Andrei Speriatu

Andrei Speriatu (born 29 September 1957) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered to have been an important player of Argeș Pitești and Sportul Studențesc, also playing for teams such as Dinamo București, Shimshon Tel Aviv or Dacia Pitești.

Club career Speriatu was born on 29 September 1957 in Toporu, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1972 at local club Spicu. In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory. In the following round they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, but they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ended. In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Halagian in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Cristian Gheorghe.

In 1980, Speriatu went to play for one season at Dinamo București, working with coach Valentin Stănescu who used him regularly as they earned a runner-up position in the league. Afterwards he and Constantin Pană were transferred from Dinamo to Sportul Studențesc București in exchange for Dumitru Moraru. There, he spent five seasons, the highlight of this period being a second place in the 1985–86 season.

In 1986, Speriatu returned to Argeș Pitești for four seasons, then made a comeback for one year at Sportul Studențesc.

International career Speriatu made four appearances for Romania, making his debut on 13 May 1979 under coach Florin Halagian in a 1–1 draw against Cyprus in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. His following three matches were friendlies, the last one taking place on 17 March 1986 when he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Iraq. Afterwards he worked as a goalkeeper coach for several clubs and as an assistant on several occasions for Argeș Pitești under head coaches Nicolae Dobrin, Constantin Stancu, Marian Bondrea and Bogdan Vintilă. He also worked at Argeș's Center for Children and Juniors and was a scouter for the same team.

Career statistics

Honours Argeș Pitești Divizia A: 1978–79

Dacia Pitești Divizia C: 1993–94