Ion Alecsandrescu

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Ion Alecsandrescu
Personal information
Full nameIon Alecsandrescu
Date of birth(1928-07-17)17 July 1928
Place of birthCopăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death21 June 2000(2000-06-21) (aged 71)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1947–1950Juventus / Partizanul Bucureşti6(8)
1950–1951Steaua Bucureşti6(1)
1952–1953CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc32(5)
1953–1961Steaua Bucureşti162(87)
1962Olimpia Bucureşti
Total206(101)
National team
Romania B5(0)
1956–1959Romania5(0)
Teams managed
1982-2000Steaua Bucureşti (Staff)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the chairman of Steaua Bucureşti during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century.

Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia Bucureşti.

He was top scorer of Divizia A with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.

Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Romanian Cup, all with Steaua Bucureşti and also five caps for Romania.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nicolae Tătaru
Steaua Top Scorer
1956
1957–1958
1958–1959
Succeeded by
Gheorghe Constantin
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