Basarab Panduru
 Panduru being interviewed by journalists in 1994 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basarab Nică Panduru | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Mârzănești, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Automatica Alexandria | |||
| –1987 |
CSM Reşiţa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 |
CSM Reşiţa | 62 | (16) |
| 1991–1995 | Steaua București | 131 | (34) |
| 1995–1998 | Benfica | 49 | (7) |
| 1996 |
→ Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Porto | 6 | (0) |
| 2000 |
→ Salgueiros (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| Total | 262 | (58) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1996 | Romania | 22 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002 | Poli AEK Timișoara | ||
| 2003–2004 | Poli AEK Timișoara | ||
| 2004–2005 |
Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2005 |
FC Vaslui | ||
| 2006–2007 |
Farul Constanţa | ||
| 2007–2008 | Progresul București | ||
| 2009–2010 | Steaua București (sporting director) | ||
| 2020 |
Al-Wasl (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Universitatea Craiova (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Basarab Nică Panduru (born 11 July 1970) is a Romanian retired footballer and currently television pundit for Orange Sport.
Playing career
Born in
CSM Reşiţa, Panduru was set to miss the next game due to yellow cards, therefore Steaua București
lost that game after a federal decision.
As soon as he joined
Neuchâtel Xamax for half a season, before re-joining S.L. Benfica
at the start of the 1996–97 season.
In 1998, he was bought by
SC Salgueiros on loan from Porto, his third team in Portugal but after only half-a-season and long-term injuries Panduru decided to retire and become coach.[3]
International career
During his career Panduru earned 22 caps for Romania, scoring one goal, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup.
International stats
| Romania | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 1 |
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 September 1993 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania |  Israel |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Managerial career
Panduru's first coaching agreement was the one with
Anton Doboş
, his boss, played as a defender.
He signed a new contract, this time with
FC Farul Constanţa
before being sacked by the team owner after poor results.
At the end of October 2007 he signed on to manage second league team FC Progresul București.
In September 2009, Panduru was announced the new
George Becali
.
Honours
Club
- Steaua București
- FC Porto
- Primeira Divisão: 1998–99
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1999
References
- ^ "Panduru incerto no FC Porto" (in Portuguese). Record.
- ^ "O Jogo newspaper", "Panduru continua em Portugal à espera de ver resolvido o seu caso. Apesar de ter sido dado como certo no Internacional de Porto Alegre, a transferência para o Brasil não se concretizou" (in Portuguese). Agosto 1999.
- ^ "Panduru (Nica Basarab Panduru)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
External links
- Basarab Panduru at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Basarab Panduru at Soccerway
- Basarab Panduru at National-Football-Teams.com
