Mircea Lucescu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 July 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Shakhtar Donetsk (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Şcoala Sportivă 2 Bucureşti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1963–1977 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 250 | (57) |
| 1965–1967 | → Ştiinţa Bucureşti (loan) | 39 | (12) |
| 1977–1982 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 111 | (21) |
| 1989–1990 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1966–1979 | Romania | 70 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979–1980 | Corvinul Hunedoara | ||
| 1981–1986 | Romania | ||
| 1985–1990 | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||
| 1990–1991 | Pisa | ||
| 1991–1996 | Brescia | ||
| 1996–1997 | Reggiana | ||
| 1997–1998 | Rapid Bucureşti | ||
| 1998–1999 | Internazionale | ||
| 1999–2000 | Rapid Bucureşti | ||
| 2000–2002 | Galatasaray | ||
| 2002–2004 | Beşiktaş | ||
| 2004– | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mircea Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a luˈt͡ʃesku]; born 29 July 1945, in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu. He is currently managing Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk with whom he won the UEFA Cup 2008-09.
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[edit] Managing career
[edit] Galatasaray
After coaching the Romanian national team, and a long career in Italy, he had a brilliant start with Galatasaray, winning the European Super Cup against Real Madrid. Under Lucescu's managership, Galatasaray qualified to quarter finals in the UEFA Champions League in the 2000–01 season. In the quarter finals they lost to Real Madrid. The same year, he lost the Turkish League title to rivals Fenerbahçe.
Next year, Galatasaray qualified to the second phase of the UEFA Champions League and won the Turkish League title under his managership. (2001–2002 season)
[edit] Beşiktaş
Lucescu was disappointed to be sacked despite winning the league champion title. In June 2002, he signed a contract with rivals Beşiktaş J.K.. It was a very important season for Beşiktaş since, in 2003, the reputable Turkish club was celebrating its 100th year since its foundation. They won the Turkish title, having only one loss and collecting 85 points – a record for the Turkcell Super League for the maximum points collected in a season.
The 2003–04 season started well for Lucescu and Beşiktaş. The team could not qualify from a difficult Champions League group, but was able to get a ticket to the UEFA Cup by holding the 3rd position in its group – only to be knocked out by Valencia C.F., who eventually went on to win that year's UEFA Cup. Beşiktaş reached the quarter final of the UEFA Cup in 2002–2003, only to lose to Lazio. At the beginning of the second half of Turkish Super League season 2003-2004, Beşiktaş were in the first position and 8 points ahead of their rivals Fenerbahce, who were in the 2nd league position. On 25 January 2004, Beşiktaş played against Samsunspor at home, and referee Cem Papila showed 5 controversial red cards to Beşiktaş players and Beşiktaş lost the game by the decision of the referee. This match has been regarded as a black mark in Turkish football by several football authorities. After this match the team's performance declined drastically, and Lucescu could not stop the decline. He blamed the Turkish Football Federation for one-sided decisions by the referees. After a disastrous second half, Lucescu decided to leave Turkey claiming that his championship was stolen.
[edit] Shakhtar Donetsk
Lucescu is currently the manager of Shakhtar Donetsk. He won the last UEFA Cup Final, in 2009, against Werder Bremen 2–1 after extra time. His son, Răzvan Lucescu, is a former goalkeeper who at several points managed FC Rapid Bucureşti, a team his father had also previously managed. Coincidentally, Shakhtar and Rapid met in the group stage of the UEFA Cup in November 2005, and the latter won.
