Vasile Stan

Vasile Stan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-02-11) 11 February 1945 (age 79)[1]
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1966	F.C.M.E.
1966–1967	Dinamo Victoria București
1967–1968	Argeș Pitești	4	(0)
1968–1971	Jiul Petroșani	81	(0)
1971–1975	Argeș Pitești	99	(0)
1975–1976	Politehnica Iași	20	(0)
1976–1978	Muscelul Câmpulung[a]	34	(0)
Total		238	(0)
Managerial career
	Dacia Pitești
	IPA Slatina
	Muscelul Câmpulung
2002	Argeș Pitești
2006	Argeș Pitești
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Stan (born 11 February 1945) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper.^[3][4][5][6]

Playing career

Vasile Stan was born on 11 February 1945 in Bucharest, Romania and he started to play football at age 15 under the guidance of coach Lăzărescu at fourth league side, F.C.M.E.^[1][2] In 1966 he went to play for Dinamo Victoria București in Divizia B.^[1][2]

One year later, Stan switched teams again, going to play for Argeș Pitești for which he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Bălănescu on 24 September 1967, keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 home win over Dinamo Bacău.^[1][2] He played only four games in his first top-league season, as Narcis Coman was preferred as first-choice goalkeeper, so he went to play for Jiul Petroșani where he worked with coach Titus Ozon, being first-choice for three seasons.^[1][2][7] Afterwards he returned to Argeș where in his first season coaches Ozon and Florin Halagian used him in 29 games from a total of 30, helping the club win the first title in its history.^[1][2][8][9] Then he started to play in European competitions, appearing in four games from the 1972–73 European Cup campaign, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round, keeping clean sheets in both legs, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid but lost the second leg with 3–1 in which he conceded two goals from Santillana and one from Toni Grande.^{[1][8][10][11][12]} Stan also played in the first leg from the first round of the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, conceding five goals in the 5–1 loss in front of Fenerbahçe.^[1][13][14] In 1975 he went to play one season for Politehnica Iași where he worked with coach Ilie Oană, making his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1976 in a 3–1 home win over FC Constanța, having a total of 204 games in which he conceded 227 goals.^[1][2]

Stan ended his career at Muscelul Câmpulung where coach was his former Argeș teammate, Ion Barbu and he was colleague with other former Argeș teammates like Constantin Radu, Radu Jercan and Marian Popescu, managing to promote the team from the third league to the second.^[1][2]

Coaching career

After he ended his playing career, Vasile Stan worked as a coach, firstly as an assistant at Dacia Pitești, later as a head coach at the same team.^[2] He also was head coach at IPA Slatina and Muscelul Câmpulung.^[2] He was the assistant coach of Nicolae Dobrin and Constantin Cârstea at Argeș Pitești, also being head coach for short periods of time, firstly in 2002 and secondly in 2006 when he coached for the last five games of the season after Sorin Cârțu was dismissed.^[3][2][15]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

• Divizia A: 1971–72^[1]

Muscelul Câmpulung

• Divizia C: 1976–77^[2]

Notes

1. The statistics for the 1976–77 Divizia C season are unavailable.^[2]

References

1. Vasile Stan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "Cutia cu amintiri: VASILE STAN: "Cea mai mare satisfacție era să-i vezi pe acei oameni că te felicită și sunt fericiți de jocul tău"" [Box of memories: VASILE STAN: "The greatest satisfaction was to see those people congratulating you and being happy with your game"] (in Romanian). Argespress.ro. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
3. Vasile Stan at WorldFootball.net
4. "Ce-au ajuns fostele glorii de la FC Argeș. Echipa lui Dumnezeu, şomeri de lux, şoferi sau câştigători în afaceri" [What happened to the former glories of FC FC Argeș. God's team, unemployed, drivers or successful businessmen] (in Romanian). Ziarobiectiv.ro. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
5. "Dublă aniversare la FC Argeş" [Double anniversary at FC Argeş] (in Romanian). Ziarulargesul.ro. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
6. "Vasile Stan a împlinit 79 de ani! FC Argeș nu şi-a uitat portarul de legendă" [Vasile Stan turned 79 years old! FC Argeș did not forget its legendary goalkeeper] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
7. "Special. După patru decenii, un dialog cu unul din cei mai buni portari ai Jiului Vasile Stan: "Am venit la Jiul din respect pentru performanţă"" [Special. After four decades, a dialogue with one of the best goalkeepers of Jiu Vasile Stan: "I came to Jiu out of respect for performance"] (in Romanian). Gddhd.ro. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
8. "Vasile Stan" (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
9. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
10. "Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
11. "Vasile Stan. Champions League 1972/1973". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
12. "Real Madrid - Argeș Pitești 3:1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
13. "FC Argeș – Fenerbahce 1-1 (Cupa UEFA – 3 octombrie 1973)" [FC Argeș – Fenerbahce 1-1 (Cupa UEFA – 3 October 1973)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
14. "Ion Roșu. UEFA Cup 1973/1974". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
15. ""Panduri" de o repriza" ["Pandurs" for one half] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

External links

• Vasile Stan at Labtof.ro