Ion Pârcălab

Ion Pârcălab
Personal information
Date of birth	5 November 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1961	UTA Arad
1961–1970	Dinamo Bucureşti
1970–1973	Nîmes Olympique
Total
International career
1961–1968	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Pârcălab (born 5 November 1941)^[2] is a retired Romanian footballer. He was nicknamed "The Carpathian Arrow" by coach Helenio Herrera.^[3] His stepbrother was Nicolae Dumitrescu who was also an International footballer.^[4]^[5]

His last name is sometimes spelled Pîrcălab. He had to change the spelling of his last name in 1953 (due to a Romanian language spelling reform) to Pîrcălab,^{[citation needed]} but in 1993 the spelling was reverted to Pârcălab.^{[citation needed]}

Pârcălab played for UTA Arad, Dinamo Bucureşti and Nîmes Olympique in France.

In 1965, he was awarded the title "Best Football Player" in Romania.^[3] He won four titles in a row with Dinamo București. He also participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the Romanian national team.

Honours

Club

Dinamo Bucharest

Romanian League (4): 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
Romanian Cup (2): 1963–64, 1967–68

Nîmes Olympique

Coppa delle Alpi (1): 1972
French League
- Runner-up (1): 1971–72

Notes

^ Including 10 appearances and 2 goals for Romania's Olympic team ^[1]

^ "Ion Pârcălab". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ Football sources report his date of birth as being 5 November while Olympic sources report his date of birth as being 15 November.
^ ^a ^b "EXCLUSIV / Generatia lui Ion Parcalab nu se regaseste in ceea ce arata Dinamo acum! Vezi cine l-a numit „Sageata Carpatilor" si cum a ajuns sa termine pe locul 2 in Franta!" [EXCLUSIVE / Ion Parcalab's generation does not like how Dinamo looks like now! See who called him the "Carpathian Arrow" and how he ended up in second place in France!] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "Cinci decenii şi jumătate de la primul campionat de juniori câştigat de UTA. Pe când juniorii creșteau ocrotiţi de fotbaliştii legendari" [Five decades and a half from the first junior championship won by UTA. From the time when juniors grew protected by legendary footballers] (in Romanian). glsa.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

External links

Ion Pârcălab at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Ion Pârcălab at National-Football-Teams.com
Ion Pârcălab at WorldFootball.net
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Pârcălab". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.

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[ROM-2] Including 10 appearances and 2 goals for Romania's Olympic team ^[1]

[1] "Ion Pârcălab". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[3] Football sources report his date of birth as being 5 November while Olympic sources report his date of birth as being 15 November.

[spt-4] "EXCLUSIV / Generatia lui Ion Parcalab nu se regaseste in ceea ce arata Dinamo acum! Vezi cine l-a numit „Sageata Carpatilor" si cum a ajuns sa termine pe locul 2 in Franta!" [EXCLUSIVE / Ion Parcalab's generation does not like how Dinamo looks like now! See who called him the "Carpathian Arrow" and how he ended up in second place in France!] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[5] "Cinci decenii şi jumătate de la primul campionat de juniori câştigat de UTA. Pe când juniorii creșteau ocrotiţi de fotbaliştii legendari" [Five decades and a half from the first junior championship won by UTA. From the time when juniors grew protected by legendary footballers] (in Romanian). glsa.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[6] "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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