On 29 May 2009 Lucescu was granted the title "Honorary citizen of Donetsk" by the city council of Donetsk for "earning the UEFA Cup, development and popularization of the Ukrainian football, improvement of the Donetsk, Donetsk region and Ukraine authority in the world".[1]
In December 2009 he turned down an offer to coach the Ukraine national football team. His reason: avoiding another potential clash with his son, Razvan, who manages the national team of Romania and could qualify for EURO 2012, which Ukraine hosts.[2][3]
[edit] Personal
Lucescu is known to be a very educated person. He learned when he was young 5 new languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French (in addition to native Romanian, and Russian he learned in Donetsk). As a coach in Romania he was telling his players it is better to go to the theatre or read a book than to go to restaurants. He also pressured his players to go to university.[4]
On 15 July 2009 he suffered a heart attack and was operated in an emergency hospital in Donetsk.[5]
On 6 January 2012 was involved in a road accident in Bucharest, Romania and was seriously hurt.[6]
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Player
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Bucureşti |
1963-64 | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964-65 | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1967-68 | 17 | 1 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 1968-69 | 28 | 8 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | |
| 1969-70 | 24 | 4 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| 1970-71 | 23 | 3 | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 1971-72 | 26 | 7 | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| 1972-73 | 28 | 12 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | |
| 1973-74 | 25 | 5 | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | |
| 1974-75 | 31 | 4 | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 34 | 5 | |
| 1975-76 | 26 | 6 | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | |
| 1976-77 | 19 | 7 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |
| Corvinul | 1977-78 | 34 | 7 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| 1978-79 | 27 | 5 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| 1979-80 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980-81 | 27 | 7 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
| 1981-82 | 23 | 2 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| Dinamo Bucureşti |
1989-90 | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career totals | 362 | 78 | ? | ? | 15 | 3 | 377 | 81 | |
[edit] Manager
- As of 8 December 2010
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Corvinul Hunedoara |  |
1979 | 1980 | — | ||||
| Romania | |
1981 | 1986 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 42.37 |
| Dinamo Bucureşti | |
1985 | 1990 | — | ||||
| Pisa |  |
1990 | 1991 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 23.53 |
| Brescia Calcio | |
1991 | 1996 | 163 | 46 | 58 | 59 | 28.22 |
| Reggiana | |
1996 | 1997 | — | ||||
| Rapid Bucureşti | |
1997 | 1998 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 78.26 |
| Internazionale | |
1998 | 1999 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31.82 |
| Rapid Bucureşti | |
1999 | 2000 | — | ||||
| Galatasaray |  |
2000 | 2002 | 80 | 50 | 16 | 14 | 62.50 |
| Beşiktaş | |
2002 | 2004 | 91 | 53 | 19 | 19 | 58.24 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk |  |
2004 | 290 | 198 | 46 | 46 | 68.28 | |
| Total | 785 | 423 | 172 | 190 | 53.89 | |||
[edit] Honours
[edit] Player
- Romanian First League – Seven times winner (1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1990)
- Romanian Cup – 1 time winner (1968)
- Romanian Second League – 1 time winner (1980)
- European Cups – 15 matches – 3 goals
[edit] Manager
Dinamo Bucureşti
- Romanian League: 1989–90
- Romanian Cup: 1985–86, 1989–90
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semi Final: 1989–90
Brescia Calcio
- Serie B: 1991–92
- Anglo-Italian Cup: 1993–94
- Rapid Bucureşti
- Romanian League: 1998–99
- Romanian Cup: 1997–98
- Internazionale
- UEFA Champions League: Quarter Final : 1998–99
Galatasaray
- Turkish Super League: 2001–02
- UEFA Super Cup: 2000
- UEFA Champions League Quarter Final : 2000-01
- Beşiktaş
- Turkish Super League: 2002–03
- UEFA Cup Quarter Final : 2002-03
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Ukrainian Cup: 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2005, 2008, 2010
- UEFA Cup: 2008–09
- UEFA Champions League Quarter Final : 2010-11
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mircea Lucescu becomes an "Honorary citizen of Donetsk", Ukrainian Soccer Portal (29 May 2009)
- ^ Shakhtar trainer Lucescu not to coach Ukraine's national team, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2009)
- ^ FFU President ready to officially offer job of national coach to Lucescu, Interfax-Ukraine (1 December 2009)
- ^ http://shakhtar.com/ru/news/18276
- ^ Mircea Lucescu a suferit un preinfarct la Doneţk! Soţia sa a plecat astăzi de urgenţă în Ucraina
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