Full name Ion Voinescu Name Ion Voinescu Playing position Role Footballer | 1939–1943 Olympia Bucuresti Height 1.74 m 1943–1945 ASPIM Bucuresti Position Goalkeeper | |
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Date of birth (1929-04-18) 18 April 1929 (age 86) Place of birth Valea Dragului, Giurgiu, Romania | ||
Ion voinescu sau omul steaua cel mai valoros portar din istoria fotbalului
Ion Voinescu (born 18 April 1929) is a Romanian former footballer, one of the finest goalkeepers Romania ever produced.
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As a young player, Voinescu made his debut for Olimpia Bucharest in 1939, just before the World War II. In 1943 he is transferred to another team from Bucharest – ASPIM, and in 1945, after the war, signs his first professional contract with Carmen Bucharest, one of the best Romanian football team of the interbelic period, but leaves the squad after one year and signs for Solvay Uioara.
1947 finds him at RATA Târgu Mureş and then in 1948 returns to Bucharest and signs for Metalul. In 1950 is requested by Steaua Bucureşti, from where he retires from professional football in 1963.
Voinescu won 22 caps for Romania. He also played for Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
It is said that Arsenal and Vasco da Gama were interested in securing his services but during that time it was impossible to leave the country due to the restrictions of the communist regime.
As a coach, he used to work for his old club, Steaua Bucureşti, as goalkeepers coach in many occasions.
He retired from football in late 1980s.