Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mircea Traian Sandu | ||
Date of birth | 22 October 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1964–1968 | Şcoala Sportivă 2 Bucureşti | ||
1968–1970 | Progresul Bucureşti | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1971 | Progresul Bucureşti | 15 | (2) |
1971–1986 | Sportul Studenţesc | 422 | (167) |
1986–1987 | Gloria Buzău | 5 | (2) |
– | Total | 442 | (169) |
National team | |||
1972–1982 | Romania | 18 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mircea Traian Sandu (born 22 October 1952 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer who is currently a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.
He has been the president of the Romanian Football Federation between 1990 and 2014. His nickname was "The Godfather".
As a player, Sandu has scored 166 goals in Liga I, being ranked seventh in the all-time scoring table, but has never been the top scorer in a single season. He was a forward.