Florea Ispir

Florea Ispir (born 25 November 1949 in Vârteju, Ilfov County) is a Romanian former football player and coach. As a player, his total of 485 appearances in Liga I for ASA Târgu Mureș place him first in the competition in terms of matches played for a single team.

Club career Ispir was born on 25 November 1949 in Vârteju, Romania, growing up as a fan of Rapid București, as he was impressed by players Dan Coe and Ion Motroc, and at one point he went on a trial to play for them but was not offered a contract. He played junior-level football in the early 1960s for Steaua București where he worked with coach Nicolae Tătaru. Ispir started his senior career when Steaua sent him to play in the 1969–70 Divizia C season for TUG București. Around 1975 or 1976 he had offers to play for UTA Arad and CSM Reșița. On 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him on a list of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team.

Managerial career Ispir started coaching shortly after ending his playing career, being an assistant of Cornel Dinu at ASA Târgu Mureș. From 1992 until 2001 Ispir worked as head coach for ASA Târgu Mureș, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Apulum Alba Iulia, Chimica Târnăveni and Gaz Metan Târgu Mureș. He claimed that he liked coaching but he made the mistake of not adapting to the newer mentality of the players, talking to them in the same way he communicated when he was a player.

Honours Player ASA Târgu Mureș Divizia A runner-up: 1974–75 Divizia B: 1970–71, 1986–87 Balkans Cup runner-up: 1973