Aurel Rădulescu

Aurel Rădulescu (13 October 1953 – 7 April 1979) was a Romanian football forward.[1] He died at age 25 while jumping out of a moving train in Hanover.[4][5][6][7]

Aurel Rădulescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-10-13)13 October 1953[1]
Place of birth Adamclisi, Romania[1]
Date of death 7 April 1979(1979-04-07) (aged 25)[1]
Place of death Hanover, Germany[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward / Attacking midfielder[1][2]
Youth career
1967–1971 Farul Constanța
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1973 Farul Constanța 25 (2)
1973–1979 Sportul Studențesc București 146 (26)
1974 → FC Galați (loan) 4 (0)
Total 175 (28)
National team
1973–1977 Romania U21[3] 4 (0)
1974–1979 Romania Olympic[3] 7 (0)
1978 Romania 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 January 2020

International career

Aurel Rădulescu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 loss against Argentina played on Estadio La Bombonera from Buenos Aires.[8][9] He also played two matches at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[8]

Honours
FC Galați
Sportul Studențesc București

References
  1. Aurel Rădulescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. Aurel Rădulescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Aurel Rădulescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. "Familia legendarului Aurică Rădulescu trăieşte acolo unde el a murit: în Germania" [The family of the legendary Aurică Radulescu lives where he died: in Germany] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. "Sfarsitul tragic al fotbalistilor Aurica Radulescu, Mihai Baicu si Andrei Mutulescu toti au jucat si la FC Farul" [The tragic end of footballers Aurica Radulescu, Mihai Baicu and Andrei Mutulescu they all played at FC Farul] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. "RETRO GSP. 42 de ani de la debutul în națională al lui Aurel Rădulescu, cel ce trebuia să fie mai bun decât Hagi. Și care a sfârșit stupid, sub roțile trenului, după o șuetă cu o blondă" [GSP RETRO. 42 years since the national debut of Aurel Radulescu, who had to be better than Hagi. And who passed away stupidly, under the wheels of the train, after a whisper with a blonde] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. "Povestea tragica a mortii lui Aurica Radulescu, rememorata de fostul sau antrenor, Mircea Radulescu" [The tragic story of Aurica Radulescu's death, recalled by his former coach, Mircea Radulescu] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. "Aurel Rădulescu". European Football. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. "Argentina - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. "Romanian Cup - Season 1978 - 1979". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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