Viorel Năstase

Progresul București

Năstase was born on 7 October 1953 in București, Romania. He began playing football in the 1969–70 Divizia B season for Progresul București, helping the team finish first and gain promotion to the first league. In the following season he made his Divizia A debut on 27 September 1970 under coach Victor Stănculescu in a 2–1 away loss to Farul Constanța. He scored a total of nine goals until the end of the season, partnering with Mircea Sandu in the team's offense, but Progresul was relegated back to the second league.

Steaua București

Afterwards, Năstase joined Steaua București for eight seasons. He took part in the club's 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing five games as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminating Hibernians and Barcelona, scoring three goals against the latter, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on the away goal rule by Bayern Munich. Năstase won two league titles with The Military Men in the 1975–76 and 1977–78 seasons. He was used by coach Emerich Jenei in 21 matches in which he scored four goals in the first season and in 12 games with six goals in the second. He also helped Steaua win two Cupa României, but played only in the 1976 final when Jenei sent him in the 63rd minute to replace Marcel Răducanu in the 1–0 win over CSU Galați. In the first round of the 1977–78 UEFA Cup, he scored once again against Barcelona, but the game ended in a 5–1 loss. During these years, Năstase also netted…

From 1968 until 1972, Năstase made several appearances for Romania's Olympic, under-21, under-23 and B teams. Năstase played one game for Romania on 12 May 1976 under coach Ștefan Kovács in a 1–0 loss to Bulgaria in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup final.

Progresul București

Divizia B: 1969–70 Steaua București

Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78 Cupa României: 1975–76, 1978–79