Dragu Bădin

Club career Bădin was born on 7 August 1947 in Brăila, Romania and began playing football in 1965 at Divizia B club Progresul Brăila.

In 1972, Bădin joined Universitatea Craiova where he was close to winning the title in his first season, but they finished in second place on equal points with Dinamo București, losing controversially on goal difference. This outcome led poet Adrian Păunescu to nickname Craiova as "Campioana unei mari iubiri" (The Champion of a great love). In the same season, he was part of Craiova's team that won the league title, which was the club's first trophy, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 25 games. Then he played in a 3–1 loss to Åtvidaberg in the first round of the European Cup, scoring his side's goal. The team reached the 1975 Cupa României final, but coach Cernăianu did not use him in the eventual 2–1 loss against Rapid București.

In 1975 he went to play for one season at FCM Bacău.

Personal life and death In 2023, Bădin received the Honorary Citizen of Craiova title.

He died on 30 July 2023, at the age of 75.

Honours Universitatea Craiova Divizia A: 1973–74 Cupa României runner-up: 1974–75