Apollon Limassol Managers - Ilie Dumitrescu, Ronnie Whelan, Bernd Stange, Jerzy Engel, Mom ILO Vukoti, Gerard Van Der LEM, Yossi Mizrahi (Paperback)

Chapters: Ilie Dumitrescu, Ronnie Whelan, Bernd Stange, Jerzy Engel, Mom ilo Vukoti, Gerard Van Der Lem, Yossi Mizrahi, Toni Savevski, Thomas Von Heesen, Gunder Bengtsson, Martti Kuusela, Diethelm Ferner, Alan Dicks, Rolf Fringer, Nenad Starovlah, Panikos Krystallis, Oscar Hold. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ilie Dumitrescu (born 6 January 1969 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian football player, currently manager. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his frontline partnership with Gheorghe Hagi and Florin Rducioiu led the Romania national football team to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal, eliminating Argentina en route. Dumitrescu joined the Steaua Bucureti Academy in 1977 at the age of 8, making his way through all the youth teams and play for the first squad in April 1987. Even now he is renowned as the best player Steaua Bucureti Academy ever produced along with Dan Petrescu. After making his debut in Divizia A he is loaned to FC Olt to gain more experience. At Steaua, a team which won the European Cup in the previous year was no room for an 18-year-old. But at FC Olt was a different story, as Ilie did catch the first eleven from the very beginning, playing as left full back. This was not, however, a position he enjoyed, as he was a creative player. During his time with FC Olt Mircea Lucescu the famous Romanian coach noticed him and predicted a fruitful career. It was just like Lucescu said. Once returned to Steaua Bucureti, full with talent and ambition, he makes himself way to the first eleven at the age of only 19, becoming an important part of the squad, playing alongside big names such as Marius Lctu and Gheorghe Hagi. In 1989 he makes debut for Romania, being used as a substitute in a game against Greece. From there the 1990 ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3926645