Marius Lăcătuș
Romanian footballer (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marius Mihai Lăcătuș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmari.us miˈhaj ləkəˈtuʃ]; born 5 April 1964) is a football coach and former professional footballer. He is by far the most successful footballer ever to play for Steaua București and was part of their European Cup victory in 1986. Lăcătuș is the all-time top scorer for Steaua with 16 goals in European competitions. On 7 July 2021, Steaua retired his shirt number 7 at the inauguration match of the new Steaua Stadium.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marius Mihai Lăcătuș | ||
Date of birth | (1964-04-05) 5 April 1964 (age 60) | ||
Place of birth | Brașov, Romania | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Inside-forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1977–1981 | Brașov | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 | Brașov | 45 | (5) |
1983–1990 | Steaua București | 200 | (59) |
1990–1991 | Fiorentina | 21 | (3) |
1991–1993 | Real Oviedo | 51 | (7) |
1993–2000 | Steaua București | 157 | (39) |
2000 | Național București | 12 | (0) |
Total | 486 | (113) | |
International career | |||
Romania U-21 | |||
1984–1998 | Romania[lower-alpha 1] | 84 | (13) |
Managerial career | |||
2000 | Naţional București | ||
2001–2002 | Oțelul Galați | ||
2002–2003 | Brașov | ||
2004 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
2005 | Inter Gaz București | ||
2006–2007 | UTA Arad | ||
2007–2008 | FCSB | ||
2009 | FCSB | ||
2009–2010 | Vaslui | ||
2010–2011 | FCSB | ||
2012 | FCM Târgu Mureș | ||
2013–2014 | Politehnica Iași | ||
2017–2019 | Steaua București | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played as a deep lying striker or inside forward for Steaua București most of his career, being the team's captain between 1994 and 1999. He also played for Italian side Fiorentina and Real Oviedo in Spain.
He is the most successful player who has ever played in the Romanian First League. He has won it a record number of ten times. Following him in the all time table are: Giedrius Arlauskis, Ciprian Deac, Adrian Bumbescu, Mircea Lucescu, Dumitru Stângaciu and Tudorel Stoica, all with 7 championships won.[4]