Marcel Răducanu
 Răducanu in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 October 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Steaua Bucureşti | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1981 | Steaua Bucureşti | 229 | (94) |
| 1982–1988 | Borussia Dortmund | 163 | (31) |
| 1988–1990 | FC Zürich | 47 | (12) |
| Total | 439 | (137) | |
| International career | |||
| 1976–1981 | Romania | 21 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marcel Răducanu (born 21 October 1954 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former footballer who played for Steaua Bucureşti, Borussia Dortmund, FC Zürich and the Romanian national team. His uncle, Marin Voinea was also a footballer.[1]
Between 1976 and 1981, he played 21 games for the Romanian national team, during which he scored three goals.[2] He played nearly 80 matches scoring many goals for Romania's Under-16, U-18, national youth sides, respectively for the U-21 and U-23, also made two appearances for the Olympic team.
Răducanu was honoured as Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1980.
After playing for Steaua Bucureşti in the 1970s, where he won just two championships (in nine seasons) and also two Romanian Cups, Răducanu defected following a match in Dortmund, West Germany in 1981.[3] In his native Romania this act was considered a desertion, as he was a Captain in the Army. Therefore he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison in his absence.[3]
Once in West Germany he signed with both Hannover 96 and Borussia Dortmund clubs, and as a result was suspended by UEFA for one year.[4] In order to have his services, Borussia Dortmund paid half a million deutschmarks to the Hannover club, and Răducanu made his debut in Bundesliga in 1982. Between 1982 and 1988, he played a total of 163 games in the German Bundesliga and scored 31 goals. [5] In 1988 Raducanu signed a contract in Switzerland at FC Zürich where he played 47 matches, scoring 12 goals and winning promotion to the top league Nationaliga A (renamed Swiss Super League since 2003/04) via the playoffs with FC Zürich.[6]
Răducanu retired from football in 1990. Since 1994, he has run a football school in Dortmund. Mario Götze trained at his academy when he was 10 years old.[7]
Honours
Club
Steaua Bucureşti
Romania
Individual
References
- ^ "Marcel Răducanu, artistul-fotbalist fugit în Germania pe timpul lui Ceaușescu: dribla tot ce-i ieșea în cale!" [Marcel Răducanu, the footballing artist who fled to Germany during Ceausescu's time: he dribbled everything that came his way!] (in Romanian). Elitaromaniei.ro. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1980-1989 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b Gieselmann, Dirk (2 April 2008). ""Wir kriegen dich, Verbrecher!"" (in German). Der Westen. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Marcel Raducan" (in German). bvb-freunde.de. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Marcel Raducanu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "Marcel Raducanu" (in German). dbFCZ. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Die Dortmund-Legende über seine Entdeckung" (in German). Bild.de. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- Use dmy dates from January 2013
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- FC Steaua București players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- FC Zürich players
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Romanian defectors
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Liga I players
- Bundesliga players
- Association football midfielders