Mircea Rednic

Corvinul Hunedoara

Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul", was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tennis, handball, volleyball and chess before starting to play football at Corvinul Hunedoara's youth center under coach Remus Vlad. Coach Mircea Lucescu gave him his debut for Corvinul's senior squad in the 1979–80 Divizia B season. Subsequently, as the team got promoted, Lucescu gave him his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1980 in a 4–1 victory against ASA Târgu Mureș. In the following seasons Rednic helped the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A and 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.

Dinamo București

In the summer of 1983, Rednic and teammate Ioan Andone 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 31 league games and he played the entire match in the 2–1 victory over rivals Steaua București in the Cupa României final. Rednic also appeared in eight matches in the 1983–84 European Cup, helping the club get past title holders Hamburg and then Dinamo Minsk against whom he scored a goal, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool. For the way he played in 1983, Rednic was placed fifth in the…

Rednic 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 six games, helping the team finish the tournament in third position, winning the bronze medal. Rednic played 83 matches and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 0–0 draw against Switzerland in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers. He made eight appearances during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, including a 1–0 victory against World Cup holders Italy. Subsequently, coach Lucescu used him for the entirety of all three games in the final tournament which were a draw against Spain and losses to West Germany and Portugal, as his side failed to progress from their group. Rednic played eight games in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers and four during the Euro 1988 qualifiers. Afterwards he made three appearances in the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers. He was used by coach Emerich Jenei for the entirety of all four matches in the final tournament, as Romania got eliminated by Ireland in the round of 16. He played one game during the Euro 1992 qualifiers and made his last appearance for the national team on 23 May 1991 in a 1–0 friendly loss to Norway. For representing his country at the 1990 World Cup, Rednic was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

Rednic's first coaching experience came in December 1998 at Rapid București, while he was still an active player. He was appointed caretaker manager for one Divizia A game after Mircea Lucescu left to train Inter Milan, securing a 3–0 victory against Universitatea Cluj. Rednic started working as a full-time coach in 2000 when he was appointed at Rapid to replace Anghel Iordănescu. He then moved to fellow Divizia A team FCM Bacău where he stayed only a few months, returning in 2002 to Rapid. Rednic's second spell at Rapid was one in which he won the first trophies of his coaching career. The first one was the 2001–02 Cupa României, following a 2–1 victory against Dinamo București in the final. Then he won the 2002 Supercupa României, after another 2–1 win over Dinamo. For the 2002–03 season, Rednic had Florin Bratu and Daniel Niculae form an offensive partnership, a move that proved to be successful as Rapid won the title. Subsequently, he led the team to win the 2003 Supercupa României by defeating once again Dinamo with a score of 1–0. He was close to helping Rapid get past Anderlecht in the 2003–04 Champions League second qualifying round after earning a 0–0 away draw in the first leg, but lost the second leg 2–3 despite leading 2–0 at halftime. Rapid dismissed him in the middle of the 2003–04 season while the club was still in the top positions, fighting to win the championship. Afterwards, Rednic had his first coaching experience outside Romania when he signed with…

International

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