Marin Dragnea

Dragnea was born on 1 January 1956 in Slobozia Moară, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Progresul București under coach Nicolae Gorgorin. He started playing at senior level in 1972 when the club was in Divizia B, being given his debut by coach Eugen Iordache and later worked with Viorel Mateianu. He was transferred to Dinamo București where he stayed one year without playing due to a cruciate ligament injury sustained at Progresul, which recurred during a friendly match for Dinamo. In the following season he was loaned to FC Constanța, and on 29 August 1976 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Petre Comăniță in a 0–0 draw against his former team, Progresul. After one season, Dragnea left FC Constanța to rejoin Dinamo where he won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 to 1984. In the first one he contributed under coach Valentin Stănescu with seven goals scored in 23 matches. In the second he played 30 games and netted seven times and in the third he made 29 appearances and scored a personal record of 15 goals, working with coach Nicolae Dumitru in both seasons. Dragnea also won three Cupa României with The Red Dogs, but in the first final, which took place in 1982, he did not play in the win over FC Baia Mare. However, in the 1983 final, coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 success against rivals Steaua București and in the one in 1986, coach Mircea Lucescu played him the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 victory over Steaua who had recently…

Dragnea played five games for Romania, making his debut as a starter under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 1–1 draw against Spain during the Euro 1984 final tournament. His following game also came in the tournament, a 2–1 loss to West Germany. He did not play in the 1–0 loss to Portugal which led to his side's group stage exit. Dragnea's last three games were friendlies, a 1–1 draw against Israel and two draws, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq.

Dragnea coached teams in the Romanian lower leagues, most notably at Unirea Urziceni, where with players he brought, he promoted them from Divizia C to Divizia B in 2003. After leading Unirea one and a half more seasons, he was replaced by Constantin Stănici. However, six months later when his former Dinamo teammate Costel Orac came as head coach, Dragnea worked as his assistant and together they managed to promote the team to Divizia A. He also worked at Poiana Câmpina, ACS Berceni, Juventus Bascov and at junior level.

Player

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86

Manager

Unirea Urziceni

Divizia C: 2002–03