Răzvan Lucescu

Răzvan Lucescu
Personal information
Full name Răzvan Lucescu
Date of birth 17 February 1969 (1969-02-17) (age 43)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Rapid Bucureşti (Manager)
Youth career
1977–1982 Corvinul Hunedoara
1983–1987 Dinamo Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1987–1992 Sportul Studenţesc 24 (0)
1992–1993 Crema Calcio 3 (0)
1993–1996 Sportul Studenţesc 81 (0)
1996–1997 Naţional Bucureşti 31 (0)
1997–1998 Sportul Studenţesc 31 (0)
1998–1999 Naţional Bucureşti 23 (0)
1999–2000 Braşov 13 (0)
2000–2001 Rapid Bucureşti 26 (0)
2001–2002 Bacău 10 (0)
2002–2003 Rapid Bucureşti 1 (0)
Total 243 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Braşov
2004–2007 Rapid Bucureşti
2007–2009 Braşov
2009–2011 Romania
2011– Rapid Bucureşti
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Răzvan Lucescu (born 17 February 1969 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and currently the manager of Rapid Bucharest. He is the son of football player and manager Mircea Lucescu.

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Player career

1987–2003

He played only in the first Romanian league (Divizia A), at the following teams:

His career sums up 249 matches played in the 15 seasons, with an average of 16.6 matches/season played. His best achievement is winning the championship in his last year as a player, 2003, when he played one match and was the vice-president of the club as well. Worth mentioning is the second place occupied in 1997 with Naţional (he then played 31 matches).[1]

Coaching career

Braşov (2003–2004)

Răzvan first coached FC Braşov in the 2003–2004 championship for 15 matches in the first league.

Rapid Bucureşti (2004–2007)

In 2004, he was named coach of Rapid Bucharest. In his first season, he qualified for the UEFA Cup, finishing 3rd in the domestic league.

In the 2005–2006 season, he had a dramatic start of the season, being dismissed for one night, before the owner of the club, George Copos, decided to take him back. Răzvan and his players worked harder, managing to defeat teams such as Feyenoord Rotterdam, Shakhtar Donetsk (his father's team), Hertha Berlin and Hamburger SV, reaching to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Rapid was taken out by Steaua Bucureşti after two draws. In the league, he finished on 2nd place, after being 6th at the half of the season.

The 2006–2007 season was not as good. Rapid got eliminated from the UEFA Cup group stages after 4 draws, finishing 4th. However, in 2007 Răzvan 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 Romanian Cup with Rapid in 2006 and 2007, both leading Rapid into the UEFA Cup.

Braşov (2007–2009)

Răzvan decided to start all over and, instead of accepting to manage bigger clubs from abroad, he decided to coach Braşov, 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 first place. Bringing Braşov back in the first league, Răzvan had proposed to make history by trying to win the Romanian Cup or by qualifying to the Europa League.

Romanian national team (2009–2011)

On 29 April 2009 he was appointed head coach and general manager of Romania, leaving Braşov after a 9th place finish in the first division and replacing Victor Piţurcă in this position.[2] After two years in control he gave up the national team, following the 3–0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving it with chances of qualifying to the UEFA Euro 2012. He takes charge at Rapid Bucharest the following day.[3] His summary at the national team is all square: 7 wins, 7 draws, 7 defeats, 25 goals scored vs 26 conceded.

Statistics

As a Manager

As of 23 July 2011
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA Win %
Braşov 2003 2004 &1000000000000001500000015 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000070000007 &1000000000000002000000020 &1000000000000001500000015 &1000000000000003332999933.33
Rapid Bucureşti 1 July 2004 30 June 2007 &1000000000000009400000094 &1000000000000004900000049 &1000000000000002800000028 &1000000000000001700000017 &10000000000000161000000161 &1000000000000008900000089 &1000000000000005213000052.13
Braşov 1 July 2007 5 June 2009 &1000000000000006800000068 &1000000000000003800000038 &1000000000000001900000019 &1000000000000001100000011 &10000000000000116000000116 &1000000000000004800000048 &1000000000000005588000055.88
Romania 29 April 2009 4 June 2011 &1000000000000002100000021 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000070000007 &1000000000000002500000025 &1000000000000002600000026 &1000000000000003332999933.33
Rapid Bucureşti 4 June 2011 present &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000000000000 &10000000000000100000000100.000
Total &10000000000000199000000199 &10000000000000100000000100 &1000000000000005700000057 &1000000000000004200000042 &10000000000000325000000325 &10000000000000178000000178 &1000000000000005025000050.25

Trophies

References

  1. ^ Răzvan Lucescu at RomanianSoccer.ro
  2. ^ "Lucescu Jr takes up Romania reins". Uefa.com. 2009-04-29. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=825083.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
  3. ^ Răzvan Lucescu a demisionat de la echipa naţională. Copos: „A semnat pe patru ani cu Rapid” (Romanian)
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