Ion Prepurgel

Ion Prepurgel (12 April 1947 – 25 December 1990) was a Romanian football midfielder.^[1][2]

Ion Prepurgel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-04-12)12 April 1947[1]
Place of birth	Pitești, Romania[1]
Date of death	25 December 1990(1990-12-25) (aged 43)[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position	Central midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1974	Dinamo Pitești	183	(16)
1965–1966	→ Progresul București (loan)	16	(5)
1974–1977	FC Brăila
International career
1967	Romania U23	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Prepurgel was born on 12 April 1947 in Pitești, Romania.^[1][3][4] He began playing football at local club Dinamo, making his Divizia A debut on 15 March 1964 under coach Virgil Mărdărescu in a 5–1 away loss to Știința Cluj.^[1][5] At the end of his second season, the team reached the 1965 Cupa României final, but coach Mărdărescu did not use him in the eventual 2–1 to Știința Cluj.^[1][6] He played in the 1965–66 season for Progresul București, helping them earn promotion to the first league.^[1][3]

Afterwards Prepurgel returned to Pitești, the team being now named Argeș.^[1][7] He played five matches in the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as they eliminated Sevilla against whom he scored a goal from a long-range shot and Toulouse, the campaign ending in the third round where they were defeated with 1–0 on aggregate by Dinamo Zagreb who eventually won the competition.^[1][7][8][9] In the 1971–72 season he helped Argeș win their first title, Prepurgel contributing with four goals scored in the 28 appearances given to him by coaches Titus Ozon and Florin Halagian.^[1][10] Subsequently, he played three games in the 1972–73 European Cup, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid in which he scored the victory goal with a header, following an assist from Nicolae Dobrin.^{[1][3][4][7][11]} However, they lost the second leg with 3–1, thus the campaign ended.^[3][4][7] Prepurgel's last Divizia A appearance took place on 19 June 1974 in a 7–0 away loss to Dinamo București, having a total of 183 matches with 16 goals in the competition, also totaling 14 games with three goals in European competitions (including nine games and two goals in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).^[1]

Prepurgel played three more seasons for FC Brăila in Divizia B, retiring in 1977.^[1][3]

International career

Prepurgel played one game for Romania's under-23 side, a 1–0 away win over Israel which took place on 22 March 1967.^[12][13]

Death

Prepurgel died on 25 December 1990 at age 43.^[1][3]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

• Divizia A: 1971–72^[1]
• Cupa României runner-up: 1964–65^[6]

Progresul București

• Divizia B: 1965–66^[1]