Petre Libardi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 August 1942[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Câmpulung-Muscel, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 14 August 2005 (aged 62)[1] | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Minerul Câmpulung | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1961[2] | Minerul Câmpulung | ||
| 1961–1962 | Dinamo Pitești | 0 | (0) |
| 1962–1963 | Minerul Câmpulung | ||
| 1963–1975 | Jiul Petroșani[a] | 263 | (47) |
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Victoria Călan | ||
| 1976–1977 | Minerul Lupeni | ||
| 1980–1982 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
| 1982–1985 | Minerul Lupeni | ||
| Paroșeni Vulcan | |||
| 1990–1991 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Petre Libardi (27 August 1942 – 14 August 2005) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1][2][3]
Libardi was born on 27 August 1942 in Câmpulung-Muscel and began playing football at Minerul Câmpulung.[1][2][4][5] He went for a short period to Dinamo Pitești, but then returned to Minerul.[1][2][4][5]
In 1963, Libardi joined Jiul Petroșani in Divizia B.[1][2][4][5] He helped them gain promotion to Divizia A three years later.[1][2][4][5] He made his debut in the competition on 21 August 1966 under coach Ștefan Coidum in a 7–0 victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov.[1][2][4][5][6] His first performance with The Miners was reaching the 1972 Cupa României final, where coach Eugen Iordache used him the entire match in the eventual 2–0 loss to Rapid București.[2][4][5][7] Libardi eventually won the competition two years later after a 4–2 victory against Politehnica Timișoara in the 1974 final, as coach Traian Ivănescu used him the full 90 minutes, helping Jiul win its first trophy.[1][2][4][5][8] Afterwards he played in both legs against Dundee United in the first round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup which was lost with 3–2 on aggregate.[1][2][5][9][10] In May 1975, during a Jiul – Politehnica Iași home game, the wooden stand of the stadium started to burn due to a cigarette thrown into a pile of seed husks.[11] Libardi, along with teammates Gogu Tonca and Andrei Stocker jumped in to help the firefighters extinguish the fire.[11] Libardi was Jiul's captain ten years from 1965 until 1975, a period in which he appeared in 238 Divizia A games and scored 47 goals.[1][2][5][9] His last appearance in the competition occurred on 29 June 1975 in a 2–1 away loss to Universitatea Cluj.[1]
International career
Libardi played two games for Romania, making his debut under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–1 friendly draw against Uruguay, which took place in Montevideo at Estadio Gran Parque Central.[12][13] His second game was also a friendly which ended in a 0–0 draw against Poland.[12]
Managerial career
After he retired, Libardi worked as a manager, first in the Romanian lower leagues for clubs such as Victoria Călan, Minerul Lupeni and Paroșeni Vulcan.[5] His most notable performances were two spells in Divizia A at Jiul Petroșani, one in the early 1980s and the other in 1990.[2][4][5][14] He also served as Jiul's president.[2][4]
Personal life and death
In 2001, Libardi was awarded the Honorary Citizen of Petroșani title.[4][5][9] He died on 14 August 2005 at age 62.[1][2][5][9] In 2019, at 100 years after Jiul Petroșani was founded, the authorities decided to change the name of the local stadium from Jiul to "Petre Libardi" in his honor.[2][5][9][15]