Ioan Andone

Corvinul Hunedoara

Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul", was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca, Romania, and at 14 years old, he simultaneously played basketball and football, with Carol Gal as his first football coach at Școala Sportivă Hunedoara. At 16, he decided to concentrate exclusively on his football career when he went to Corvinul Hunedoara's youth center where he was coached by Dumitru Pătrașcu. On 7 March 1979, Andone made his Divizia A debut for Corvinul when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him to replace Radu Nunweiller in the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to Sportul Studențesc București. At the end of his first season at Corvinul, the club was relegated to Divizia B, but Andone stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first division after one year. Afterwards, he helped the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A. He also appeared in four games in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup as they got past Grazer AK in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by FK Sarajevo, with Andone scoring a goal against each of them.

Dinamo București

In the summer of 1983, Andone and teammate Mircea Rednic were transferred from Corvinul to Dinamo București in exchange for five players, including Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and Florea Văetuș. In his first season spent with The Red Dogs, he helped the club win The Double, coach Nicolae Dumitru using him in 24 league games in which he scored one goal and he played the entire match in the 2–1 victory…

Andone was selected by coach Constantin Cernăianu to be part of Romania's under-20 squad for the 1981 World Youth Championship held in Australia. He appeared in five games, helping the team finish the tournament in third position, winning the bronze medal. Andone played 55 matches and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 11 November 1981 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 82nd minute to replace Aurel Țicleanu in a 0–0 draw against Switzerland in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers. He made five appearances in which he scored one goal in a 2–0 victory against Sweden in the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers. Then he was used by coach Lucescu in the 2–1 loss to West Germany in the final tournament as Romania did not get past the group stage. Andone played one game during the 1986 World Cup qualifiers and one in the Euro 1988 qualifiers. Afterwards he played four games in the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers. Coach Emerich Jenei used him for the entirety of all four matches in the final tournament, as Romania was eliminated by Ireland in the round of 16. Andone's last game for the national team took place on 17 October 1990 in a 3–0 loss to Bulgaria in the Euro 1992 qualifiers. For representing his country at the 1990 World Cup, Andone was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

First trophies with Dinamo

Andone started his coaching career in 1993 at Sportul Studențesc, a club he would coach on three other occasions. He coached Universitatea Cluj, Petrolul Ploiești, Farul Constanța, FC Brașov and Bihor Oradea before arriving in March 2003 at Dinamo București. With The Red Dogs, Andone won the first trophies of his coaching career. The first one was the 2002–03 Cupa României, following a 1–0 victory against Național București in the final, courtesy of a goal scored by Iulian Tameș. Subsequently, he led the team to win The Double in the 2003–04 season by having the championship's best offence with 71 goals scored of which 37 were netted by the prolific "N&D" striking duo composed of Claudiu Niculescu and Ionel Dănciulescu. The Cupa României was won after a 2–1 win over Oțelul Galați in the final. Andone led the club to win another Cupa României in the 2004–05 season, after defeating Farul Constanța 1–0, thanks to a goal netted by Ștefan Grigorie. Subsequently, he helped Dinamo win its first Supercupa României in 2005 by earning a 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua București. At Dinamo, Andone also made his first European achievements, beginning with the elimination of Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. In the 2005–06 edition of the same competition, he guided them to eliminate Omonia Nicosia and Everton, managing a historical 5–2 win on aggregate against the latter, reaching the group stage. There, the campaign ended, but Dinamo still…

International

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andone goal.