Gil Mărdărescu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mircea Mărdărescu | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Săcele, Romania | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Politehnica Iași | 28 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Wydad Casablanca | ? | (?) |
| 1975 | New York Cosmos | 5 | (0) |
| 1975 | Rochester Lancers | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980 | New York United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mircea "Gil" Mărdărescu (born 12 April 1952, in Săcele) is a retired Romanian-American football player.
In 1975 he joined the New York Cosmos as a midfielder in the North American Soccer League.[1] In the same year he moved on to the Rochester Lancers, where he was coached by Ted Dumitru.[2][3]
In 1980, he was a player coach with the New York United football team of the American Soccer League.[4]
His father Virgil Mărdărescu coached the Morocco to the 1976 African Cup of Nations title.
He currently lives in California with his wife Stephanie. Gil and Stephanie have two children together, Natalie and Nathan. Mardaresco has three grown children from a previous marriage.
References
- ^ "Curtain call for a legend". Sports Illustrated. 23 June 1975. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ http://naslsoccer.blogspot.fr/2010/09/gil-mardarescu.html
- ^ http://www.soccer-almanac.com/players/player_template.php?id=mardagi01
- ^ "New York United shines in 3 - 0 Big Apple debut" (PDF). Gannett Westchester Newspapers. 29 May 1980.