Alexandru Custov

Alexandru Custov
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-05-08)8 May 1954
Place of birth Fundeni, Romania
Date of death 19 March 2008(2008-03-19) (aged 53)
Place of death Fundeni, Romania
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1969 Gloria Fundeni
1969–1972 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1984 Dinamo București 319 (29)
1984–1986 Victoria București[a] 7 (0)
1986–1987 Gloria Buzău
1987 Mecanica Fină București
Total 326 (29)
International career‡
1982 Romania 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2006
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2006

Alexandru Custov (8 May 1954 – 20 March 2008) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.[2][3][4][5]

Club career

Custov was born on 8 May 1954 in Fundeni, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1968 at local club Gloria.[6] In 1969 he went to Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 4 May 1972 under coach Nicolae Dumitru in a 0–0 draw against Farul Constanța.[6][7] On 26 May 1974 he scored a goal in a 3–1 derby victory against Steaua București.[8] In the 1974–75 season, Custov won his first title with the club, contributing under the guidance of coach Dumitru with 31 appearances and two goals scored.[6][9] He repeated the performance in the 1976–77 season with coach Ion Nunweiller, this time playing 33 matches and scoring two goals.[6][9] In his last three seasons spent with The Red Dogs, Custov won three consecutive Divizia A titles.[6][9] In the first one, coach Valentin Stănescu gave him 31 appearances in which he scored six goals.[6][9] In the following two he worked again with Dumitru and contributed with 28 matches played and two goals scored in each season.[6][9] Custov also won two Cupa României with Dinamo.[6] He played the full 90 minutes under Stănescu in the 3–2 win over FC Baia Mare in the 1982 final and in the 1984 final he scored a goal in the 2–1 victory against rivals Steaua, playing the entire match under Dumitru.[6][10] Custov played a total of 30 games and scored three goals in European competitions for Dinamo.[2][3][6] In the 1981–82 UEFA Cup he scored one goal at the San Siro stadium in a 1–1 draw against Inter Milan, which led to their elimination after a 3–2 victory in the second leg.[2][3][6] He appeared in six games in the 1983–84 European Cup, as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.[2][3][6][11]

In 1984, he joined Victoria București in Divizia B, and after one season, they secured promotion to the first league.[1][2][3][6] On 10 May 1986 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 win over ASA Târgu Mureș, totaling 326 matches with 29 goals in the competition.[1][2][3][6] Custov spent the last years of his career playing for Gloria Buzău and Mecanica Fină București in Divizia B.[1][6]

International career

Custov played two games for Romania, making his debut on 18 July 1982 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 58th minute to replace Ilie Balaci in a 3–1 friendly victory against Japan.[12][13] His second game was 2–0 win over Sweden in the Euro 1984 qualifiers in which he also came as a substitute, replacing Michael Klein in the 85th minute.[12][14]

Death

On 20 March 2008, Custov died at age 53 in his native Fundeni, after suffering from diabetes and thrombophlebitis.[2][4][5][6]

Honours

Dinamo București

Victoria București

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1984–85 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Alexandru Custov at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "S-a dus și Custof" [Custof died too] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Nu e caine pana la moarte" [He's not a dog until death] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 12 August 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Adio, Custov!" [Goodbye, Custov!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "A murit Alexandru Custov" [Alexandru Custov died] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Alexandru Custov at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  7. ^ "Dinamo București vs Farul Constanța 0-0". Labtof. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1973–74". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
    "1973–74 Steaua București vs. Dinamo București 1-3". Labtof. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semifinal with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Alexandru Custov". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Romania 3-1 Japan". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Romania 2-0 Sweden". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
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