Ioan Lupescu

Ioan "Ionuț" Angelo Lupescu (born 9 December 1968) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder and a former manager. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.

Ionuț Lupescu
Personal information
Full name Ioan Angelo Lupescu
Date of birth (1968-12-09) 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 Braşov
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Romanian squad, 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 Braşov 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 the score after the player's goal.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 August 1990Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, USSR Soviet Union2–02–1Friendly
25 December 1990Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest, Romania San Marino4–06–0UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying
36 May 1992Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Faroe Islands5–07–0FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
420 May 1992Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Wales2–05–1FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
520 May 1992Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Wales3–05–1FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
618 August 1999Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus1–12–2Friendly

Honours

Club

Dinamo București

Bayer Leverkusen

Al-Hilal

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel (10 June 2011). "Ioan Angelo "Ionut" Lupescu – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. "Lizenz zum Trainieren" (in German). Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln. 30 September 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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