Mircea Stoenescu

Mircea Stoenescu
Stoenescu with Dinamo București in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-10-11)11 October 1943[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death 5 January 2022(2022-01-05) (aged 78)
Place of death Drăgășani, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Centre back[1]
Youth career
Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1961 Dinamo București 2 (0)
1961–1963 Dinamo Obor București
1963–1965 Dinamo Pitești 36 (9)
1965–1973 Dinamo București 120 (2)
1973–1975 Dinamo Slatina[a] 15 (2)
Total 173 (13)
International career
1965–1966 Romania U23 2 (0)
Managerial career
Dinamo Victoria București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea Stoenescu (11 October 1943 – 5 January 2022) was a Romanian football centre-back, manager and referee.[1][2]

Club career

Stoenescu, nicknamed "Basul", was born on 11 October 1943 in Bucharest, Romania.[1][3][4] He started his career by playing at the junior squads of Dinamo București, winning a national title at children level in 1959 and one at junior level in 1961.[3] He made his Divizia A debut on 9 July 1961, playing for The Red Dogs under coach Traian Ionescu in a 2–0 home victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov.[1][5] In the following season he made one league appearance as the club won the title.[1][3][6] Afterwards, Stoenescu went to play for two seasons at Divizia B club Dinamo Obor București.[1][3] Subsequently, he spent another two seasons at Divizia A team Dinamo Pitești with whom he reached the 1965 Cupa României final, where coach Virgil Mărdărescu used him for the entire match in their 2–1 loss to Știința Cluj.[1][3][7]

In 1965, Stoenescu returned to Dinamo București for an eight-season spell in which he won two titles.[1][3][6] In the first, coaches Nicolae Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 20 games, and in the second coach Ion Nunweiller gave him eight appearances in which he scored once.[1][3][6] He also played four Cupa României finals, winning only the one in 1968, as coach Bazil Marian used him the entire match in the 3–1 win over Rapid București in the final.[1][3][8]

He made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 November 1972, playing in Dinamo's 1–0 away loss to ASA Târgu Mureș, totaling 158 matches with 11 goals in the competition and seven appearances in European competitions (including four games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1] Stoenescu ended his playing career in 1975, after spending two seasons at Divizia B team Dinamo Slatina.[1]

International career

Between 1965 and 1966, Stoenescu made two appearances for Romania's under-23 squad, playing in a victory over Soviet Union and a draw against Austria.[9]

After retirement

After he ended his playing career, Stoenescu worked for a while as a coach at Dinamo Victoria București in the Romanian lower leagues.[3] Subsequently, he became a referee, officiating 39 matches over the course of six seasons in Romania's top-league Divizia A.[2][3][10][11] He was also president at Dinamo București.[12][13]

Style of play

Stoenescu was nicknamed "Jandarmul lui Dobrin" (The Gendarme of Dobrin) for his duels on the field with the famous player with whom he was a colleague during his spell at Dinamo Pitești, saying in a Gazeta Sporturilor interview from 2019:"Well, I hit the ground with Gicu Dobrin, I made him one with the grass, how I used to roll him! Of course, within the bounds of sportsmanship, because he also ate a piece of bread, after the games we complimented each other. With "Mopsu'" Dumitrache I didn't really succeed, because I had a hard time catching him, he was a brilliant footballer, I say better than Dobrin! I'm not saying that I haven't fouled, but never with a harshness that exceeded the limits, to put the man in front of me in the hospital."[2][3][7]

For a while, Stoenescu played in Dinamo București's defense alongside youngster Cornel Dinu.[4] After Stoenescu's death, Dinu wrote an editorial praising his altruistic play, recalling Stoenescu's words:"Go, "Dinoașcă" (that's how he would caress me...), I'll cover you... But don't leave me too long with Săndel (Boc) because he tries again an "oxford" (hitting the ball with the exterior of the heel) and we'll have to take it again from place for recovery."[4]

Death

Stoenescu died in Drăgășani on 5 January 2022, at the age of 78.[3]

Honours

Dinamo București

Dinamo Pitești

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1974–75 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Mircea Stoenescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c "EXCLUSIV Mircea Stoenescu, interviu tulburător de pe patul de cămin: "E "Apusul meu de soare". Visez să mai trec pragul casei cu soția"" [EXCLUSIVE Mircea Stoenescu, disturbing interview from the dormitory bed: "It's my sunset. "I dream to cross the threshold of the house with my wife"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nazare, Daniel (5 January 2022). "Dinamo, încă o lovitură grea! A murit marele Mircea Stoenescu, "jandarmul" lui Dobrin: "Am pierdut un personaj fabulos! Te vom iubi mereu!"" [Dinamo, another heavy blow! The great Mircea Stoenescu, Dobrin's "gendarme", has died: "We have lost a fabulous character! We will always love you!"]. Pro Sport. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Editorial plâns Cornel Dinu. Viața nu-i decât un vis de basm amăgitor… Amintiri în lacrimi cu Mircea Stoenescu. Adio, "Basule", Dumnezeu să te odihnească într-o lume infinit mai bună…" [Editorial lamented Cornel Dinu. Life is nothing more than a deceptive fairy tale dream... Memories in tears with Mircea Stoenescu. Goodbye, "Basule", may God rest you in an infinitely better world...]. Fanatik.ro. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Dinamo București vs FC Brasov 2-0". Labtof. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Romanian Cup – Season 1964–1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1967–1968". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1969–1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1970–1971". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Mircea Stoenescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Mircea Stoenescu referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Ei ne-au părăsit în 2022! Cele mai importante nume din fotbalul românesc care au murit anul trecut" [They left us in 2022! The most important names in Romanian football who died last year] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Mircea Stoenescu se simte umilit de actualii jucători şi conducători ai "cîinilor": "Noi am scris istoria frumoasă a clubului! Cu voi mi-e ruşine"" [Mircea Stoenescu feels humiliated by the current players and leaders of the "dogs": "We wrote the beautiful history of the club! I am ashamed of you"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Mircea Stoenescu a fost numit presedinte la Dinamo" [Mircea Stoenescu was appointed president at Dinamo] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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