Marcel Răducanu

Steaua București

Răducanu was born on 21 October 1954 in Bucharest, Romania. He grew up in the Pantelimon neighborhood and started to play football at the age of seven at Progresul București. Subsequently, at the age of nine and a half, he moved to Steaua București's youth center where he was coached by Francisc Fabian. Răducanu made his Divizia A debut on 22 April 1973, playing under coach Gheorghe Constantin in Steaua's 2–0 loss to CSM Reșița. He helped The Military Men win The Double in the 1975–76 season, contributing with 17 goals in the 31 league matches he was used by coach Emerich Jenei. The coach also used him until the 63rd minute when he replaced him with Viorel Năstase in the 1–0 victory against CSU Galați in the Cupa României final. Răducanu won another title under coach Jenei in the 1977–78 season for which he contributed with 18 goals in 31 matches. Subsequently, he won the 1978–79 Cupa României in which he was used by coach Gheorghe Constantin the entire match in the final, scoring two goals in the 3–0 win over Sportul Studențesc București. In the 1979–80 season, he netted a personal record of 23 goals, being the league second top-scorer, having one fewer than Universitatea Cluj's Septimiu Câmpeanu. Răducanu also played 11 matches in which he scored five goals in European competitions for Steaua. In the 6–0 victory against Young Boys in the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, Răducanu netted one of his most beautiful goals after showing his dribbling…

Răducanu played 18 games and scored three goals for Romania, making his debut on 13 May 1979 when coach Florin Halagian sent him in the 65th minute to replace Constantin Stan in a 1–1 draw against Cyprus in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. He played another two games during those qualifiers, scoring a goal in each of them, a 2–1 loss to Yugoslavia and a 2–0 win in the second leg against Cyprus. In the 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, he played in both legs of the 4–3 aggregate victory against Yugoslavia. Răducanu played four games in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, including a 2–1 win over England in which he opened the scoring.

Răducanu coached Türkgücü München in the 1992–93 Landesliga Bayern-Süd season. In 1994 he opened a football school in Dortmund and Mario Götze trained at his academy when he was 10 years old.

His uncle, Marin Voinea, was also a footballer. A book about him was written by George Coca Lob, titled Marcel Răducanu. Talent, fenomen și legendă (Marcel Răducanu. Talent, phenomenon and legend).