Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vintilă Virgil Mărdărescu | ||
Date of birth | 15 July 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Date of death | 11 June 2003 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Aliso Viejo, California, United States | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1947–1949 | Flacăra București | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1955–1956 | Dinamo Braşov | ||
1957–1958 | Dinamo Cluj | ||
1958–1959 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
1959 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
1960–1961 | Știința Craiova | ||
1961–1962 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
1962–1963 | Dinamo Bacău | ||
1963–1965 | Argeș Pitești | ||
1965–1968 | Farul Constanța | ||
1969–1970 | Romania Olympic B | ||
1970–1973 | Politehnica Iași | ||
1974–1978 | Morocco | ||
1980 | New York United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu"; 15 July 1921 – 11 June 2003) was a Romanian football manager.
As a player, Virgil Mărdărescu played for Flacăra București in Divizia A. [1] [2] [3]
In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, known as Romania Olympic and undertook a tour of Israel. [4] and Australia. [5]
In 1976, he led Morocco to their first Africa Cup of Nations title, [6] but was unable to follow up that success in 1978 when the team were knocked out in the first round. [7]
His son Gil Mărdărescu played together with Pelé for the New York Cosmos in the NASL. [8] [9] [10]
Argeș Pitești
Politehnica Iași
Morocco