Constantin Moldoveanu (25 October 1943 – 10 September 2013) was a

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n football

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and

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Club career

Constantin Moldoveanu was born on 25 October 1943 in

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and started to play football in 1958 at the junior squads of CSMS Iași, returning in 1961 in

to play for Petrolul where on 19 August 1962 he made his

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debut under coach

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in a 0–0 against

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. He scored two goals in a 6–1 victory against

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in the

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which helped Petrolul Ploiești win the first

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in the club's history. In 1964 he went to play for a half of season at Steaua București, afterwards returning at Petrolul. In his second period spent with '' The Yellow Wolves'', he helped the team win the

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title, being used by coach

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in 24 matches in which he scored 8 goals, he also played three games in the first round of the

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against

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which include a 3–1 victory in which he scored a goal, however they did not manage to qualify to the next round. In 1969 he went to play for Politehnica Iași where in the

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season he scored 15 goals, being the top-goalscorer of the league alongside

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and

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. In 1972 Constantin Moldoveanu went to play for Sportul Studențesc București where on 28 October 1973 he made his last

appearance in a 2–0 away loss against

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, having a total of 222 appearances and 59 goals scored in the competition, also he has a total of 16 matches played and 8 goals scored in

and 9 matches and one goal scored in European competitions (including four games in the

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). He ended his career by playing two seasons in

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, first at Petrolul and then at Prahova Ploiești. On 10 September 2013, Moldoveanu died in the Ploiești County Hospital.

International career

Constantin Moldoveanu played one game for Romania's national team when coach

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sent him on the field in order to replace captain Ion Ionescu in the 14th minute of a 1–1 friendly against

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, which took place on 4 January 1967 in

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Managerial career

Constantin Moldoveanu worked as a coach mainly in the Romanian lower leagues, having a few spells in

at Gloria Buzău and Petrolul Ploiești. He also coached juniors for many years and worked for a while as a football

Honours

Club

Petrolul Ploiești *

: 1965–66 *

: 1962–63

Individual

top scorer: 1970–71

References

External links

* *
Constantin Moldoveanu player profile
at Labtof.ro
Constantin Moldoveanu manager profile
at Labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Moldoveanu, Constantin 1943 births 2013 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Steaua București players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Romanian football managers FC Gloria Buzău managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers CSM Flacăra Moreni managers CSO Plopeni managers Romanian football referees Footballers from Ploiești