Alexandru Badea

Alexandru Badea (8 March 1938 – 17 July 1986) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker.

Club career Badea was born on 8 March 1938 in Bilciurești, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1952 at Flacăra Moreni. His first performance was winning the 1962–63 Cupa României, being used the entire match by coach Oană in the 6–1 win over Siderurgistul Galați in the final. He then won the 1965–66 Divizia A championship, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 23 matches in which he scored 11 goals. Badea played two games for The Yellow Wolves in the first round of the 1966–67 European Cup against Liverpool which included a 3–1 victory, but they did not manage to qualify to the next round.

In 1968, Badea joined Farul Constanța where on 27 June 1971 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 away loss to Rapid București, totaling 268 games with 61 goals in the competition and 17 matches with two goals in European competitions (including 13 appearances and two goals in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). 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.

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Badea goal. + Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 21 November 1965 23 August Stadium, București, Romania 2–0 2–0 1966 World Cup qualifiers 2 7 December 1966 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel 1–1 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 Badea died on 17 July 1986 in Ploiești at age 48.

Honours Petrolul Ploiești Divizia A: 1965–66 Cupa României: 1962–63 Gloria Buzău Divizia C: 1971–72