Victor Pițurcă
Pițurcă in June 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Orodel, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1974 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1975 | Dinamo Slatina | 10 | (3) |
| 1975–1977 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 13 | (4) |
| 1978–1979 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 15 | (5) |
| 1979–1983 | Olt Scornicești | 98 | (28) |
| 1983–1989 | Steaua București | 174 | (137) |
| 1989–1990 | Racing Club de Lens | 28 | (4) |
| Total | 346 | (181) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1987 | Romania | 13 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992 | Steaua București | ||
| 1994–1995 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1996–1998 | Romania U–21 | ||
| 1998–1999 | Romania | ||
| 2000–2002 | Steaua București | ||
| 2002–2004 | Steaua București | ||
| 2004–2009 | Romania | ||
| 2010 | Steaua București | ||
| 2010 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 2011–2014 | Romania | ||
| 2014–2015 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Victor Pițurcă (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor piˈt͡surkə]; born 8 May 1956 in Orodel, Dolj County) is a Romanian football manager and former player, was currently manager of Al-Ittihad. He is nicknamed "Satana" (Satan) by the press, something he calls remarkable.
He joined Universitatea Craiova as a youth in 1970, aged 14, and four years later he was loaned to Dinamo Slatina, a club from Romania's Liga II, in order to gain more experience, before being called back to Craiova in 1975, making his debut for the team in November that year.
As he was not used much by Universitatea, Pițurcă left the club in 1977 to join Pandurii Târgu Jiu and then FC Drobeta Turnu-Severin, from where he was signed by FC Olt, thus returning to play in Liga I.
In 1983, he was requested by Steaua, helping the club to reach its highest peak in European football.
Pițurcă won with Steaua the European Cup in 1986, the European Supercup in 1987, and was semifinalist in the same competition losing to Benfica in 1988. During the 1988-89 season the team reached again the European Cup final, but loses to Milan. As for domestic performances, Pițurcă won the championship with Steaua București five times and the Romanian Cup four times.
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