Ion Alecsandrescu

Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the chairman of Steaua București 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.[4][5][6]

Ion Alecsandrescu

Alecsandrescu in the 1950s
Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1928
Place of birth	Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death	21 June 2000 (aged 71)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1947–1949	Juventus București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950	Partizanul București	6	(8)
1950–1951	Steaua București	6	(1)
1952–1953	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	32	(5)
1953–1961	Steaua București[lower-alpha 1]	153	(85)
1962	Olimpia București
Total		198	(99)
National team
	Romania B	5	(0)
1956–1959	Romania[lower-alpha 2]	5	(0)
Teams managed
1982–2000	Steaua București (Staff)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia București.[1]

He was top scorer of Divizia A with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.[1][3]

Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Romanian Cup, all with Steaua București and also won four caps for Romania and one for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]

Notes

1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Steaua București are not official.[1]
2. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team [2][3]

References

1. Ion Alecsandrescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
2. "Ion Alecsandrescu". European Football. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. Ion Alecsandrescu at National-Football-Teams.com
4. "Ion Alecsandrescu – "Omul secolului XX" la Steaua" [Ion Alecsandrescu - "The man of the twentieth century" at Steaua] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
5. "on Alecsandrescu-Sfinxul" [Ion Alecsandrescu-The Sphinx] (in Romanian). Fcsteaua.ro. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
6. "Mitică, de partea fostelor glorii: "Gigi a scăpat de sub control!"" [Mitică, on the side of the former glories: "Gigi got out of control!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

External links

• Ion Alecsandrescu at WorldFootball.net