Adrian Bumbescu (born 23 February 1960 in

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) is a retired

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who played as a

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. A defender with a tough attitude, he played mostly with Steaua București, helping it win the 1986 European Cup and subsequent European Supercup. He is one of the most famous and successful players who has ever played in the Romanian First League. He is 2nd in an all time ranking, tied with

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won it 10 times and is ranked 1st.

Club career

During his career as a player, Bumbescu won the

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with three clubs, in an unparalleled feat. His first appearances came during 1978–79 with hometown's

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and, after winning the league in his second season, he signed with

FC Dinamo București Fotbal Club Dinamo București (), commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...

and conquered another championship in 1982. After two years at FC Olt Scornicești, Bumbescu moved to national powerhouse

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, where he won a further five leagues – being instrumental in four of those – and three domestic cups. He also played complete matches in two of the team's biggest achievements, the 1985–86

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and the subsequent edition of the

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, which was held the following year. After 1991–92, Steaua refused to renew Bumbescu's contract. Aged 32, he joined

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side Steaua Mizil, where he played three more seasons before eventually retiring from professional football, having appeared in 316 first division games and scored four goals; he later rejoined Steaua as a youth coach. On 25 March 2008, Bumbescu was decorated by the president of Romania

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with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – ("The Sportive Merit" order) class II, for his part in the winning of the 1986 European Cup.

International career

Bumbescu won 15 caps for

during slightly less than three years, scoring once. He did not take part in any major international tournament, however.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.''

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

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: 1979–80 Dinamo București *

: 1981–82 * Cupa României: 1981–82 Steaua București *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 * Cupa României: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92 *

: 1985–86 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bumbescu, Adrian 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Dinamo București players FC Olt Scornicești players FC Steaua București players FC Callatis Mangalia players Romania international footballers Romanian football managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers