Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (December 8, 1908 in Bucharest – February 24, 1994) was a Romanian

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goalkeeper.

Career

His career in club football was spent at

Venus București Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never far ...

, Banatul Timișoara, Sportul Studențesc București,

Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...

and

Gloria CFR Galați Gloria CFR Galați was a football club based in Galaţi, Galați County, Romania. It was founded in 1932 and dissolved in 1970. History The club was founded in 1932 January 1, at the initiative of the railroad workers from Galați, after the me ...

International career

Ion Lăpuşneanu played 10 games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Constantin Rădulescu used him on 15 September 1929 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against Bulgaria. He played two games at the successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, two at the

1932 Balkan Cup The 1932 Balkan Cup was the third Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Bulgaria. The top goalscorer was Živković Živković (sometimes transliterated Zivkovic ...

and one at the

1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs The 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs was the second and last edition of the Central European International Cup The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Cen ...

. Lăpuşneanu was also part of Romania's

1930 World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nati ...

squad in which he played in both of Romania's games at the tournament, the 3–1 victory against Peru and the 4–0 loss against eventual tournament winners Uruguay. His last game for the national team was a friendly which ended with a 5–0 loss against Poland. In 1942 Lăpușneanu was coach of Romania's national team, leading the team in three friendly games, a 7–0 loss against Germany, a 1–0 loss against Slovakia and a 2–2 against Croatia.

Honours

Venus București *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

(2): 1931–32, 1933–34 Rapid București *

runner-up (1): 1936–37 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

(1): 1936–37 Romania * Balkan Cup: 1929–31 *

Central European International Cup The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...

: 1931–34

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapusneanu, Ion 1908 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players Liga I players Liga II players FC Venus București players Banatul Timișoara players FC Sportul Studențesc București players FC Rapid București players Gloria CFR Galați players Romanian football managers Romania national football team managers FC Argeș Pitești managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers CSM Jiul Petroșani managers Men's association football goalkeepers