Iulian Mihăescu (born 11 September 1962) is a

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n former footballer who played as a

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and defender.

Career

Iulian Mihăescu was born on 11 September 1962 in

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, starting his senior career by playing as a forward at

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club,

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. In 1985 he was transferred at

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, where he played mainly in the defense, making his

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 ...

debut under coach

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on 8 March 1986 in a 3–1 victory against

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club from ...

. During his period spent with '' The Red Dogs'', Mihăescu won two league titles in 1989–90 and in 1991–92, in the first he contributed with 7 goals scored in 27 appearances, in the second appearing in 27 games in which he scored one goal, also he won the 1989–90 cup and played 22 games with one goal scored in European competitions including 7 appearances with one goal scored in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup when the club reached the semi-finals. After 6 seasons and a half spent at Dinamo in which he gained 178

appearances with 39 goals scored, he went to play for the last two seasons of his career at Petrolul Ploiești and Sportul Studențesc, gaining a total of 205

appearances with 39 goals scored, his last appearance taking place on 24 April 1994, playing for Sportul in a 3–1 loss against Steaua București. At international level he played one game for Romania's under-21 national team in a 1–0 victory against Austria U21 which took place on 9 September 1986 and because he never played for Romania's senior team, on 13 May 2020, ''

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'' included Mihăescu on a list of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team. After he ended his playing career he worked mostly as an assistant, having only a short period spent as

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Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomi ...

Honours

Flacăra Moreni *

: 1985–86 Dinamo București *

: 1989–90, 1991–92 *

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 ...

: 1989–90

References

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