Mircea Sandu

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Mircea Sandu
Personal information
Full nameMircea Traian Sandu
Date of birth (1952-10-22) 22 October 1952
Place of birthBucharest, Romania
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1962-1966Sportul Studenţesc
1966-1968ŞS 2 Bucureşti
1968-1970Progresul Bucureşti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970-1971Progresul Bucureşti15(2)
1971-1986Sportul Studenţesc422(167)
1986-1987Gloria Buzău5(2)
Total442 (169 )
National team
1972-1982Romania18(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mircea Sandu (born 22 October 1952) is a retired Romanian football (soccer) player. He was a striker with Sportul Studenţesc, where he played from 1971-1986.

Sandu is president of the Romanian Football Federation since 1990, and was re-elected in 2005 and in 2010. He is currently a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.

He has scored 166 goals in Liga I, being ranked 7th in the all time scoring table, but he has never been the top scorer in a single season.

His nickname is "The Godfather".

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