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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marius Mihai Lăcătuș | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-04-05)5 April 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Brașov, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1980 | FCM Brașov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | FCM Brașov | 48 | (5) |
| 1983–1990 | Steaua București | 200 | (59) |
| 1990–1991 | Fiorentina | 21 | (3) |
| 1991–1993 | Oviedo | 51 | (7) |
| 1993–1999 | Steaua București | 157 | (39) |
| 2000 | Național București | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 489 | (113) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Romania U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 1984 | Romania Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| 1984–1998 | Romania | 83 | (13) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Steaua București (player/assistant) | ||
| 2000 | Naţional București (player/assistant) | ||
| 2000 | Naţional București | ||
| 2001 | Panama (assistant) | ||
| 2002 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2002–2003 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2004 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| 2005 | Inter Gaz București | ||
| 2006–2007 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2007–2008 | FCSB | ||
| 2008–2009 | FCSB | ||
| 2009–2010 | Vaslui | ||
| 2010–2011 | FCSB | ||
| 2012 | FCM Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2013–2014 | CSMS Iași | ||
| 2017–2018 | Steaua București (sporting director) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Steaua București | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marius Mihai Lăcătuș (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈmari.usmiˈhajləkəˈtuʃ]; born 5 April 1964) is a Romanian professionalfootballmanager and former player.
He is the most successful footballer ofSteaua București and was part of theirEuropean Cup victory in1986. Lăcătuș is the all-time top scorer for Steaua with16 goals in European competitions.
He played as a deep lying striker orinside forward for Steaua București most of his career, being the team's captain between 1994 and 1999. He also played for Italian sideFiorentina andReal Oviedo in Spain.
Lăcătuș is the most decorated player in the history of theRomanian First League. He has won the league a record ten times. Following him in the all time table are:Giedrius Arlauskis,Ciprian Deac,Adrian Bumbescu,Mircea Lucescu,Dumitru Stângaciu andTudorel Stoica, all with 7 championships won.[2]
On 7 July 2021,CSA Steaua București retired his shirt number 7 at the inauguration match of the newSteaua Stadium.[3]
Lăcătuș was an iconic player for Steaua București's supporters. Even now, many years after leaving the club as a player, the supporters shout his name at home games. The supporters loved him for his spectacular way of playing football, as well as for his commitment during the games. He was nicknamedFiara (The Beast).
He was the first player to score in the penalty shoot-out of the 1986 European Cup final againstFC Barcelona, won by Steaua. After the1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, where he scored two goals against theUSSR, Lăcătuș signed for the Italian clubFiorentina and then moved toReal Oviedo in Spain. In 1994, he returned to Steaua and played for the club until 1999, when he signed forFC Național București, where he played only half a season before retiring.
On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania,Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (Order of Sporting Merit) class II for his part in winning the1986 European Cup Final.
Lăcătuș played a total of 414 games in the RomanianDivizia A (now Liga I), scoring 103 goals; 21 games in the ItalianSerie A where he scored three times and also 51 games in the SpanishLa Liga, scoring 7 goals. He also made 72 appearances in theEuropean Cup,Cup Winners' Cup and theUEFA Cup, scoring 16 goals.
Lăcătuș was capped 83 times, scoring 13 goals for theRomania national team, and played for his country in the1990 World Cup,Euro 1996 and the1998 World Cup.[4] In 1995, against France, he scored Romania's 800th goal.[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1984 | 5 | 1 |
| 1985 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 14 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 13 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 November 1984 | Bloomfield Stadium,Tel Aviv, Israel |  Israel | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 30 January 1985 | Estádio José Alvalade,Lisbon, Portugal |  Portugal | 1–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 2–2 | |||||
| 4 | 10 September 1986 | Stadionul Steaua,Bucharest, Romania |  Austria | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 5 | 26 May 1990 | Heysel Stadium,Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 9 June 1990 | Stadio San Nicola,Bari, Italy |  Soviet Union | 1–0 | 2–0 | World Cup 1990 Group B |
| 7 | 2–0 | |||||
| 8 | 29 August 1990 | Central Lenin Stadium,Moscow,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 9 | 6 May 1992 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Faroe Islands | 3–0 | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup 1994 qualifying |
| 10 | 14 December 1994 | Ramat Gan Stadium,Ramat Gan, Israel | Israel | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 11 | 7 June 1995 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | Israel | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 12 | 11 October 1995 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  France | 1–2 | 1–3 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 13 | 24 April 1996 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Georgia | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
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