Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the president of Steaua București during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was ''Sfinxul'' () and was recently declared as ''Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century''. Alecsandrescu also played

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between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București,

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and

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. He was top scorer of

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with 18 goals in only 22 games, in

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. Alecsandrescu won five championships and a

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, all with Steaua București and also won four caps for

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and one for Romania's Olympic team.

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* 1928 births 2000 deaths Romanian men's footballers Liga I players Liga II players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FCSB players Olympia București players FCSB presidents Men's association football forwards Romania men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania People from Vâlcea County {{Romania-footy-forward-stub