Vasile Iordache (born 9 October 1950) is a Romanian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

goalkeeper and current assistant coach at Steaua București, being responsible with goalkeepers' training.

Career

As a goalkeeper, Iordache played for

FC Politehnica Iași FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...

(between 1969 and 1971), Steaua București (1972–1984) and FC Brașov (1984–1986) when he also was assistant coach. He won 23 caps for

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

between 1976 and 1984. After the game against England played on 29 April 1981, when he kept the goal safe for the whole 90 minutes of the game, he was named "The hero of the Wembley". He represented his country at the

1984 UEFA European Championship The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries ...

in France. In 1986 joins again the squad of Steaua București as goalkeepers' coach, but leaves the club after four years when is named head coach of

U Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

, only to return to Steaua București as assistant coach one year later. In 1994 leaves

and for eight years coaches various teams in

The United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. Returns to Steaua București in 2002 and joins the technical team of the club's Under 21 side. Since 2003 is part of

Cosmin Olăroiu Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu (born 10 June 1969) is a Romanian professional football manager and former footballer in charge of UAE Pro League Sharjah FC. As a manager, he guided Steaua Bucharest to the Romanian League title and Romanian Supercup b ...

's technical team and coaches at FC Naţional Bucharest,

FCU Politehnica Timişoara FCU may refer to: Organisations * Fission Uranium Corp. (TSX code: FCU), a Canadian mining company Education * Feng Chia University, in Taichung, Taiwan * Filamer Christian University, in Roxas, Capiz, Philippines * Fukien Christian University, ...

and again Steaua București,

Al-Sadd Sports Club Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd (Qatar), Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, whic ...

Honours

Player

Steaua București *

Liga I 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): 1975–76, 1977–78 *

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 ...

(2): 1975–76, 1978–79

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1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Iași Romanian footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Liga I players FC Steaua București players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players FC Brașov (1936) players Association football goalkeepers UEFA Euro 1984 players FC Universitatea Cluj managers Al Sadd SC managers Expatriate football managers in Qatar Romanian football managers {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub