Andrei Speriatu

Andrei Speriatu
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-09-29) 29 September 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Toporu, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Argeș Pitești (head of scouting)
Youth career
1972–1973 Spicu Toporu
1973–1976 Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1980 Argeș Pitești 62 (0)
1980–1981 Dinamo București 28 (0)
1981–1986 Sportul Studențesc 157 (0)
1986–1990 Argeș Pitești 116 (0)
1990–1991 Sportul Studențesc 23 (0)
1991–1992 Shimshon Tel Aviv (0)
1992–1993 Sportul Studențesc 20 (0)
1993–1994 Dacia Pitești (0)
Total 406 (0)
International career
1976–1977 Romania U21 6 (0)
1976–1979 Romania Olympic 14 (0)
1979–1986 Romania 4 (0)
Managerial career
Dacia Pitești
1997–1998 Sportul Studențesc București
2007–2010 Steaua București (GK Coach)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj (GK Coach)
2013 Universitatea Cluj (GK Coach)
2019– Argeș Pitești (head of scouting)
2023 Argeș Pitești (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019

Andrei Speriatu (born 29 September 1957) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Speriatu is considered a legend of Argeș Pitești and Sportul Studențesc, also playing for teams such as Dinamo București, Shimshon Tel Aviv or Dacia Pitești.[1][2]

Club career

Andrei Speriatu was born on 29 September 1957 in Toporu, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1972 at local club, Spicu.[1][2] In 1973 he went to Argeș Pitești where he made his Divizia A debut on 21 November 1976 in a 3–1 away loss in front of UTA Arad.[1][2] In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory.[1][3] In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ending.[1][3][4] In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Cristian Gheorghe.[1][5]

In 1980, Speriatu went to play for one season at Dinamo București, working with coach Valentin Stănescu who used him regularly as they earned a runner-up position in the league.[1][2][6] Afterwards he went at Sportul Studențesc București where he spent five seasons, the highlights of this period being a second place in the 1985–86 season and a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against Inter Milan from the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, however the second leg was lost with 2–0.[1][2][7]

In 1986 he returned to Argeș Pitești for four seasons, then made a comeback for one year at Sportul Studențesc.[1][2] In 1991 he had an experience playing abroad at Israeli second league side, Shimshon Tel Aviv.[1][2] Afterwards he came back for a third spell at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1993 in a 4–2 away loss in front of Dinamo, having a total of 406 appearances in the competition, also he played a total of 10 games in the UEFA Cup.[1][2] Speriatu ended his career in 1994 after he spent one season at Dacia Pitești in Divizia C, helping it promote to the second league.[1][8]

International career

Andrei Speriatu made four appearances at international level for Romania, making his debut on 13 May 1979 under coach Florin Halagian in a 1–1 with Cyprus at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[9][10] His following three appearances were friendlies, the last one taking place on 17 March 1986 when he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 with Iraq.[9]

International stats

Romania national team[9]
Year Apps Goals
1979 1 0
1980 1 0
1986 2 0
Total 4 0

Coaching career

Andrei Speriatu had his first coaching experience at Dacia Pitești, then from 1997 until 1998 he was head coach of Sportul Studențesc.[2][8][11] Afterwards he worked as a goalkeeper coach for several clubs and as an assistant on several occasions at Argeș Pitești for head coaches Nicolae Dobrin, Constantin Stancu, Marian Bondrea and Bogdan Vintilă.[2][8][11][12] He also worked at Argeș's Center for Children and Juniors and was a scouter for the same team.[2][8]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

Dacia Pitești

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Andrei Speriatu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Fostul portar Andrei Speriatu, legendă a FC Argeș, cooptat în cadrul clubului din Pitești. Va avea două funcții" [Former goalkeeper Andrei Speriatu, legend of FC Argeș, co-opted in the club from Pitești. He will have two functions] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Andrei Speriatu. UEFA Cup 1978/1979". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "Ziua în care Kempes s-a înclinat în fața lui Dobrin" [The day Kempes bowed to Dobrin] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1980–81". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ "35 de ani de la cea mai glorioasă victorie a Sportului: 1-0 cu legendara Inter" [35 years since the most glorious victory of Sportul: 1-0 with the legendary Inter] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "Andrei Speriatu. UEFA Cup 1984/1985". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d ""E cel mai mare câștig, numai așa se formează echipele!" Fostul campion al României, discurs pro-Iordănescu în interviul din GSP" ["It's the biggest win, that's the only way teams are formed!" The former champion of Romania, pro-Iordănescu speech in the GSP interview] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Andrei Speriatu". European Football. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Cyprus 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Andrei Speriatu este noul antrenor secund al FC Argeș" [Andrei Speriatu is the new assistant coach of FC Argeș] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Andrei Speriatu, noul antrenor secund al echipei FC Argeș" [Andrei Speriatu, the new assistant coach of the FC Argeș team] (in Romanian). Universulargesean.ro. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2024.