Mircea Sandu

Mircea Traian Sandu (born 22 October 1952 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer and president of the Romanian Football Federation.

Mircea Sandu
Personal information
Full name Mircea Traian Sandu
Date of birth (1952-10-22) 22 October 1952
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1964–1968 Şcoala Sportivă 2 București
1968–1970 Progresul București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Progresul București 15 (2)
1971–1986 Sportul Studențesc 416 (178)
1986–1987 Gloria Buzău 5 (2)
Total 436 (182)
National team
1972–1982 Romania 18[lower-alpha 1] (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

As a player, Sandu scored 167 goals in Liga I, being ranked seventh in the all-time scoring table, but has never been the top scorer in a single season.[3]

He has been the president of the Romanian Football Federation between 1990 and 2014.[4] His nickname was "The Godfather".[4]

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu for Romania's successful Euro 2008 qualifying campaign with the Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[5][6]

His former wife who died in 1995 Simona Arghir was a handball player and their daughter Raluca was a professional tennis player.[7][8][9][10] They also had a son named Dan Mircea.[11][12] In 1997 he married Lisa Alban.[12][13]

International career

Mircea Sandu made 16 appearances and scored 4 goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 April 1972 when coach Angelo Niculescu used him in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against France.[1][14] His following game was Romania's biggest ever victory, a 9–0 against Finland at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers in which he scored two goals.[1][15] Sandu also played in a 2–2 against Spain at the Euro 1976 qualifiers and played both legs of the successful 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, a 4–3 victory on aggregate against Yugoslavia.[1] His following goals for the national team were in friendlies, a 2–2 against East Germany and a 2–1 loss against Israel.[1] He played two games at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, making his last appearance for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 victory against Denmark.[1] Sandu also played two games for Romania's Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifiers scoring two goals in a 2–1 away victory against Denmark.[2][16]

Honours

Sportul Studențesc

Romania

Notes
  1. Including 2 appearances and 2 goals for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References
  1. "Mircea Sandu". European Football. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "Mircea Sandu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. "Danciu, atacantul care se ia la trîntă cu recordurile: prima pentru cota 200!" [Danciu, the striker who tries to break the records: the first for the 200 share!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. "Gică Hagi, cerut selecționer al echipei naționale de Mircea Sandu: "După mandatul lui Contra, să-l chemăm la discuții" + atac la Burleanu: "E omul serviciilor"" [Gică Hagi, proposed as coach of the national team by Mircea Sandu: "After Contra's mandate, let's call him to discussions" + attack on Burleanu: "He works for the secret services"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. "Raluca Sandu îşi învaţă fetiţa tenis!" [Raluca Sandu teaches her girl to play tennis!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  8. "Unde a dispărut fiica mondenă a ex-şefului de la FRF! Raluca Sandu e patroană de cârciumă la…" [Where did the daughter of the ex-boss from FRF disappear? Raluca Sandu is the owner of a pub in ...] (in Romanian). cancan.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. "Ce bine seamănă cu mama ei!" [How well she resembles her mother!] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. "Raluca si Mircea Sandu au castigat meciul impotriva cancerului" [Raluca and Mircea Sandu won the game against cancer] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. "Mircea Sandu, socru-mare in weekend" [Mircea Sandu, great-grandfather in the weekend] (in Romanian). revistavip.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "Poartă pe spate crucea mamei" [She carries on her back her mother's cross] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  13. "Fost patron la FRF, Mircea Sandu s-a apucat în sfârșit de afaceri. Domeniul? Specialist în dezastre" [Former owner of FRF, Mircea Sandu has finally started his business. Domain? Disaster specialist] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  14. "Romania 2-0 France". European Football. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  15. "Sandu și ceilalți "eroi" din 1973, despre culisele victoriei istorice cu 9-0 cu Finlanda" [Sandu and the other "heroes" from 1973, about the backstage of the historic 9-0 victory over Finland] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  16. "Denmark 1-2 Romania". 11v11. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  17. Mircea Sandu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  18. "Balkan Cup 1977–80". European Football. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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