Alexandru Badea
{{short description|Romanian footballer (b. 1938, d. 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alexandru Badea
| image = Alexandru Badea 1963 2.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Badea in 1963
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|03|08|df=y}}{{RomanianSoccer|114/alexandru-badea}}
| birth_place = Bilciurești, Romania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|07|17|1938|03|08|df=y}}
| death_place = Ploiești, Romania
| position = Striker{{NFT|37695}}
| youthyears1 = 1952–1954 |youthclubs1 = Flacăra Moreni
| youthyears2 = 1954–1957 |youthclubs2 = GRT Moreni
| youthyears3 = 1957–1958 |youthclubs3 = Flacăra Moreni
| years1 = 1958–1959 |clubs1 = Flacăra Moreni |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1960–1968 |clubs2 = Petrolul Ploiești |caps2 = 197 |goals2 = 52
| years3 = 1968–1971 |clubs3 = Farul Constanța |caps3 = 71 |goals3 = 9
| years4 = 1971–1974 |clubs4 = Gloria Buzău |caps4 = |goals4 =
| totalcaps = 268 | totalgoals = 61
| nationalyears1 = 1965–1966 | nationalteam1 = Romania| nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
Alexandru Badea (8 March 1938 – 17 July 1986) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker.{{cite web | url=https://premium.gsp.ro/premium/poveste/asii-petrolului-gazeta-reconstituie-portretele-idolilor-din-trecut-din-arhive-si-prin-ochii-cronicarilor-acelor-vremuri-539697.html | title=Așii Petrolului, Gazeta reconstituie portretele idolilor din trecut, din arhive și prin ochii cronicarilor acelor vremuri| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Aces of Petrolul, Gazeta reconstructs portraits of idols from the past, from archives and through the eyes of the chroniclers of those times | date=17 May 2018 | access-date=23 January 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://doarpetrolul.ro/maratonistul/ | title=Maratonistul| publisher=Doarpetrolul.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The marathon runner| date=22 February 2008 | access-date=15 October 2024}}
Club career
Alexandru Badea was born on 8 March 1938 in Bilciurești, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1952 at Flacăra Moreni, two years later moving at neighboring club, GRT where he spent three years before returning to Flacăra where in 1958 he started to play for the senior squad in Divizia B.
In 1960 he went to play for Petrolul Ploiești where he made his Divizia A debut on 6 March in a 1–0 home loss in front of Progresul București. His first performance was winning the 1962–63 Cupa României, being used all the minutes by coach Ilie Oană in the 6–1 win over Siderurgistul Galați from the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1962_1963.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=15 October 2024}} He then won the 1965–66 Divizia A championship, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 23 matches in which he scored 11 goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions |publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=15 October 2024}} Badea played two games for The Yellow Wolves in the first round of the 1966–67 European Cup against Liverpool which include a 3–1 victory, however they did not manage to qualify to the next round.{{cite web | url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/video-petrolul-66-53-de-ani-de-la-victoria-cu-liverpool-supravietuitorii-succesului-de-pe-anfield-sarbatoriti-la-ploisti-2771131 | title=Petrolul 66, 53 de ani de la victoria cu Liverpool. Supraviețuitorii succesului, sărbătoriți la Ploiești| publisher=Libertatea.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Petrolul 66, 53 years since the victory with Liverpool. The survivors of success, celebrated in Ploiesti | date=13 October 2019 | access-date=15 October 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://wesport.ro/stiri/fotbal-vintage-55-de-ani-de-istorica-victorie-a-petrolului-cu-liverpool-14833 | title=55 de ani de la istorica victorie a Petrolului cu Liverpooli| publisher=Wesport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=55 years since the historic victory of Petrolul with Liverpool | date=12 October 2021 | access-date=15 October 2024}}
In 1968 he went to play for Farul Constanța where on 27 June 1971 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 away loss in front of Rapid București, having a total of 268 games with 61 goals scored in the competition, also gaining a total of 17 matches with two goals in European competitions (including 13 appearances and two goals scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). Afterwards he went at Divizia C club, Gloria Buzău where in his first season he scored 25 goals which helped the team promote to Divizia B where after he played two seasons, Badea retired.
International career
Alexandru Badea played four matches at international level for Romania, scoring two goals, making his debut under coach Ilie Oană on 21 November 1965 against Eusébio's Portugal in a 1966 World Cup qualification match, scoring Romania's final goal in a 2–0 home victory.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1031|title=Alexandru Badea|publisher=European Football|access-date=23 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13665|title=Romania - Portugal 2:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=23 January 2020}} His following three games were friendlies, the last one taking place on 7 December 1966 in a 2–1 away victory against Israel in which he scored once.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13821|title=Israel - Romania 1:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=15 October 2024}}
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Badea goal.
| class="wikitable"
|+ ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 | 21 November 1965 | 23 August Stadium, București, Romania | {{fb|Portugal}} | style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | 1966 World Cup qualifiers |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 | 7 December 1966 | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel | {{fb|Israel}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 | Friendly |
Style of play
In the book Petrolul Ploiești, Istorie și Tradiție (Petrolul Ploiești, History and Tradition), writer Răzvan Frațilă described Badea's style of play as:"An artist of the green rectangle, who slipped with the skill of a fencer between the barricades of concrete defenses, dominated by force. A complete footballer, capable of acting all over the field".
Death
Alexandru Badea died on 17 July 1986 in Ploiești at age 48.
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|alexandru-badea}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20221021092333/http://www.labtof.ro/profil/alexandru-badea-2938/ Alexandru Badea] at Labtof.ro
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Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:CSM Flacăra Moreni players
Category:FC Petrolul Ploiești players
Category:FCV Farul Constanța players
Category:FC Gloria Buzău players