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Răducanu Necula

Rică Răducanu
Necula in 1994
Personal information
Full name Răducan Necula
Date of birth (1946-05-10) 10 May 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Vlădeni, Ialomița, Romania
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1958–1959 Victoria MIBC București
1959–1964 Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Flacăra Roșie București
1965–1975 Rapid București 233 (7)
1975–1978 Sportul Studențesc București 88 (0)
1978–1979 Steaua București 22 (0)
1979–1980 FCM Reșița
1980 FC Baia Mare 10 (0)
1980–1981 Autobuzul București
1981–1982 Spartac București
Voința Crevedia
Senaco Novaci
Total 353 (7)
International career
Romania U23 11 (0)
1967–1978 Romania[a] 61 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Răducan Necula (born 10 May 1946), widely known as Rică Răducanu, is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career

"As a coach, I wouldn't really like to have someone like Rică. But I was encouraged by the stands from behind to do all kinds of tricks! The 'offside' thing happened in 1974, in a match I played with Rapid against Farul, on "23 August". We were fighting to avoid relegation and I had to do everything possible in order to not lose the match"

–Rică Răducanu talking about himself[3]

Early career

Rică Răducanu, nicknamed Tamango after the character played by Alex Cressan from the 1958 movie, Tamango was born on 18 May 1946 in Vlădeni, Ialomița, but grew up in the Giulești neighborhood from Bucharest and started to play football in 1958 in the offence at Victoria MIBC București, later moving to Divizia C club, Flacăra Roșie București where coach Sandu Frățilă started using him as a goalkeeper, giving him his senior debut in a 1–0 victory from the 1963–64 Cupa României against Divizia A club, Progresul București in which he saved a penalty from Nicolae Oaidă.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Rapid București

He was seen by Rapid București's coach, Valentin Stănescu who brought him at the team from Giulești, giving him his Divizia A debut on 8 May 1966 in a 2–1 home loss against Siderurgistul Galați.[4][5][8][12] In the following season, Stănescu used Răducanu in 24 Divizia A games, helping the club win the first title from its history.[3][4][6][7][12] Afterwards he played four games in the 1967–68 European Cup, helping The Railwaymen eliminate Trakia Plovdiv and advance to the following round where they were eliminated by Juventus.[4][13] In the following years, he would go on to win two Cupa României in 1971–72 and 1974–75 editions but played in only one of the finals, the one from 1972 when under the guidance of coach Bazil Marian he kept a clean sheet in the 2–0 over Jiul Petroșani.[3][4][7][14] He took part in Rapid's 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign, playing all six games, as the team reached the eight-finals, eliminating Napoli and Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who would eventually win the competition, Tottenham, also taking part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing all six games, helping the team reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien, being eliminated by Leeds United who reached the final.[3][4][7][15] The following day after the 5–0 away loss against Leeds, the team had a meeting with the club's officials at which writer Eugen "Jean" Barbu who was also at the game participated and he criticized the team for not having the devotion and the spirit of sacrifice as the English players, at one point talking directly to Răducanu who replied with a rhetorical question:"Well come on, Mr. Jean, do you write like Shakespeare?".[16] For the way he played in 1970, Răducanu was placed second in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award, then in 1976 being fourth.[17] Răducanu was also a goalscoring goalkeeper, scoring three goals from penalty kicks in the 1973–74 Divizia A season against CFR Cluj, Politehnica Iași and Politehnica Timișoara, also in the same season he became the first goalkeeper from Romanian football that was caught in offside in a game against Farul Constanța, however the team relegated at the end of that season, but he stayed with the club, scoring another four penalty goals in 30 appearances and helping it promote back to the first division after one year.[3][4][6][8][10][18][19]

Sportul and Steaua

In the following season he left Rapid after 10 seasons spent at the club and went to play for Sportul Studențesc București for three seasons where in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup he scored a goal from a penalty kick against Olympiacos, helping the team reach the next phase of the competition.[4][19][20] In 1978, his friend, Nicu Ceaușescu who was the son of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, bought him to Steaua București where he helped the team win the 1978–79 Cupa României, being used by coach Gheorghe Constantin in the final as a starter until the 84th minute when he was replaced with Vasile Iordache, managing to not concede any goals in the 3–0 over his former side, Sportul Studențesc.[3][4][7][21]

Late career

Afterwards he spent a short period at Divizia B team, FCM Reșița, being brought back to Divizia A by coach Viorel Mateianu at FC Baia Mare where he didn't adapt, playing only 10 league games, including his last appearance in the competition which took place on 18 October 1980 in a 3–1 away loss in front of Politehnica Timișoara.[4][22] Răducanu ended his career playing in the Romanian lower leagues at Autobuzul București, Spartac București and Voința Crevedia, also he came out of retirement at Senaco Novaci where he played for a few years, completely ending his career in 2003 at age 57.[3][4][7][18][23][24] Rică Răducanu was a goalkeeper known for his great saves, but also for his big mistakes and for his joy of entertaining the public with his juggling abilities, having a total of 329 games played with three goals scored in Divizia A, also having a total of 26 matches in which he scored one goal in European competitions (including three games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[3][4][6][7][8][9][18][25]

