Vasile Iordache
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 October 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Iaşi, Romania | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1971 | Politehnica Iaşi | 28 | (0) |
1971–1984 | Steaua Bucureşti | 231 | (0) |
1984–1986 | FCM Braşov | 12 | (0) |
Total | 271 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1976–1984 | Romania | 25 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1990 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vasile Iordache (born 9 October 1950 in Iași) is a former Romanian football goalkeeper and current assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti, being responsible with goalkeepers' training.
Career
As a goalkeeper, Iordache played for FC Politehnica Iași (between 1969 and 1971), Steaua Bucureşti (1972–1984) and FC Braşov (1984–1986) when he also was assistant coach. He won 25 caps for Romania between 1976 and 1984. After the game against England played on 29 April 1981, when he kept the goal safe for the whole 90 minutes of the game, he was named "The hero of the Wembley". He represented his country at the 1984 UEFA European Championship in France.[1]
In 1986 joins again the squad of Steaua Bucureşti as goalkeepers' coach, but leaves the club after four years when is named head coach of U Cluj, only to return to Steaua Bucureşti as assistant coach one year later.
In 1994 leaves Romania and for eight years coaches various teams in The United Arab Emirates. Returns to Steaua Bucureşti in 2002 and joins the technical team of the club's Under 21 side.
Since 2003 is part of Cosmin Olăroiu's technical team and coaches at FC Naţional Bucharest, FCU Politehnica Timişoara and again Steaua Bucureşti, Al-Sadd Sports Club.
Honours
Player
- Steaua Bucureşti
References
- ^ "Vasile Iordache". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
External links
- steauafc.com - Profile (Romanian)
- Vasile Iordache at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Iași
- Romanian footballers
- FC Steaua București players
- FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players
- SR Brașov players
- Association football goalkeepers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- Romania international footballers
- FC Universitatea Cluj managers
- Al Sadd SC managers
- Expatriate football managers in Qatar
- Romanian football managers
- Romanian football goalkeeper stubs