Cristian Vrînceanu

Cristian Vrînceanu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-04-15) 15 April 1956 (age 68)[1]
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Striker[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1981	Dinamo București	148	(11)
1982–1983	Corvinul Hunedoara	5	(1)
1983–1984	Buffalo Stallions (indoor)	2	(1)
1985–1986	New York Croatia
1986–1987	Esportiva Guaxupé
Total		155	(13)
International career
1975–1977	Romania U21[2]	13	(1)
1975	Romania U23[2]	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Vrînceanu (born 15 April 1956), commonly known as Chris Vranceanu, is a Romanian former football striker.^[3][4] He was part of Romania's national team in a tournament in New York City, but did not play in any game as he ran away from the team's cantonment, in order to escape from Nicolae Ceaușescu's Communist regime.^[5]

Honours

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1974–75, 1976–77^[1]

New York Croatia

• Cosmopolitan Soccer League: 1985–86^[6]

References

1. Cristian Vrînceanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "Cristian Vrînceanu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. Cristian Vrînceanu at WorldFootball.net
4. "Chris Vranceanu". Nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
5. "Chris Vranceanu" (in Portuguese). Terceirotempo.uol.com.br. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
6. "History". Newyorkcroatia.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.