International career

Rică Răducanu played 56 games for Romania in which he conceded 54 goals, making his debut under coach Angelo Niculescu on 25 June 1967 in a 1–0 home loss against Italy at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[1][4][26] He played four games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, being used by Niculescu in the 3–2 loss against Brazil from the final tournament when he replaced Stere Adamache in the 29th minute and conceded a goal from Pelé.[1][7][9][18][27] He played nine matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1][9] Răducanu went on to play six games at the Euro 1976 qualifiers, appeared in two matches at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup, three at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup and made his last appearance for the national team on 25 October 1978 in a 3–2 home victory against Yugoslavia at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[1]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Răducanu was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[9][18][28][29]

Personal life

Rică Răducanu was well known for his charisma, being invited in numerous Romanian TV shows, also being an occasional film actor playing in the 1978 Totul pentru fotbal (Everything for football) directed by Andrei Blaier and in the 2008 Legiunea străină (The foreign legion) directed by Mircea Daneliuc, both comedy films.[7][8][9][18][30] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution he had for a while his own grocery store called Merci Rică in the Drumul Taberei neighborhood from Bucharest and a luxury terrace in the Neptun summer resort, by the sea called Sirena (The mermaid).[31] Folk singer, Victor Socaciu composed a song dedicated to him called Portar sub Podul Grant (Goalkeeper under the Grant Bridge) and a book about him was written by Sorin Satmari called Rică Răducanu sau prea mare pentru un careu atât de mic (Rică Răducanu or too big for such a small penalty box).[7][18] In May 2008, mayor of Bucharest, Adriean Videanu awarded Răducanu the Honorary Citizen of Bucharest title.[9][18][32] His son Cătălin Necula was also a footballer.[8][9][33]

Honours

Rapid București

Steaua București

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Including 5 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

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  2. ^ Răducanu Necula at National-Football-Teams.com
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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Răducanu Necula at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ a b "Poveștile lui Rică Răducanu. De ce i se spune Tamango + cum i-a fost anulat un gol pentru ofsaid" [Rică Răducanu's stories. Why he is called Tamango + how his goal was disallowed for offside] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Interviu cu Rică Răducanu: "Trebuia să mă nasc eu ca să câștige Rapid campionatul"" [Interview with Rică Răducanu: "I had to be born in order for Rapid to win the championship"] (in Romanian). Eurosport.ro. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rică Răducanu, savuros non-stop: "L-am lăsat pe Pele să-mi dea gol că era prietenul meu!"" [Rica Răducanu, savory non-stop: "I let Pele beat me because he was my friend!"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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    "Romanian Cup – Season 1974–1975". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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    "Acum o jumătate de veac, Rapid elimina pe Napoli" [Half a century ago, Rapid eliminated Napoli]. Wesport.ro. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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  16. ^ "Dobrin, Shakespeare și dinții de viplă" [Dobrin, Shakespeare and the fangs]. Wesport.ro. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
    "Alte 9 pasaje senzaționale dintr-o carte-document. Povești cu "Gigel" Hagi și "Matale scrii ca Shakespeare?"" [9 other sensational passages from a book-document. Stories with "Gigel" Hagi and "Matale do you write like Shakespeare?"]. Gsp.ro. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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  19. ^ a b "Rică Răducanu împlinește 74 de ani. Povestea golurilor pe care le-a marcat și a ofsaidului în care a fost surprins Regele Giuleștiului" [Rică Răducanu is 74 years old. The story of the goals he scored and the offside in which the King of Giulești was caught] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Sportul Studențesc 2 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  21. ^ "Cum l-au transferat fraţii Ceauşescu pe Rică Răducanu la Steaua:"Mergeam la şpriţ, venea la mine în curte"" [How the Ceaușescu brothers transferred Rică Răducanu to Steaua: "I was going at spritz with him, he would come at me in my yard"]. Realitateasportiva.net. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1978–1979". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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  23. ^ "Poveste memorabilă cu Rică Răducanu, distribuitor de pui pentru milițieni" [Memorable story with Rică Răducanu, chicken distributor for the militiamen]. Ziare.com. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Senaco Novaci a retrogradat din cauza lui Rica Raducanu!" [Senaco Novaci relegated because of Rica Raducanu!]. Gds.ro. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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  26. ^ "Romania 0-1 Italy". European Football. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Brazil – Romania 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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    Legiunea straina at imdb.com
  31. ^ "Rică Răducanu povestește despre carmangeria sa din Drumul Taberei: "Se numea: Merci, Rică!"" [Rică Răducanu talks about his grocery store in Drumul Taberei: "It was called: Merci, Rică!"]. A1.ro. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
    "Exclusiv! Rică Răducanu servește clienții la mese, pe terasa de lux din Neptun, la două luni de la operația care i-a salvat viața" [Exclusive! Rîca Răducanu serves customers at tables, on the luxury terrace in Neptun, two months after the operation that saved his life]. Click.ro. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
    "Stațiunea de la malul mării unde Rică Răducanu are o tereasă de lux" [The seaside resort where Rică Răducanu has a luxury terrace]. Bvz.ro. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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  33. ^ "E OFICIAL: Site Al Hilal: Catalin Necula, antrenorul primei echipe!" [IT'S OFFICIAL: Al Hilal site: Catalin Necula, coach of the first team!] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necula_R%C4%83ducanu