Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a luˈtʃesku]; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.
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Lucescu in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mircea Lucescu | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Școala Sportivă 2 București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1977 | Dinamo București | 250 | (57) |
| 1965–1967 | → Știința București (loan) | 39 | (12) |
| 1977–1982 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 111 | (21) |
| 1990 | Dinamo București | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 401 | (90) | |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1979 | Romania | 70 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1982 | Corvinul Hunedoara | ||
| 1981–1986 | Romania | ||
| 1985–1990 | Dinamo București | ||
| 1990–1991 | Pisa | ||
| 1991–1995 | Brescia | ||
| 1995–1996 | Brescia | ||
| 1996 | Reggiana | ||
| 1997–1998 | Rapid București | ||
| 1998–1999 | Inter Milan | ||
| 1999–2000 | Rapid București | ||
| 2000–2002 | Galatasaray | ||
| 2002–2004 | Beşiktaş | ||
| 2004–2016 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 2016–2017 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| 2017–2019 | Turkey | ||
| 2020–2023 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lucescu is also one of the most successful players of the Romanian league championship, having won all of his seven titles with Dinamo București. Apart from the latter club, he had spells at Știința București and Corvinul Hunedoara, and made 70 appearances for the Romania national team, which he captained in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Lucescu has coached various sides in Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. He is well known for his twelve-year stint in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk, where he became the most successful coach in the team's history by winning eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He also won trophies in Ukraine with rival Dynamo Kyiv, as well as Divizia A titles with Dinamo București and Rapid București, and Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş.
Lucescu was named Romania Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2021, and Ukraine Coach of the Year in 2006 and between 2008 and 2014. In 2013, he was awarded the Manager of the Decade award in Romania, and in 2015 became the fifth person to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches, joining the likes of Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho. He is also ranked second behind Ferguson in terms of official trophies won, with 35.