Dan Păltinișanu

Dan Păltinișanu
Personal information
Date of birth	23 March 1951
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	4 March 1995 (aged 43)
Place of death	Timișoara, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Youth career
1962–1965	TM București
1965–1970	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	FC Braşov
1972–1973	Metrom Brașov
1973–1983	Politehnica Timişoara
1983–1985	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare
Total
International career
1978–1979	Romania
Medal record
Representing Romania
Universiade
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dan Păltinișanu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a football player, born in Bucharest, Romania, who played ten years for Politehnica Timişoara. The Dan Păltinişanu Stadium from Timișoara is named after him. He won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition that was held in France, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romulus Chihaia and Paul Cazan.^[1] His son who was also named Dan Păltinișanu was a basketball player who played for Romania's national basketball team and won the Romanian Basketball Cup while playing for BCM Elba Timișoara in 2010.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Honours

^ "Au fost odată campioni mondiali" [Once they were world champions] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Dan Păltinişanu, un nume de legendă: bunicul fotbalist, tatăl baschetbalist. Ce va fi nepotul?" [Dan Paltinisanu, a legendary name: the footballer grandfather, the basketballer father. What will the nephew be?] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Legenda baschetului timișorean, Dan Păltinișanu, va conduce Academia BC Timișoara" [The basketball legend of Timişoara, Dan Paltinisanu, will lead the BC Timişoara Academy] (in Romanian). voceatimisului.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "Dan Păltinișanu Junior: „Mă bucur când oamenii îmi vorbesc și astăzi de tata!" FOTO/VIDEO" [Dan Paltinisanu Junior: "I'm glad that people talk to me about my father even today!" PHOTO / VIDEO] (in Romanian). renasterea.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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