Romanian soccer great Mircea Lucescu has died at age 80
AP News • • sports
Key Points:
- Mircea Lucescu, a renowned Romanian soccer player and coach, has died at the age of 80, with his death confirmed after a heart attack and subsequent hospitalization.
- Lucescu was the first coach to qualify the Romanian national team for a European Championship in 1984 and captained Romania at the 1970 World Cup.
- His coaching career spanned nearly five decades, including a successful 12-year tenure at Shakhtar Donetsk, where he won the UEFA Cup in 2009 and developed a team of Brazilian talents.
- Lucescu also coached internationally for Turkey and Romania, with his final coaching role ending in 2024 after Romania failed to qualify for the World Cup.
- In Italy, he managed several clubs including Inter Milan and Brescia, where he notably signed multiple Romanian players, earning his team the nickname "Brescia Romeno."
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