Mircea Sasu
Romanian footballer
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Mircea Sasu (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983) was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey.
Date of birth
5 October 1939
Place of birth
Ferneziu, Maramureș County, Romania
Date of death
17 October 1983 (aged 44)
Place of death
Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 October 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Ferneziu, Maramureș County, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 17 October 1983 (aged 44) | ||
| Place of death | Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1959 | Minerul Baia Mare | ||
| 1959–1960 | Dinamo Săsar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1961 | Dinamo București | 7 | (2) |
| 1961–1963 | UTA Arad | 50 | (25) |
| 1963–1967 | Minerul Baia Mare | 95 | (34) |
| 1967–1970 | Farul Constanţa | 71 | (21) |
| 1970–1971 | Fenerbahçe | 7 | (4) |
| 1971–1972 | Minerul Baia Mare | 31 | (11) |
| Total | 261 | (97) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1963–1968 | Romania[a] | 9 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 December 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 December 2009 | |||
He was famous in Turkey for his freekick and direct corner goals.[3]
Career statistics
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 November 1963 | National Stadium, Devonshire, Bermuda |  Denmark | 1–2 | Won | 1964 Summer Olympics Qual. | |||||
| 2. | 24 December 1967 | Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, DR Congo |  DR Congo | 1–1 | Drew | Friendly | |||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[4] | |||||||||||