Marcel Pușcaș

Marcel Pușcaș (born 12 October 1960) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career Pușcaș was born on 12 October 1960 in Oradea, Romania. At the end of his first season, the team was relegated to Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after two seasons. In the same season he played 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, Pușcaș left Steaua to play for Rapid București, where in a match against Politehnica Timișoara, he had his leg broken by Marcel Sabou, an injury that kept him off the field for about two years. After he recovered from the injury, Pușcaș played only a few matches for Rapid, including his last Divizia A appearance which took place on 18 October 1987 in a 3–2 win over ASA Târgu Mureș, totaling 85 matches with 13 goals in the competition.

Managerial career Pușcaș started coaching in 1988 at Divizia B club CS Târgoviște, where he was also an active player.

After retirement After abandoning his coaching career, Pușcaș worked as a football official at AJF Bihor, after which he became president at Viitorul Oradea. On 26 March 2021, Pușcaș released his second book titled Cum devii fotbalist (How do you become a footballer).

Honours Bihor Oradea Divizia B: 1981–82 Steaua București Divizia A: 1984–85 Cupa României: 1984–85