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Adrian Stoicov
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-11-12)12 November 1967[1]
Place of birth Deta, Romania[1]
Date of death 15 March 2017(2017-03-15) (aged 49)[1]
Place of death Timișoara, Romania[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Youth career
ȘS Timișoara
Politehnica Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Obilici Sânmartinu-Sârbesc
1987–1993 Politehnica Timișoara[a] 127 (2)
1993–1994 Progresul București 28 (0)
1994–1995 Politehnica Timișoara 33 (0)
1995 CFR Timișoara 1 (0)
1995–1998 Politehnica Timișoara 86 (1)
1998 UM Timișoara
1999–2000 Inter Sibiu 23 (0)
2000–2001 Cetate Deva 32 (0)
Total 330 (3)
International career
1992 Romania B 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Stoicov (12 November 1967 – 15 March 2017) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left-back.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

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Stoicov, nicknamed "Bulgarul" (The Bulgarian) was born on 12 November 1967 in Deta, Romania, starting to play junior level football at ȘS Timișoara, moving afterwards at Politehnica Timișoara.[1][5] He started his senior career in 1986 at Divizia C club, Obilici Sânmartinu-Sârbesc.[1]

In 1987, Stoicov went back at Politehnica, making his Divizia A debut on 29 November in a 1–0 home loss to Universitatea Cluj.[1][2] At the end of his first season, Politehnica relegated but he stayed with the club, helping it promote back after one year.[1] He started playing in European competitions in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup where coach Constantin Rădulescu used him in four matches, as in the first round they got past Atlético Madrid with 2–1 on aggregate, being eliminated in the next round by Sporting Lisbon.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He helped the club reach the 1992 Cupa României final, coach Ion Ionescu using him all the minutes in the loss at the penalty shoot-out to Steaua București, Stoicov missing one of Politehnica's spot kicks.[1][2][3][5][7] He then participated with the club at the 1992–93 UEFA Cup edition where in the first round they faced Real Madrid, obtaining a 1–1 at Timișoara and losing with 4–0 on Santiago Bernabéu.[1][2][4][5][8]

Stoicov left Politehnica to go for the 1993–94 season at Progresul București.[1][2][5] He then returned to Politehnica for the 1994–95 Divizia B season, helping them promote to the first league.[1][5] He stayed in the beginning of the next season in Divizia B, playing one game for CFR Timișoara, afterwards going to play in the first league for Politehnica who relegated once again at the end of the 1996–97 season.[1][2] After one more season spent in Divizia B with The White-Purples, Stoicov went at third league team, UM Timișoara for the first half of the 1998–99 season, leaving for the second half to go play for Inter Sibiu, UM managing to promote to the second league without him.[1][2] He continued to play at Divizia B level at Sibiu and Cetate Deva until he ended his career in 2001.[1][2] Stoicov has a total of 217 appearances with three goals scored in Divizia A.[1]

International career

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Stoicov played two games in 1992 for Romania's B squad, a victory against China and a loss to Poland.[9]

Coaching career

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After he ended his playing career he worked as an assistant and youth coach.[2][3][4][5]

Death

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He died at age 49 in Timișoara after suffering from lung cancer.[1][2][3][4]

Honours

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Politehnica Timișoara

UM Timișoara

Notes

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  1. ^ The statistics for the 1988–89 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Adrian Stoicov at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Veste tristă la o echipă din Liga 1! Șeful centrului de copii și juniori a murit azi" [Sad news for a Liga 1 team! The head of the children's and junior center died today] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! Adrian Stoicov, fost fotbalist la Politehnica Timișoara a încetat din viață la doar 49 de ani! Anunțul clubului bănățean" [Mourning in Romanian football! Adrian Stoicov, former football player at Politehnica Timișoara has died at the age of 49! The announcement made by the club from Banat] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Adrian Stoicov a murit! S-a stins o legendă a lui Poli Timișoara. Meciuri cu Real și cu Atletico, penalty ratat în finala Cupei din 1992!" [Adrian Stoicov died! A legend of Poli Timișoara has died out. Matches with Real and Atletico, missed penalty in the 1992 Cup final!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Zi neagră pentru fotbalul timișorean! Adrian Stoicov, fost fotbalist la Politehnica, a încetat din viață la doar 49 de ani" [Black day for Timișoara football! Adrian Stoicov, former footballer at Politehnica, passed away at just 49 years old] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Stoicov a murit la doar 49 de ani. În 1990, cu el în echipă, Poli elimina celebra Atletico Madrid" [Stoicov died at the age of just 49. In 1990, with him on the team, Poli eliminated the famous Atletico Madrid] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
    "Trei decenii de la o mare victorie: Poli - Atletico Madrid 2-0" [Three decades since a great victory: Poli - Atletico Madrid 2-0] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
    "Adrian Stoicov. UEFA Cup 1990/1991". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1991 - 1992". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Adrian Stoicov. UEFA Cup 1992/1993". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Adrian Stoicov profile". 11v11. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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