Ioan Lupescu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ioan Angelo Lupescu | ||
Date of birth | 9 December 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1975–1977 | Admira Wacker | ||
1977–1982 | Mecanică Fină București | ||
1982–1986 | Dinamo București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1990 | Dinamo București | 98 | (11) |
1990–1996 | Bayer Leverkusen | 184 | (4) |
1996–1998 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 44 | (7) |
1998–2000 | Dinamo București | 61 | (14) |
2000 | Bursaspor | 9 | (2) |
2000–2002 | Dinamo București | 24 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Al-Hilal (loan) | 5 | (1) |
Total | 424 | (39) | |
National team | |||
1988–2000[1] | Romania | 74 | (6) |
Teams managed | |||
2004 | FCM Bacău | ||
2004 | FC Brașov | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Ioan "Ionuț" Angelo Lupescu (born 9 December 1968) is a Romanian former football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.
Club career[]
Lupescu, son of the late Romanian international Nicolae Lupescu, began his career in 1975 in the youth of Admira Wacker, the club where his father played until his retirement. In 1977, he moved to Mecanică Fină a club where his father Nicolae started his coaching career, before moving to Dinamo Bucharest in 1982. He made his Dinamo debut at the age of 17 in the Divizia A on 21 September 1986 in a 4–1 victory against SC Bacău. After winning the Romanian championship and the Cup in the 1989–90 season, and reaching the Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals during the 1989–90 season. Lupescu moved to Germany at Bayer Leverkusen there he won the DFB-Pokal in 1993, and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1994–95. After five seasons with Leverkusen, Lupescu signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach for two more years. In 1998, he returned to Dinamo Bucharest, and won another Championship in 2000. After a brief detour to Bursaspor in the Süper Lig in the beginning of the season 2000–01, Lupescu again returned to Dinamo Bucharest. On 29 October 2001, he had a short half-year spell contract with Al-Hilal club from Saudi Arabia a period of five months, but could not adapt, because of the high climate. In the same year he returned for the third time at Dinamo Bucharest, only to retire.
International career[]
Lupescu made 74 appearances for the Romania national team, and scored six goals. He debuted on 3 February 1988, in a 2–0 win over Israel. He participated in the FIFA World Cup 1990 in Italy and in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the US and reached the quarter-finals, he also participated at the UEFA Euro 1996 in England, and UEFA Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Coaching career[]
In 2003, Lupescu acquired his coaching license at the German Sport University of Cologne.[2] By the end of his active career, he was head-coach for a short period at FCM Bacău and FC Brașov in Divizia A till 2004, and was dismissed because of poor results. He became Vice President Director of the Romanian Football Federation.
Personal life[]
Lupescu is the son of former Romanian national player Nicolae Lupescu, who for a time also served as a manager.[3][4]
Career statistics[]
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lupescu goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 29 August 1990 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, USSR | Soviet Union | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2 | 5 December 1990 | Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest, Romania | San Marino | 4–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
3 | 6 May 1992 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania | Faroe Islands | 5–0 | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup 1994 qualifying |
4 | 20 May 1992 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania | Wales | 2–0 | 5–1 | FIFA World Cup 1994 qualifying |
5 | 3–0 | |||||
6 | 18 August 1999 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours[]
Dinamo București
- Divizia A: 1989–90, 1999–00
- Cupa României: 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01
Bayer Leverkusen
Al-Hilal
References[]
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (10 June 2011). "Ioan Angelo "Ionut" Lupescu – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Lizenz zum Trainieren" (in German). Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ "A murit fostul internaţional Nicolae Lupescu, tatăl lui Ionuţ Lupescu" [The former international Nicolae Lupescu, the father of Ionut Lupescu died] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links[]
- Ioan Lupescu at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Ioan Lupescu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ioan Lupescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Romanian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Romania international footballers
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- FC Dinamo București players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Bursaspor footballers
- Al Hilal SFC players
- Bundesliga players
- Liga I players
- Süper Lig players
- Saudi Professional League players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- Romanian football managers
- FC Brașov (1936) managers
- FCM Bacău managers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia