Ion Voinescu

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Ion Voinescu
Voinescu with Steaua (then called CCA)
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-04-18)18 April 1929
Place of birth Valea Dragului, Romania[1]
Date of death 9 March 2018(2018-03-09) (aged 88)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1939–1943 Olympia București
1943–1945 ASPIM Bucureşti
1945–1946 Carmen Bucureşti
1946–1947 Solvay Uioara
1947–1948 RATA Târgu Mureş
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Metalul Bucureşti1 23 (0)
1950–1963 Steaua Bucureşti 162 (0)
Total 185 (0)
National team
Romania B 2 (0)
1949–1962 Romania 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ion "Țop" Voinescu (18 April 1929 – 9 March 2018) was a Romanian footballer. He was often thought as one of the finest goalkeepers Romania has ever produced.[source?]

Voinescu has won 22 caps for Romania, with his only honor being representing his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Voinenscu worked as a goalkeeper coach for his former club, Steaua București.

On 9 March 2018, Voinescu died at the age of 88.[2][3][4]

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