Gil Mărdărescu

Mircea "Gil" Mărdărescu (born 12 April 1952, in Săcele) is a retired Romanian-American football (soccer) player.

Gil Mardaresco
Personal information
Full name Mircea Mărdărescu
Date of birth (1952-04-12) 12 April 1952
Place of birth Săcele, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Politehnica Iași 28 (0)
1973–1975 Wydad Casablanca ? (?)
1975 New York Cosmos 5 (0)
1975 Rochester Lancers 2 (1)
1980 New York United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1975, he joined the New York Cosmos as a midfielder in the North American Soccer League, where he played alongside three-time World Cup winner Pelé.[1] In the same year he moved on to the Rochester Lancers, where he was coached by Ted Dumitru.[2][3][4]

In 1980, he signed with the New York United football team of the American Soccer League.[5]

His father Virgil Mărdărescu coached the Morocco to the 1976 African Cup of Nations title.[6][7]

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.[6][8]

References
  1. "Curtain call for a legend". Sports Illustrated. 23 June 1975. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. http://naslsoccer.blogspot.fr/2010/09/gil-mardarescu.html
  3. http://www.soccer-almanac.com/players/M/mardagi01/
  4. "Imagine de colecţie + Fabuloasa biografie a singurului român care i-a fost coechipier lui Pele" [Collection image + Fabulous biography of the only Romanian who was a teammate of Pele] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. "New York United shines in 3 - 0 Big Apple debut" (PDF). Gannett Westchester Newspapers. 29 May 1980.
  6. "Clipe grele pentru singurul român care a jucat cu Pele: "Rugați-vă pentru el și îmbrățișați-i pe cei dragi"" [Hard moments for the only Romanian who played with Pele: "Pray for him and hug your loved ones"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. "Marele Pele a dezvăluit ce i-a spus singurul fotbalist român alături de care a jucat. "Replica lui m-a îngrijorat!"" [The Great Pele revealed what the only Romanian footballer that played with him said. "His reply worried me!"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. "Gil Mărdărescu, fotbalistul român care a jucat cu marele Pele la New York Cosmos, operat de cancer la prostată" [Gil Mărdărescu, the Romanian footballer who played with the great Pele at New York Cosmos, operated on prostate cancer] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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