Nicolae Pescaru

Nicolae Pescaru
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-03-27)27 March 1943
Place of birth Breaza, Prahova County, Romania
Date of death 25 May 2019(2019-05-25) (aged 76)
Place of death Mihăești, Vâlcea, Romania
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1959–1960 Someșul Beclean
1960–1961 Progresul Făgăraș
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Chimia Făgăraș
1962–1981 Steagul Roșu Brașov[a] 392 (77)
1981–1982 Șoimii IPA Sibiu 15 (1)
Total 407 (78)
International career
1970–1973 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
1981–1982 Steagul Roșu Brașov
1993–1994 Steagul Roșu Brașov
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Pescaru (27 March 1943 – 25 May 2019) was a Romanian football play and manager, who worked mostly for Steagul Roșu Brașov.

Club career

Pescaru was born on 27 March 1943 in Breaza, Prahova County, Romania.[1] He began playing junior-level football in 1959 at Someșul Beclean, and after one year he moved to Progresul Făgăraș.[1] He started to play senior football at Chimia Făgăraș in Divizia B.[1] Subsequently, Pescaru was transferred to Steagul Roșu Brașov where he made his Divizia A debut on 23 September 1962 under coach Silviu Ploeșteanu in a 4–2 home victory against Știința Cluj.[1][2]

Pescaru (front row, second from the right) with Brașov in 1965

He spent a total of 19 seasons at Steagul, serving as the team's captain for approximately 13–14 seasons, and was known for telling his teammates:"You have to defend the honor of being flagbearers!".[1][2][3] The highlights of this period were a fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and 11 games played in European competitions (including seven matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1][2] He scored a goal in the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 4–2 victory against Espanyol Barcelona and played in the 3–2 win on aggregate against Beşiktaş in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup.[1][2][4] During these years, the club was relegated twice to Divizia B, but Pescaru stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first division each time.[1][2]

Pescaru played his last Divizia A match on 23 November 1980 in a 3–1 away loss to Progresul București.[1] In this competition he is Steagul's leader in both appearances and goals, totaling 311 matches with 62 goals.[1][2][3][5][6] Pescaru went to play one season for Divizia B side, Șoimii IPA Sibiu, retiring in 1982.[1]

International career

Pescaru played three friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Angelo Niculescu, when he came as a substitute and replaced Ion Dumitru at half-time in a 2–0 loss to France.[7][8] His following two games were a 2–2 draw against Peru and a 2–0 loss against the Soviet Union.[7][9][10] Pescaru was a member of Steagul Roșu Brașov's "Mexican trio", as together with Stere Adamache and Mihai Ivăncescu they were part of Romania's 1970 Mexico World Cup squad.[11][12] However, coach Niculescu did not play him in any games there.[7][11] For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[13][14]

Managerial career

Pescaru worked as a junior coach.[5] He also coached Steagul Roșu Brașov's senior team on two occasions, and accumulated a total of 70 Divizia A matches as coach.[5][15]

Personal life and death

His father, also a footballer who played at Dinamo Brașov, advised Pescaru that if he were to become a footballer, he should play for Steagul Roșu Brașov.[2]

Pescaru died of cardiorespiratory arrest on 25 May 2019 at the age of 76.[5]

Honours

Steagul Roșu Brașov

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nicolae Pescaru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Legenda" [The legend] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Un an fără Nicolae Pescaru! 5 amintiri memorabile despre jucătorul legendă al Brașovului" [A year without Nicolae Pescaru! 5 memorable memories about the legendary player of Brașov]. Liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Top 3 "ce (poate) nu știați despre meciul cu Beşiktaş"" [Top 3 "what (maybe) you didn't know about the match with Beşiktaş"] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "A decedat Nicolae Pescaru, cel mai mare fotbalist din istoria lui FC Brasov" [Nicolae Pescaru, the greatest footballer in the history of FC Brașov, has died] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "A murit Nicolae Pescaru, cel mai reprezentativ jucător din istoria lui FC Brașov și selecționat în Mexic '70. Cifrele unei cariere impresionante" [Nicolae Pescaru, the most representative player in the history of FC Brașov and selected in Mexico '70, died. The numbers of an impressive career] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
    "Nicolae Pescaru a murit. Ne-a părăsit încă unul dintre fotbaliștii care au jucat la Mondialul din Mexic 1970" [Nicolae Pescaru died. Another one of the footballers who played at the World Cup in Mexico 1970 has left us] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Nicolae Pescaru". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "France - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Romania - Peru 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Soviet Union - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b "România la CM 1970. Enigma Dobrin" [România la WC 1970. The Dobrin enigma] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  12. ^ "FC Brașov, echipa fanion a orașului de sub Tâmpa, de 75 de ani" [FC Braşov, the flag team of the city under Tâmpa, for 75 years]. Adevărul (in Romanian). 4 July 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Decret privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Nicolae Pescaru manager profile". www.labtof.ro. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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