| Marius Lăcătuş | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Marius Mihai Lăcătuş | |
| Date of birth | April 4 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Braşov, Romania | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Steaua Bucharest | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1977-81 | FC Braşov | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1981-83 1983-90 1990-91 1991-93 1993-00 2000 2006 |
FC Braşov Steaua Bucharest ACF Fiorentina Real Oviedo Steaua Bucharest FC Naţional Bucharest UT Arad |
45 (5) 200 (59) 21 (3) 51 (7) 157 (39) 12 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1984-98 | Romania | 84 (13) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2000 - 2001 2001 2002 - 2003 2003 2004 2005 2006 - 2007 2007- |
FC Naţional Bucureşti (assistant coach) Panama (assistant coach) FC Braşov Romania (assistant coach) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Inter Gaz Bucureşti UT Arad Steaua Bucharest |
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Marius Mihai Lăcătuş (born April 4, 1964 in Braşov) is Romanian football player and current coach of Steaua Bucharest. He played as a striker for Steaua Bucharest most of his career, being the team's captain between 1994 and 1999. He also played for AC Fiorentina of Italy and Real Oviedo of Spain. Currently, he is the team coach of Steaua Bucharest, the team that made him who he is. Lăcătuş was an iconic player for Steaua Bucharest's supporters. Even now, seven years after leaving the club as a player, the supporters shout his name at each game. The supportes loved him for his spectacular way of playing football, as well as for his commitment during the games. He was nicknamed Fiara (The Beast). He was the first player to score in the penalty shoot-out of the 1986 European Cup final against FC Barcelona, won by Steaua Bucharest. After 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he scored two goals against USSR, Lăcătuş was signed by the Italian team ACF Fiorentina and then moved to Real Oviedo in Spain. In 1994 he returned to Steaua Bucharest and played for the team until 1999, when he finally signed for FC Naţional Bucureşti, where he played only for half a season before retiring. However, in October 2006 he decided to enroll himself as part of UT Arad, the team he is coaching since July 2006. His sister, is a renowned piano cafe concert player in Romania.
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Club career
Lăcătuş played a total of 414 games in the Romanian Divizia A (now Liga I), scoring 103 goals; 21 games in the Italian Serie A where he scored three times and also 51 games in the Spanish La Liga, scoring 7 goals. He also made appearances 72 games in the European Cup, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup, scoring 16 goals. Lăcătuş was capped 84 times, scoring 13 goals for the Romanian national team, and played for his country in the 1990 World Cup, Euro 1996 and 1998 World Cup. He scored the 700th goal for the national team of Romania. As a player he won the Romanian football championship ten times and the Romanian Cup seven times, as well as the European Cup in 1986 and the European Supercup in 1987, all with Steaua Bucharest.
Coaching and managerial career
After retiring from professional football in 2000, Marius Lăcătuş became the assistant coach of FC Naţional Bucureşti and then in March 2002 he was signed by FC Farul Constanţa as head coach. In the summer of 2002 he returned to FC Braşov - the club of his hometown - this time as head coach. After the first half of the 2003-2004 season he resigned and moved to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. He was also assistant coach of the Romanian national team for a short time in 2003. In 2005 he was named president of Steaua Bucharest but could not last in this position for a long time; as he used to say, he likes the pitch more than the office. In the summer of 2006 he signed with UT Arad, a club at which he has been also registered as a player. On October 28, 2007 he was appointed as Steaua Bucharest head coach, replacing Massimo Pedrazzini.[1]
References
- ^ Steaua hero Lacatus accepts coach role. UEFA.com (2007-10-28). Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
External links
- (English) Marius Lăcătuş (Statistics as player)
- (Romanian) Marius Lăcătuş (Statistics as coach)
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| 1 Lung • 2 Rednic • 3 Klein • 4 Andone • 5 Rotariu • 6 G. Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Sabău • 9 Cămătaru • 10 Hagi • 11 Lupu • 12 Stelea • 13 A. Popescu • 14 Răducioiu • 15 Mateuţ • 16 Timofte • 17 Dumitrescu • 18 Balint • 19 Săndoi • 20 Muzsnay • 21 Lupescu • 22 Liliac • Coach: Jenei |
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| 1 Stângaciu • 2 Petrescu • 3 Dulca • 4 Doboş • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Gheorghe Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Ciobotariu • 14 Niculescu • 15 Marinescu • 16 Gabriel Popescu • 17 Dumitrescu • 18 Filipescu • 19 Stîngă • 20 Selymes • 21 Craioveanu • 22 Prunea • Coach: Iordănescu |
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| 1 Rufay • 2 Ninu • 3 Goian • 4 Golański • 5 Rada • 6 Rădoi • 7 Bicfalvi • 8 Petre • 9 Badea • 10 Dică • 11 Habibou • 12 Cernea • 13 Emeghara • 14 Cristocea • 15 Neşu • 16 Nicoliţă • 17 Baciu • 18 Marin • 19 Iacob • 20 Lovin • 23 Pleşan • 24 Ghionea • 25 Neaga • 26 Croitoru • 29 Bădoi • 30 Zaharia • 82 Vâtcă • 84 Surdu • Coach: Lăcătuş |
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Braun-Bogdan (1948) • Vâlcov (1948–1949) • Ronnay (1950) • Gh. Popescu (1951–1953) • Ronnay (1953–1954) • Savu (1954–1955) • Dobay (1956) • Savu (1958) • Niculescu (1958) • Gh. Popescu (1958–1960) • Onisie (1960–1961) • Mladin (1961) • Gh. Popescu (1962) • Onisie (1962–1963) • Ola (1963–1964) • Savu (1964–1967) • Kovacs (1967–1970) • Onisie (1970–1971) • Stănescu (1971–1972) • Constantin (1972-1973) • Teaşcă (1974–1975) • Jenei (1975–1978) • Constantin (1978–1981) • Ionescu (1981) • Cernăianu (1981–1983) • Jenei (1983–1984) • Halagian (1984) • Jenei (1984–1986) • Iordănescu (1986–1990) • Ştefănescu (1990) • Hălmageanu (1991) • Jenei (1991) • Piţurcă (1992) • Iordănescu (1992–1993) • Jenei (1993–1994) • Dumitriu (1994–1997) • Stoichiţă (1997–1998) • Jenei (1998–2000) • Piţurcă (2000–2002) • Olăroiu (2002) • Piţurcă (2002–2004) • Zenga (2004–2005) • Dumitriu (2005) • Protasov (2005) • Olăroiu (2006–2007) • Hagi (2007) • Pedrazzini (2007) • Lăcătuş (2007–) |
