Daniel Pancu
 Pancu in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Gabriel Pancu | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Iași, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Romania U20 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1994 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Politehnica Iași | 55 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Rapid București | 77 | (23) |
| 1999–2000 |
Cesena | 36 | (3) |
| 2000–2002 | Rapid București | 45 | (28) |
| 2002–2006 | Beşiktaş | 80 | (16) |
| 2006 | → Rapid București (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Bursaspor | 32 | (3) |
| 2008 | Rapid București | 8 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 |
Terek Grozny | 33 | (10) |
| 2010 | CSKA Sofia | 7 | (2) |
| 2010 |
Vaslui | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Rapid București | 96 | (21) |
| 2015–2016 | Voluntari | 24 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Rapid București | 23 | (18) |
| Total | 534 | (137) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Romania U-16 | 4 | (0) |
| 1995 | Romania U-18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Romania U-21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2001–2005 | Romania | 27 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017 | Voluntari (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Rapid București | ||
| 2020–2021 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2022–2023 | Romania U20 | ||
| 2023– | Romania U21 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Gabriel Pancu (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel gabriˈel– ˈpaŋku]; born 17 August 1977) is a Romanian football coach and a former player who played mainly as an attacking midfielder or a forward. He is the manager of the Romania national under-20 team
Club career
Pancu began his playing career at
In 2002, he was bought by Beşiktaş, at the request of the manager who discovered him,
On 11 December 2009, it was announced in the Bulgarian media that
After a short spell in Bulgaria at
Curiosity
On the 28th gameweek of the 2004/05 Süper Lig season, during a derby match against Fenerbahçe, with the score at 2–3, Pancu replaced Óscar Córdoba, after the goalkeeper received a red card and Beşiktaş had already used all their substitutes. After conceding a penalty, Pancu kept Fenerbahçe at bay until Koray scored the fourth goal for Beşiktaş in the fifth minute of added time. Beşiktaş thus sealed a sensational away win over their rivals at Kadiköy Stadium. Pancu was given the nickname "Kadıköy Panteri" (the panther of Kadıköy) and dressed in a regular goalkeeper's jersey with the number "1" the following season.[4][5][6] He later stated that he felt uncomfortable being labelled as a goalkeeper, as his native playing position was a forward.[7]
Managerial career
On 2 October 2018, Daniel Pancu was appointed as
International career
He gained his first cap for the Romania national team in 1995, and captained his country on several occasions. He played a total of 27 games and scored 9 goals.
International stats
| Romania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 9 |
Honours
Club
Player
Rapid București
- 1998–99
- Cupa României: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06
- Supercupa României: 1999, 2002
Beşiktaş
- 2002–03
- 2005–06
Coach
Rapid București
References
- ^ "DANIEL GABRIEL PANCU". TFF. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ ""Терек" расстался с шестью легионерами". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ "Панку официално е играч на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ ""Kadıköy Panteri" UEFA'da". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "ÖZEL | 'Kadıköy Panteri' Pancu: Gerçek bir kaleci gibi kurtarışlar yapmıştım | Goal.com Türkçe". Goal (in Turkish). 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Er, İsmail (26 July 2005). "Pancu 1 numara". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ ""Kadıköy panteri" Pancu'nun, 10 dakika rahatsızlığı!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Constanttin Schumacher a fost inlocuit de Daniel Pancu. fcrapid.ro (in Romanian)
External links
- Daniel Pancu at Soccerway
- Daniel Pancu at National-Football-Teams.com