Andrei Rădulescu (footballer)

For the jurist, see Andrei Rădulescu.

Andrei Rădulescu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1925-02-09)9 February 1925[1]
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death	1992(1992-00-00) (aged 66–67)[2]
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Youth career
1938–1942	Luceafărul București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1943	Venus București[a]	0	(0)
1943–1949	Politehnica Timișoara
1950–1954	Rapid București
International career
1948–1950	Romania	4	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Rădulescu (9 February 1925 – 1992) was a Romanian football forward, referee, president of the Romanian Football Federation and a basketball player.^[2][4][5]

Career

Andrei Rădulescu was born in Bucharest, starting his career playing for the junior club Luceafărul București at age 13.^[2][6] In 1942, he started his senior career at Venus București, after which, he moved in Timișoara where he attended the Politehnica University of Timișoara, where he played football for the university's team, Politehnica Timișoara.^[2][5] During his years of playing football at Venus București and Politehnica Timișoara, Rădulescu also played basketball in regional championships for Viforul Dacia II București and RGM Timișoara, a activity which he abandoned in 1948, after Politehnica Timișoara won the promotion in the first league at the requirement of the team's management in order to avoid injuries.^[2][4][6] From 1950 until 1954, Rădulescu played for Rapid București, managing to become the top goalscorer of the 1950 Divizia A season with 18 goals scored in 22 matches.^{[2][5][6][7][8]} In 1957, Rădulescu became a football referee, arbitrating matches in the Romanian top-division Divizia A and the 1960 Cupa României Final.^{[2][4][9][10]} Rădulescu also arbitrated at international and European club level.^[5][11] He was selected to arbitrate matches at the 1970 World Cup, leading the Belgium – El Salvador game and being a linesman at the Israel – Sweden and Uruguay – Israel games.^[2][4][5][6] After he retired from his referee career, Rădulescu worked at the Romanian Football Federation, at the beginning as a simple member, afterwards being president of the Central Commission of Referees and of other federal commissions in different periods, also managing to be president of the Romanian Football Federation in two periods, the first one was from February 1981 until July 1983 and the second was in January – February 1990.^{[2][4][5][6][12]}

International career

Andrei Rădulescu played 4 games, scoring 2 goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Iuliu Baratky at the 1948 Balkan Cup in a 3–2 victory against Bulgaria.^{[5][6][13][14]} His following two games were also at the 1948 Balkan Cup, playing in a 0–0 against Poland and in a 5–1 loss against Hungary.^{[5][13][15][16]} Rădulescu's last game for the national team was a friendly which ended with a 6–0 victory against Albania in which he scored two goals.^[5][13][17]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rădulescu goal.^[13]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 1950	Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania	Albania	2–0	6–0	Friendly
2				5–0

Honours

Club

Politehnica Timișoara

• Divizia B: 1947–48^[2][4]

Rapid București

• Divizia B: 1952^[2]

Individual

• Divizia A top scorer: 1950^[8]

Notes

1. The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Venus București are not official.^[3]

References

1. Andrei Rădulescu at WorldFootball.net
2. "Povestea bucureșteanului Andrei Rădulescu, prima vedetă a Politehnicii Timișoara" [The story of Andrei Rădulescu from Bucharest, the first star of Politehnica Timișoara] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
3. "Andrei Rădulescu player profile". Labtof. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
4. "Andrei Rădulescu, as pe gazon și sub panou" [Andrei Rădulescu, ace on the grass and under the panel] (in Romanian). Druckeria.ro. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
5. "Andrei Rădulescu, românul delegat la CM Mexic '70. Inginer metalurgist, golgheter în Liga 1, arbitru de Mondiale, șef al Federației" [Andrei Rădulescu, the Romanian delegate to the WC Mexico '70. Metallurgical engineer, top scorer in League 1, World Cup referee, head of the Federation] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
6. "Alfred Eisenbeisser to Bondoc Ionescu-Crum: Romanian legends who excelled in multiple sports". Fifa.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
7. Andrei Rădulescu at National-Football-Teams.com
8. "Topscorers of Liga 1". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
9. "Romanian Cup 1959– 1960". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
10. "Andrei Rădulescu referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
11. "Andrei Rădulescu referee profile". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
12. "FRF Presidents". frf.ro. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
13. "Andrei Rădulescu". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
14. "Romania - Bulgaria 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
15. "Poland - Romania 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
16. "Romania - Hungary 1:5". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
17. "Romania - Albania 6:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

External links

• Andrei Rădulescu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Andrei Rădulescu at WorldReferee.com
• Andrei Rădulescu referee profile at EU-Football.info
• Andrei Rădulescu referee profile at WorldFootball.net