Ion Alecsandrescu

Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the president of Steaua București during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century.^[4][5][6]

Ion Alecsandrescu

Alecsandrescu in the 1950s
Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-07-17)17 July 1928
Place of birth	Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death	21 June 2000(2000-06-21) (aged 71)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1947–1949	Juventus București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950	Partizanul București	6	(8)
1950–1951	Steaua București	6	(1)
1952–1953	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	32	(5)
1953–1961	Steaua București[a]	153	(85)
1962	Olimpia București
Total		198	(99)
International career
	Romania B	5	(0)
1956–1959	Romania[b]	5	(0)
Managerial career
1982–1989	Steaua București (president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia București.^[1]

He was top scorer of Liga I with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.^[1][3]

Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Cupa României, all with Steaua București and also won four caps for Romania and one for Romania's Olympic team.^[2][3]

Notes

1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Steaua București are not official.^[1]
2. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team^[2][3]