Augustin Eduard

Augustin Eduard (born 1 August 1962) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager.

Club career Eduard was born on 1 August 1962 in Târgoviște, Romania, but his family moved to Pitești when he was a child where he grew up in the Frații Golești neighborhood. In 1976, Argeș Pitești's youth coach, Leonte Ianovschi, noticed his talent and brought him to the team with whom in 1980 he won the national junior championship. On 2 August 1980, just one day after he turned 18, coach Florin Halagian gave him his Divizia A debut in Argeș Pitești's 3–2 away loss to Universitatea Craiova, playing alongside his childhood idol Nicolae Dobrin.

In 1982, Eduard went to Steaua București where in his first season he scored a goal in a 1–1 draw against rivals Dinamo București. He won The Double with The Military Men in the 1984–85 season when he was used in 24 league matches by coaches Halagian and Emerich Jenei and played the entire match in the 2–1 victory in the Cupa României final over "U" Craiova. In the same season he appeared in both legs of the 1–0 aggregate loss to A.S. Roma in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1985 he made a comeback to Argeș where he spent five years, becoming the team's captain and scoring a personal record of 16 goals in the 1988–89 season. Eduard ended his career in 1993 after playing two seasons for Gloria Bistrița, totaling 287 Divizia A matches with 30 goals scored. He appeared in six games, scoring once in a 2–1 win over Uruguay in the quarter-finals, helping the team finish the tournament in third position, winning the bronze medal.

Eduard played one friendly game for Romania when on 8 April 1987, coach Emerich Jenei sent him at half-time to replace Anton Weissenbacher in a 3–2 home victory against Israel.

Managerial career After he ended his career, Eduard worked as a youth coach, mostly at Argeș Pitești, but also at Unirea Bascov. He had two spells as head coach for Argeș Pitești's senior squad in Liga II, first as a caretaker in 2017 and the second in 2019.

Honours Steaua București Divizia A: 1984–85 Cupa României: 1984–85