Pescaru, the most representative player in the history of FC Brașov and selected in Mexico '70, died. The numbers of an impressive career] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Nicolae Pescaru a murit. Ne-a părăsit încă unul dintre fotbaliştii care au jucat la Mondialul din Mexic 1970" [Nicolae Pescaru died. Another one of the footballers who played at the World Cup in Mexico 1970 has left us] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Nicolae Pescaru manager profile". Labtof. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Nicolae Pescaru". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "France - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Romania - Peru 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Soviet Union - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "FC Braşov, echipa fanion a oraşului de sub Tâmpa, de 75 de ani" [FC Braşov, the flag team of the city under Tâmpa, for 75 years] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
External links
edit- Nicolae Pescaru at National-Football-Teams.com
- Nicolae Pescaru at WorldFootball.net
- Romania National Team 1970-1979 - Details[dead link]