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Mircea Rednic
Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul", was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tennis, handball, volleyball and chess before starting to play football at Corvinul Hunedoara's youth center under coach Remus Vlad. Coach Mircea Lucescu gave him his debut for Corvinul's senior squad in the 1979–80 Divizia B season. Subsequently, as the team got promoted, Lucescu gave him his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1980 in a 4–1 victory against ASA Târgu Mureș. In the following seasons Rednic helped the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A and appeared in four games in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup as they got past Grazer AK in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by FK Sarajevo.
In the summer of 1983, Rednic and teammate Ioan Andone were transferred from Corvinul to Dinamo București in exchange for five players, including Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and Florea Văetuș. In his first season spent with The Red Dogs, he helped the club win The Double, coach Nicolae Dumitru using him in 31 league games and he played the entire match in the 2–1 victory over rivals Steaua București in the Cupa României final. Rednic also appeared in eight matches in the 1983–84 European Cup, helping the club get past title holders Hamburg and then Dinamo Minsk against whom he scored a goal, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool. For the way he played in 1983, Rednic was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award, and in the following year, he was fourth. He would reunite at Dinamo with his former coach from Corvinul, Mircea Lucescu. Their first performance was the winning of the 1985–86 Cupa României where in the final he played the entire match, which ended with a 1–0 win against Steaua who had recently won the European Cup.
Rednic took part in a big scandal in the derby against Steaua in March 1989, which was lost with 2–1 after Gheorghe Hagi opened the score, Andone equalized for Dinamo and Gabi Balint scored the winning goal for Steaua in the last minute of the game. Furthermore, referee Ion Crăciunescu eliminated Rodion Cămătaru and Claudiu Vaișcovici from Dinamo. Feeling disadvantaged by the referee, right after the game, Rednic and Andone showed some obscene gestures in front of the official tribune where Valentin Ceaușescu, the son of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and unofficial president of Steaua was staying. Rednic got away with it after a friend of his from Steaua, László Bölöni, talked to Valentin Ceaușescu. Andone was initially suspended for a year by the Romanian Football Federation, but after his friend from Steaua, Marius Lăcătuș, talked to Valentin Ceaușescu and convinced him to forgive Andone, his suspension was reduced to three months.
His following performance was playing six games in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria. In the following season he won another Double with the club, Lucescu giving him 19 appearances in which he scored one goal in the league, and also played the full 90 minutes in the 6–4 win over Steaua in the Cupa României final. In the same season he made another European performance as he played eight games in the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring once against Panathinaikos, the team reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht.
After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Rednic along with compatriots Claudiu Vaișcovici and Gheorghe Nițu went to play in Turkey for Bursaspor.
In 1991, coach Mircea Lucescu told him to go to Standard Liège because it was the team he would be coaching in the near future. However, Lucescu never had the opportunity to train there, but Rednic spent five seasons with the club. He made his Belgian First Division debut on 16 August 1991 under coach Arie Haan in a 2–1 home loss to Club Brugge. He won the 1992–93 Belgian Cup with The Reds, as coach Haan used him the entire match in the 2–0 win over Charleroi in the final. During these years, Rednic played regularly for Standard and was colleagues for short periods with compatriots Bogdan Stelea and Gheorghe Butoiu.
In 1996, after his period at Standard Liège ended, he moved to Sint-Truidense. There, on 2 February 1997 he made his last Belgian First Division appearance in a 3–1 away loss to Germinal Beerschot, having a total of 150 matches with three goals in the competition.
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Mircea Rednic
Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul", was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tennis, handball, volleyball and chess before starting to play football at Corvinul Hunedoara's youth center under coach Remus Vlad. Coach Mircea Lucescu gave him his debut for Corvinul's senior squad in the 1979–80 Divizia B season. Subsequently, as the team got promoted, Lucescu gave him his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1980 in a 4–1 victory against ASA Târgu Mureș. In the following seasons Rednic helped the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A and appeared in four games in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup as they got past Grazer AK in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by FK Sarajevo.
In the summer of 1983, Rednic and teammate Ioan Andone were transferred from Corvinul to Dinamo București in exchange for five players, including Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and Florea Văetuș. In his first season spent with The Red Dogs, he helped the club win The Double, coach Nicolae Dumitru using him in 31 league games and he played the entire match in the 2–1 victory over rivals Steaua București in the Cupa României final. Rednic also appeared in eight matches in the 1983–84 European Cup, helping the club get past title holders Hamburg and then Dinamo Minsk against whom he scored a goal, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool. For the way he played in 1983, Rednic was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award, and in the following year, he was fourth. He would reunite at Dinamo with his former coach from Corvinul, Mircea Lucescu. Their first performance was the winning of the 1985–86 Cupa României where in the final he played the entire match, which ended with a 1–0 win against Steaua who had recently won the European Cup.
Rednic took part in a big scandal in the derby against Steaua in March 1989, which was lost with 2–1 after Gheorghe Hagi opened the score, Andone equalized for Dinamo and Gabi Balint scored the winning goal for Steaua in the last minute of the game. Furthermore, referee Ion Crăciunescu eliminated Rodion Cămătaru and Claudiu Vaișcovici from Dinamo. Feeling disadvantaged by the referee, right after the game, Rednic and Andone showed some obscene gestures in front of the official tribune where Valentin Ceaușescu, the son of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and unofficial president of Steaua was staying. Rednic got away with it after a friend of his from Steaua, László Bölöni, talked to Valentin Ceaușescu. Andone was initially suspended for a year by the Romanian Football Federation, but after his friend from Steaua, Marius Lăcătuș, talked to Valentin Ceaușescu and convinced him to forgive Andone, his suspension was reduced to three months.
His following performance was playing six games in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria. In the following season he won another Double with the club, Lucescu giving him 19 appearances in which he scored one goal in the league, and also played the full 90 minutes in the 6–4 win over Steaua in the Cupa României final. In the same season he made another European performance as he played eight games in the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring once against Panathinaikos, the team reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht.
After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Rednic along with compatriots Claudiu Vaișcovici and Gheorghe Nițu went to play in Turkey for Bursaspor.
In 1991, coach Mircea Lucescu told him to go to Standard Liège because it was the team he would be coaching in the near future. However, Lucescu never had the opportunity to train there, but Rednic spent five seasons with the club. He made his Belgian First Division debut on 16 August 1991 under coach Arie Haan in a 2–1 home loss to Club Brugge. He won the 1992–93 Belgian Cup with The Reds, as coach Haan used him the entire match in the 2–0 win over Charleroi in the final. During these years, Rednic played regularly for Standard and was colleagues for short periods with compatriots Bogdan Stelea and Gheorghe Butoiu.
In 1996, after his period at Standard Liège ended, he moved to Sint-Truidense. There, on 2 February 1997 he made his last Belgian First Division appearance in a 3–1 away loss to Germinal Beerschot, having a total of 150 matches with three goals in the competition.
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