Ion Crăciunescu (born 27 September 1950) is a Romanian former
football referee and
player
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. Born in
Craiova, he comes from the town of
Râmnicu Vâlcea
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. Crăciunescu was a footballer at
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea and
Universitatea Craiova until he retired in 1975, choosing to start a new career as a referee.
He became an international referee in 1984. Although he never refereed at a World Cup or European Championship finals, he was selected as one of five referees for the
1995 King Fahd Cup (later known as the
FIFA Confederations Cup). He is best known for officiating the
1995 UEFA Champions League Final between
Ajax
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and
Milan
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. He retired as a professional later that year. From 2003 to 2005, he was the president of the Romanian Referees Committee. His son, Theodor Crăciunescu was also a football referee.
Honours
Player
;Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
*
Cupa României:
1972–73[
;Universitatea Craiova
*]Liga I
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: 1973–74[
]
References
External links
Profile
at WorldReferee.com
1950 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC U Craiova 1948 players
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea players
Romanian football referees
UEFA Champions League referees
Association footballers not categorized by position
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