Viorel Turcu

Turcu was born on 9 August 1960 in Slobozia, Argeș, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Argeș Pitești. He made his Divizia A debut on 11 June 1978 when coach Florin Halagian sent him in the 60th minute and two minutes later he scored his side's goal after an assist from Nicolae Dobrin in a 2–1 away loss to Bihor Oradea. In the 1978–79 season he helped Argeș win the title, coach Halagian using him in only seven games as he had to compete in the offence with players such as Dobrin, Marin Radu and Doru Nicolae. In the following season they got past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest. He scored his only goal in European competitions in a 4–0 win over APOEL Nicosia in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup season. In the middle of the 1982–83 season, Turcu left Argeș to play for one year at Steaua București. In the middle of the following season he arrived at Dinamo București, helping the team win The Double at the end of it, scoring two goals in the 11 league matches coach Nicolae Dumitru used him. However, he did play in the 2–1 win in the Cupa României final over his former team, Steaua. He also played with The Red Dogs during their 1983–84 European Cup campaign, in which they eliminated Dinamo Minsk in the quarter-finals before being defeated by Liverpool in the semi-finals. Afterwards, Turcu went for two years to Olt Scornicești, then returned for a…

In 1982, Turcu played in seven friendly matches for Romania, making his debut on 24 March under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 4–1 loss to Belgium. He scored his only goal in a 4–0 victory against Japan, a team against which he also played his last game for the national team, a 3–1 victory.

In 1992, Turcu started coaching at Olt Scornicești, the spell lasting until 1996. He worked only for teams in the Romanian lower leagues such as Cimentul Fieni, Fulgerul Bragadiru or Argeșul Mihăilești.

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Viorel Turcu goal.