Ion Țîrcovnicu (7 April 1936 – 10 March 2003) was a

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International career

Ion Țîrcovnicu played one game for Romania's national team in a friendly against

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which ended 0–0. He also played two games for Romania's Olympic team, one of them was a 2–1 victory in a friendly against

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in which he scored Romania's first goal, the other one being a 2–3 loss against

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at the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers.

Honours

Dinamo 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 ...

: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

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 ...

: 1963–64 Dinamo Pitești *

runner-up: 1964–65

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