Costel_Câmpeanu

Costel Câmpeanu

Costel Câmpeanu

Romanian footballer

Costel Câmpeanu (born 14 May 1965 in Bacău) is a former Romanian football player and coach.

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Playing career

Costel Câmpeanu was born on 14 May 1965 in Bacău and started to play football in the 1986–87 Divizia C season at Viitorul Gheorgheni.[1][2][3] Afterwards he went to play for the team from his native town, SC Bacău where on 26 August 1987 he made his Divizia A debut in a 4–2 away loss in front of Argeș Pitești.[1][2][3] After two years he went to play for Dinamo București where in his first season he helped the club win The Double, being used by coach Mircea Lucescu in 10 league games, as the team's first option for the goalkeeper position was Bogdan Stelea.[1][2][3][4] In the 1991–92 season, Dinamo won another title but Câmpeanu played only one game in the league, having to leave after the first half of the season to play for Gloria Bistrița as he had a conflict with coach Florin Halagian.[1][2][3][4] After one year spent at Gloria, he went to play for a half of year at Progresul București, then moving for one year at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[1][2] In 1994 he went to play again for Gloria Bistrița, spending a total of 11 seasons with the club this time, obtaining runner-up positions in the 1994 Supercupa României and the 1995–96 Cupa României while also obtaining some performances in European competitions such as a 2–1 victory in front of Real Zaragoza from the 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup, a 1–1 against Gabriel Batistuta's Fiorentina in the 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup and a 1–1 against Brescia in the 2003 Intertoto Cup.[1][2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10] During his period spent with the The Blue Vampires, the team was heavily involved in match fixing under the club's influential president Jean Pădureanu, Câmpeanu having to intentionally make mistakes to concede goals, years later stating in interviews that he regrets doing so.[2][3] In 1999 he returned for a short period at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț where the head coach was Viorel Hizo, whom he knew from his period spent at Dinamo when Hizo was the assistant coach of Florin Halagian in order to play in their 1999 Intertoto Cup campaign which included a 1–1 against Juventus.[2][3][11] Costel Câmpeanu's last spell as a player was at Aerostar Bacău in the 2005–06 Divizia C season when he was 40 years old, throughout his career earning a total of 470 Divizia A appearances and 25 in European competitions (including 19 in the Intertoto Cup), being nicknamed Burebista, after the first king of Dacia because of his career longevity.[1][2][3][5][12][13] On 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him in a first 11 of best Romanian players who never played for Romania's national team.[14]

Coaching career

Costel Câmpeanu coached Aerostar Bacău, Pambac Bacău and FCM Onești in the Romanian lower leagues.[2][3]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

Gloria Bistrița

References

  1. [1]
    Costel Câmpeanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. [2]
    "REMEMBER GSP Costel Câmpeanu, amintiri spectaculoase din Divizia A: pumnul în gura lui Vlădoiu și povești cu Dănuț Lupu: "Cumpăra de 1.000 de dolari, dar trebuia "să dea cu jula" măcar la o gumă"" [REMEMBER GSP Costel Câmpeanu, spectacular memories from Division A: the fist in Vlădoiu's mouth and stories with Dănuț Lupu:] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Costel Cîmpeanu e la ora confesiunilor din vremea "Cooperativei": "Am greșit că am acceptat să particip la meciuri aranjate. Iordănescu mă monitoriza, aș fi putut ajunge la națională". Dezvăluire de la un meci la care s-a dat la o parte: "Mi-era și rușine să mai ies pe stradă"" [Costel Cîmpeanu is at the time of confessions from the time of "Cooperative": "I was wrong that I accepted to participate in arranged matches. Iordănescu was monitoring me, I could have reached the national team". Disclosure from a match to which he was sidelined: "I was too ashamed to go out on the street"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Iti amintesti de "Burebista" Campeanu, portarul care a aparat poarta Gloriei Bistrita pana la 40 de ani? Cum arata acum, la 53 de ani" [Do you remember "Burebista" Campeanu, the goalkeeper who defended Gloria Bistrita's goal until he was 40? What does he look like now, at 53 years old] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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    "Romanian Cup – Season 1995–1996". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Romanian Super Cup – Season 1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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    "Costel Câmpeanu. Cup Winners Cup 1994/1995". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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    "Costel Câmpeanu. Cup Winners Cup 1996/1997". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Costel Câmpeanu. Intertoto Cup 2003/2004". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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    "Costel Câmpeanu. Intertoto Cup 1999/2000". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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    Costel Câmpeanu at WorldFootball.net
  13. [13]
    ""Burebista" și-a pus din nou mănușile! Cum arată acum Costel Câmpeanu, omul care suferă pentru Dinamo, portarii săi favoriți și realitatea tristă din Liga 1:"Au apărut mulți goalkeeperi străini. Nu prea îmi convine"" ["Burebista" put on his gloves again! As Costel Câmpeanu, the man who suffers for Dinamo, his favorite goalkeepers and the sad reality of Liga 1, now looks like:"Many foreign goalkeepers have appeared. It doesn't suit me very well"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Ion Oblemenco ar fi împlinit azi 75 de ani! Legendarul jucător nu a prins niciodată naționala. Care sunt cei mai buni fotbaliști fără vreun minut pentru România" [Ion Oblemenco would have turned 75 today! The legendary player never caught the national team. Who are the best footballers without any minutes for Romania] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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