Augustin Pax "Coco" Deleanu (23 August 1944 – 27 March 2014) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a left back.

Club career

Augustin Pax Deleanu, nicknamed "Coco" was born on 23 August 1944 in

Măgurele Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It has a population of 11,000 and hosts several research institutes. Research institutes The town hosts ''Măgurele Science Park'', the largest science par ...

, Romania and started to play football at the junior squads of Steaua București. He made 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 on 24 November 1963, playing for Politehnica Iași in a 1–0 victory against Petrolul Ploiești. He spent 6 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 1968 he went to play for

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. He spent 7 seasons with '' The Red Dogs'', winning three

titles with the club, at the first he contributed with 3 goals scored in 27 matches, in the second he played 23 games without scoring and in the third he made 34 appearances and scored one goal, also appearing in 16 matches in European competitions (including 4 appearances in the

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). Deleanu ended his career by spending one season at

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, making his last

appearance on 30 June 1977 in a 2–0 loss against Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 325 matches played and 18 goals scored in the competition. After his retirement, Deleanu had different administration positions at

, between 1990–1994 being the vice-president of the club. Augustin Deleanu died on 27 March 2014 at age 69 in the

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from

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International career

Augustin Deleanu played 25 games without scoring for

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, making his debut on 26 November 1966 under coach

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in a 3–1 loss against

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at the 1968 Euro qualifiers, where he would also make his second appearance for the national team in a 5–1 victory against

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. He played four games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, being selected by coach Angelo Niculescu to be part of the squad for the

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where he did not play. He played 5 matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the

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where

was defeated by

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, who advanced to the

. Augustin Deleanu played a total of five matches at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, including his last appearance for the national team which took place on 14 October 1973 in

's biggest ever victory, a 9–0 against

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. For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Deleanu was decorated by

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on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

Honours

Politehnica Iași *

: 1967–68 Dinamo București *

: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75 *

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 1969–70, 1970–71

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