Mircea Constantinescu (born 25 February 1945) is a

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n former footballer who played as a

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for Politehnica Iași,

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and SC Bacău.

Club career

Mircea Constantinescu was born on 25 February 1945 in Crăiești,

, and made his

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debut on 20 October 1963, playing for Politehnica Iași in a 5–3 away loss against

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. He spent 7 seasons at

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, a period in which the club had a relegation to

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, but he helped the club gain the promotion back to

after one season and in 1970 he went to play for

where he won the title in his first season, contributing with 27 matches played. He won two more titles, at the first contributing with 10 appearances and at the second with 32 games played. After 7 seasons spent with '' The Red Dogs'' in which he played a total of 110 matches and appeared in 11 European competitions games (including four matches in the

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), Constantinescu ended his career by spending one season at SC Bacău, making his last

appearance on 26 June 1977 in a 2–0 home victory against Sportul Studențesc București, having a total of 287 matches played in the competition. After he retired from playing football, Constantinescu became a

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, arbitrating matches in Romania's top-league

International career

Mircea Constantinescu played two friendly matches for

, making his debut under coach

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in a 1–1 against

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, which took place in

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. His second game was a 2–1 away victory against

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Honours

Politehnica Iași *

: 1967–68 Dinamo București *

: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Constantinescu, Mircea 1945 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players FC Dinamo București players FCM Bacău players Romanian football referees Sportspeople from Bacău County