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Laurențiu Marinescu
Romanian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Laurențiu Nicolae Marinescu (born 25 August 1984) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and currently he is a fitness coach at Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
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Marinescu was born on 25 August 1984 in Ploiești, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Petrolul.[1] He started to play senior level football for Petrolul during the 2002–03 Divizia B season, helping the team earn promotion to the first division at the end of it.[1] Afterwards on 9 August 2003 he made his Divizia A debut on 9 August 2003 when coach Florin Marin sent him on the field in the 79th minute to replace Daniel Costescu in a 4–1 away loss to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[1][2][3] He netted his first goal in the competition in a 5–2 home loss to Gloria Bistrița.[2] At the end of the season the team relegated back to the second division where Marinescu would play for the following five seasons.[1]
In 2009, he was transferred by title holders Unirea Urziceni from Petrolul.[1][4] In the first league match that coach Dan Petrescu used him, Marinescu scored the only goal in a win over Unirea Alba Iulia, helping Urziceni finish the season on the second place.[1][5] He also made his debut in European competitions, playing in a 1–0 loss to Liverpool on Anfield from the sixteenths-finals of the Europa League.[6] He started the following season by playing in both legs of Urziceni's 1–0 aggregate loss to Zenit Saint Petersburg from the 2010–11 Champions League third qualifying round.[7] Then he played in a 4–1 loss to Hajduk Split from the 2010–11 Europa League play-off.[8]
In August 2010 he signed a contract with Steaua București alongside teammates from Unirea Urziceni: Galamaz, Vilana, Apostol, Bilașco, Onofraș and Brandán.[9] With Steaua he won the 2010–11 Cupa României but without playing in the final.[10]
In the summer of 2011 he went to play for Universitatea Cluj.[1][11] One year later, in the summer of 2012, he was transferred back to Petrolul Ploiești, alongside 11 other players from "U" Cluj, as the owner of the Cluj team, left the club in order to take control of Petrolul.[1][12] There he suffered an injury at the ligaments in May 2013 during a game with Concordia Chiajna.[13] Shortly afterwards, the team won the 2012–13 Cupa României without him playing.[14] About one year later, on April 2024, Marinescu came back to the field and scored in a 3–0 win over Botoșani.[13] He played three games in Petrolul's 2014–15 Europa League campaign, getting past Flamurtari and Viktoria Plzeň, being eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off.[15]
In 2016, Marinescu left Petrolul to sign with Voluntari.[1][16] His first performance with Voluntari was winning the 2016–17 Cupa României, being used by coach Claudiu Niculescu all the minutes in the final against Astra Giurgiu, equalizing the score in the 83rd minute from a penalty, also netting his spot kick at the penalty shoot-out.[1][17] Shortly afterwards he won another trophy, coach Niculescu using him all the minutes in the 1–0 win over Viitorul Constanța from the 2017 Supercupa României.[18]
In 2018, he went to play for Dunărea Călărași where on 12 August coach Dan Alexa used him to substitute Aitor Monroy in a 3–1 loss to Universitatea Craiova in the league.[1][16][19] That would be his only appearance for the club as he left to play for Petrolul in the second division, thus gaining a total of 239 matches with 21 goals netted in the Romanian top-division.[1][16] In his two seasons spent at Petrolul, the team fought unsuccessfully to earn promotion to the first division, Marinescu leaving after a conflict with the fans.[20] Afterwards he went to play for Mioveni where he ended his career during the 2020–21 Liga II season.[21]
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International career
Marinescu played one friendly game at international level for Romania, when coach Victor Pițurcă introduced him at half-time to replace Dorin Goga in a 4–0 victory against Turkmenistan played on 27 January 2012.[22]
Honours
Petrolul Ploiești
- Divizia B: 2002–03[1]
- Cupa României: 2012–13[1][23]
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2013[23]
Steaua București
Voluntari
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