Virgil Mărdărescu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vintilă Virgil Mărdărescu | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 11 June 2003 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Aliso Viejo, California, United States | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1947–1950 | Flacăra București | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1955–1956 | Dinamo Braşov | ||
| 1957–1958 | Dinamo Cluj | ||
| 1958–1959 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 1959–1960 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
| 1960–1961 | Știința Craiova | ||
| 1961–1962 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 1962–1963 | Bacău | ||
| 1963–1965 | Argeș Pitești | ||
| 1965–1968 | Farul Constanța | ||
| 1969–1970 | Romania Olympic B | ||
| 1970–1973 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 1974–1978 | Morocco | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu") was a Romanian football manager.
In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, known as Romania Olympic and undertook a tour of Israel.[1] and Australia.[2]
In 1976 he led Morocco to their first Africa Cup of Nations title,[3] but was unable to follow up that success in 1978 when the team were knocked out in the first round.[4]
His son Mircea Gil Mărdărescu (born 1952) played together with Pelé for New York Cosmos in the NASL.[5]
References
- ↑ "Israel Official Games 1970-1979". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "South Australia v Romania B". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "African Nations Cup 1976 - Final Tournament Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "African Nations Cup 1978 - Final Tournament Details". rsssf.com. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Imagine de colecţie" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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