Marcel Răducanu
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| Marcel Răducanu | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcel Răducanu | |
| Date of birth | October 10, 1954 | |
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | |
| Height | 1.78m | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | N/A | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Steaua Bucharest | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1972-1981 1982-1988 1988-1990 |
Steaua Bucharest Borussia Dortmund FC Zürich |
229 (94) 167 (31) ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| 1976-1981 | Romania | 21 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marcel Răducanu (born October 21, 1954 in Bucharest, Romania) is a former football player who played for Steaua Bucharest, Borussia Dortmund, FC Zürich and Romania.
Between 1976 and 1981 he played 21 games for Romania, during which he scored three goals. He also played eight games, scoring four goals for the Under 21 side, 16 games (1 goal) for the Under 23 side, 2 games for the Olympic team and also 1 game for Romania B.
In 1979 and 1980 he was voted as the best Romanian football player.
After playing for Steaua Bucharest in the '70s, when he won two championships and also two Romanian Cups, Răducanu defected in 1981. In his native Romania this act was considered a desertion, as he was a Captain in the Romanian army. Therefore he was sentenced to nearly six years in prison in his absence.
Once in Germany he signed with both Hannover 96 and Borussia Dortmund clubs, and as a result was suspended by UEFA for one year. In order to have his services, Borussia Dortmund paid half a million deutschmarks to the Hannover club, and Răducanu made his debut in Bundesliga in 1982. Between 1982 and 1988, when he transferred to FC Zürich, he played a total of 167 games in the German federal league and scored 31 goals.
Răducanu retired from football in 1990. Since 1994 he has run a football school in Dortmund.
