Marian Savu

Savu was born on 11 October 1972 in Pietroșani, Teleorman, Romania. He began playing football in 1989 at Flacăra Moreni. Subsequently, Savu joined Dinamo București where he made his Divizia A debut on 28 October 1990, when coach Gheorghe Mulțescu sent him in the 61st minute to replace Marian Damaschin in a 0–0 draw against Progresul Brăila. In 1991, he returned to Flacăra Moreni in Divizia B, playing there for eighteen months. Afterwards, he came back to Dinamo, scoring his first Divizia A goal on 9 June 1993 in a 6–0 win over CSM Reșița. He made his debut in European competitions in a 3–2 victory against Cagliari in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. In the same season, Savu was Dinamo's top scorer, netting 12 league goals to help the team to a runner-up position. However, despite this performance, he was loaned to FC Brașov for the first half of the 1994–95 season. Then he returned to Dinamo, only to leave again in the middle of the 1995–96 season to join Rapid București. In 1996, Savu went to play for Național București. He helped them eliminate Partizan Belgrade and Chornomorets Odesa in the first rounds of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, the campaign ending after a 3–1 aggregate loss to Club Brugge. The team also reached the 1997 Cupa României final, but coach Florin Halagian did not play him in the 4–2 loss to Steaua București. In the middle of the 1997–98 season, he joined Sportul Studențesc but was unable to help them avoid relegation. Afterwards, Savu returned to Național, where he…

From 1992 to 1993, Savu played 12 matches and scored two goals for Romania's under-21 national team. On 19 May 2000, he played for Romania B in a 2–2 draw against Honduras.

Național București

Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97, 2005–06 Individual

Divizia A top goalscorer: 1999–2000