Dan Păltinișanu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

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Dan Păltinișanu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-03-23)23 March 1951
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	4 March 1995(1995-03-04) (aged 43)
Place of death	Timișoara, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1962–1965	TM București
1965–1970	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1972	FC Brașov	1	(0)
1972–1973	Metrom Brașov	26	(0)
1973–1983	Politehnica Timișoara	271	(24)
1983–1985	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	20	(3)
Total		318	(27)
International career
1978–1979	Romania	3	(0)
Medal record Representing  Romania Universiade 1974 Nice Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Dan Păltinișanu was born in Bucharest, he started playing football in the youth systems of TM București and Dinamo București.^[1] He started his senior career at FC Brașov, making his Divizia A debut on 11 June 1972 in a 0–0 against Politehnica Iași.^[1] After playing only one Divizia A match for FC Brașov, Păltinișanu went to play one season in the second division for Metrom Brașov.^[1] For ten seasons starting from 1973 until 1983, Păltinișanu played for Politehnica Timișoara, winning the 1979–80 Cupa României in which he scored the decisive goal in the 2–1 victory of the final against Steaua București, appearing in 271 Divizia A matches in which he scored 24 goals and playing in 9 games in which he scored 4 goals in European competitions.^[1][2] He scored the goal that secured Politehnica Timișoara's 1–0 victory in the second leg against Celtic in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup which helped Politehnica advance to the next phase of the competition.^[2][3] He spent the last two years of his career playing in the third league for Unirea Sânnicolau Mare.^[1]

For his performances achieved at Politehnica Timișoara, the Dan Păltinișanu Stadium from Timișoara was named in his honor.^[4]

Păltinișanu won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition of the tournament that was held in France, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romulus Chihaia and Paul Cazan.^[5]

Dan Păltinișanu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 31 May 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovács in a 1–1 against Bulgaria at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.^[6][7] His following two games were friendlies, a 1–0 loss against East Germany and a 3–1 loss against Soviet Union.^[6]

His son, who is also named Dan Păltinișanu, was a basketball player who played for Romania's national basketball team and won the Romanian Basketball Cup while playing for BCM Elba Timișoara in 2010.^[4][8][9]

Politehnica Timișoara

• Cupa României: 1979–80^[1]