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Alexandru Mustățea

Alexandru Mustățea
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Nicolae Mustățea[1]
Date of birth (1946-08-30)30 August 1946[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death 12 October 2001(2001-10-12) (aged 55)
Place of death Hungary[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder[1]
Youth career
1955–1964 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1970 Universitatea Cluj 101 (9)
1970–1972 Dinamo București 27 (0)
1972–1977 Argeș Pitești 119 (9)
Total 247 (18)
International career
1966–1967 Romania U23 9 (0)
1966 Romania B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Nicolae Mustățea (30 August 1946 – 12 October 2001) was a Romanian football midfielder and referee.

Club career

Alexandru Mustățea was born on 30 August 1946 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1955 at Dinamo București.[1][2] In 1964 he went at Universitatea Cluj where he made his Divizia A debut on 16 May 1965 when coach Andrei Sepci sent him on the field in 75th minute in order to replace Mircea Neșu in a 2–0 home win over Crișul Oradea.[1][2][3] He scored his first goal in a 2–1 away loss in front of Farul Constanța from the third round of the 1966–67 season.[1][2][4] In the following season he scored a personal record of six league goals, including one in a 1–0 home victory against Steaua București.[1][2]

In 1970 he went for two seasons at Dinamo București, coaches Nicolae Dumitru and Traian Ionescu using him in 18 games in the first one as the team won the title.[1][5] He switched teams again in 1972 when he arrived at title holders Argeș Pitești, working with coach Florin Halagian who used him in three games from the 1972–73 European Cup campaign, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid but lost the second leg with 3–1.[1][6] Mustățea's last Divizia A appearance took place on 14 November 1976 in a 6–1 away loss in front of Steaua București, having a total of 247 matches with 18 goals scored in the competition, also playing a total of nine games in European competitions.[1]

International career

Between 1966 and 1967, Alexandru Mustățea played 10 games at international level for Romania's under-23 and B teams.[7]

Refereeing career

After he ended his career, Mustățea worked as a referee, arbitrating over 100 matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A.[8][9]

Death

Mustățea died on 12 October 2001 at age 55 in Hungary.[1][2]

Honours

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Alexandru Mustățea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alexandru Mustățea profile" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  3. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1964-1965 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  4. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1966-1967 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Astăzi FC Argeș împlinește 60 de ani. În loc de aniversare avem priveghi…. Clubul lui Dobrin a murit" [Today FC Arges is 60 years old. Instead of a anniversary we have a funeral. Dobrin's club is dead] (in Romanian). Ziarobiectiv.ro. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
    "Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
    "50 de ani de la marea victorie cu Real Madrid din Cupa Campionilor Europeni" [50 years since the great victory with Real Madrid in the European Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Argesfc.ro. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
    "Alexandru Mustățea. Champions League 1972/1973". WorldFootball. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Alexandru Mustățea profile". 11v11. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Povestea neştiută a unui imens scandal declanşat pe teren de Lăcătuş şi Hagi: "Gică i-a tras un şut în fund prim-secretarului, Marius le zbura caschetele miliţienilor"" [Unknown story of a huge scandal that broke out on the ground by Lăcătuş and Hagi: "Gică gave a kick in the ass of the first secretary, Marius flew the militia's caps"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Alexandru Mustățea referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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