 Lăpușneanu in 1966 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1908-12-08)8 December 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 24 February 1994(1994-02-24) (aged 85) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1928 | Venus București | ||
| 1928–1929 | Banatul Timișoara | ||
| 1929–1930 | Sportul Studențesc București | ||
| 1931–1935 | Venus București | 32 | (0) |
| 1935–1937 | Rapid București | 12 | (0) |
| 1937–1938 | Gloria CFR Galați | ||
| Total | 44 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1929–1932 | Romania | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1942 | Romania | ||
| 1946–1948 | Sporting Club Pitești | ||
| 1948–1949 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 1951–1952 | Flacăra Petroșani | ||
| 1953–1954 | Dinamo Pitești | ||
| 1955–1956 | Dinamo Pitești | ||
| 1958–1959 | Dinamo Pitești | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ion "Jean" Lăpușneanu (8 December 1908 – 24 February 1994) was aRomanianfootballgoalkeeper.
Lăpușneanu was born on 8 December 1908 inBucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1926 atVenus București in the regional championship.[1][2] After two years he joinedBanatul Timișoara with which in the 1928–29 season he won the regional championship that helped them qualify for thenational league where they were defeated with 3–0 byRomânia Cluj in the semi-finals.[1][2][3] Afterwards he went for one year atSportul Studențesc București.[1][2] Subsequently, Lăpușneanu returned to Venus in 1931, keeping a clean sheet in his first match, a 2–0 win overRGM Timișoara, making a total of 11 appearances by the end of theseason as the team won the title.[1][2][4] He won another title with Venus in the1933–34 season when coach Karoly Weszter used him in seven games.[1][2][4] In 1935, Lăpușneanu joinedRapid București where in his second season the team finished runner-up in theleague and won thecup, but he did not play in the 5–1 win overRipensia Timișoara in thefinal, asPetre Rădulescu was preferred in his place.[1][2][5] After spending the1937–38 season inDivizia B atGloria CFR Galați, Lăpușneanu ended his playing career.[1]
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Lăpușneanu played 10 games forRomania, making his debut on 15 September 1929 under coachConstantin Rădulescu in a 3–2 friendly victory againstBulgaria.[6][7] He played two games in the successful1929–31 Balkan Cup, two in the1932 Balkan Cup and one during the1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs.[6][8][9] Lăpușneanu was selected by coach Rădulescu to be part of the team's1930 World Cup squad in which he played in both of Romania's games, the 3–1 victory againstPeru and the 4–0 loss to eventual tournament winnersUruguay.[6][10] His last game for the national team was a 5–0 friendly loss toPoland.[6]
In 1942, Lăpușneanu was coach ofRomania's national team, leading them in three friendly games, a 7–0 loss toGermany, a 1–0 loss toSlovakia and a 2–2 draw againstCroatia.[2][11][12]
After coaching Sporting Club Pitești in the Romanian lower leagues for a while, he had his first coaching experience in the Romanian top-divisionDivizia A, leadingPolitehnica Timișoara in the1948–49 season.[2][13] Lăpușneanu made his debut on 22 August 1948 in a 3–1 win overPetrolul București, finishing the season in 10th place, thus avoiding relegation.[14][15] He then coachedFlacăra Petroșani in the1951 and1952 Divizia A seasons, preventing the team from being relegated in both instances.[2][16][17][18]
In 1953 he had his first spell at newly founded club,Dinamo Pitești, helping the team finish the first season of its existence in 8th place in the regional championship.[2][13][19] In 1955 he started his second spell at Dinamo, helping the club get promoted from the regional championship toDivizia C where in the following season the team finished in 8th place.[2][13][19] Lăpușneanu had his third and final spell at Dinamo from 1958 until 1959, helping them get promoted once again from the regional championship to Divizia C.[2][13][19]
Lăpușneanu wrote a book about football titledJocul și antrenamentul portarului de fotbal (The game and training of the football goalkeeper) which was released in 1968.[20]
Lăpușneanu died on 24 February 1994 at age 85.[1][2]
Venus București
Rapid București
Romania
Dinamo Pitești
