Silviu Ploeșteanu (28 January 1913 – 13 April 1969) was a Romanian footballer and manager.

Club career

Silviu Ploeșteanu, nicknamed ''Ploaie'' ( Rain) was born on 28 January 1913 in

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, Romania and he started to play football in 1930 at UD Reșița, winning the

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 ...

title in his first season as a footballer. In the following season he was a runner-up in

with UD Reșița, afterwards moving at Universitatea Cluj where he earned another runner-up position with the team in his first season spent at the club. In the following season, he reached with "U" Cluj in the

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where he scored a goal in the first game as the club lost the trophy in front of Ripensia Timișoara. In 1937, Ploeșteanu switched teams again moving at

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with whom he won two

titles in the 1938–39 and 1939–40 seasons, being used by coach Béla Jánosy in 22 matches in which he scored three goals in the first one and in 21 games in which he scored four goals in the second. He also reached the 1940 Cupa României Final with Venus, which was composed of four games, Ploeșteanu playing in all of them, scoring a goal in the first as the team eventually lost in the last game against Rapid București. Silviu Ploeșteanu ended his career by spending one year as a player-coach in the regional championship at UA Brașov.

International career

Silviu Ploeșteanu played 11 games and scored one goal at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 July 1937 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 away victory against

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. He scored a goal in a game against Germany and was captain in a 2–1 victory against Yugoslavia. His last appearance took place on 12 October 1941 in a 3–2 victory against Slovakia.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.''

Managerial career

Silviu Ploeșteanu started his managerial career at Steagul Roșu Brașov in 1948, being also a player in the first year. He helped Steagul earn the promotion from the regional championship to Divizia B in 1950, afterwards in 1956 promoting to

where he earned a runner-up position in the 1959–60 season, also managing to do some performances in the European competitions such as winning the

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and reaching the

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sixteenths-finals as the club was eliminated by Espanyol Barcelona against whom he earned a 4–2 victory. In 1962 he also started coaching Romania's national team simultaneously while still coaching Steagul, leading the national team in four friendly games which consist of one victory, two draws and one loss, afterwards coaching Romania's Olympic team which he helped qualify to the

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where the team finished on the 5th place. In January 1967, Ploeșteanu took the decision to change the colors of Steagul from white and blue to black and yellow, considering that in the new colors the team will be seen better on the field, being inspired to take this decision by his player,

Csaba Györffy Csaba Györffy (9 July 1943 – 18 October 2018) was a Romanian footballer who played as a winger. Career Csaba Györffy was the one who influenced Steagul Roșu Brașov to change its official colors from white and blue to black and yellow. T ...

who participated with Romania's Olympic team in a tournament in Uruguay where after a match with Peñarol, Györffy received from captain Alberto Spencer the shirt with which he played and at the return in the country, he wore the shirt during his training sessions with the team. After 20 years spent at Steagul he was dismissed after the team finished on the last place of the 1967–68 season, relegating to Divizia B. His last coaching experience took part at Tractorul Brașov from 1968 until 1969. Silviu Ploeșteanu has a total of 249

games as a manager, consisting of 104 victories, 49 draws and 96 losses.

Personal life

Silviu Ploeșteanu was known as an anti-communist, telling everyone whom he would interact:"Never call me comrade! I was born a sir and I will always be a sir". After dying of a heart attack on 13 April 1969, people who were close to him claim that one of the reasons of his death was because of the sadness he felt after being dismissed by Steagul Roșu Brașov after coaching it for 20 years. The

Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu, previously known as Stadionul Tineretului, is a multi-purpose stadium in Brașov, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of SR Brașov and Corona Brașov. The arena was name ...

from Brașov is named in his honor.

Honours

Player

UD Reșița *

: 1930–31, runner-up 1931–32 Universitatea Cluj *

runner-up: 1932–33 *

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 ...

runner-up: 1933–34 Venus București *

: 1938–39, 1939–40 *

runner-up: 1939–40

Manager

Steagul Roșu Brașov *

runner-up: 1959–60 * Divizia B:

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: 1960–61

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ploesteanu, Silviu 1913 births 1969 deaths FC Brașov (1936) managers CSM Reșița players FC Venus București players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Universitatea Cluj players Romanian football managers Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Liga I players Romania national football team managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Craiova