Marin Dragnea

Marin Dragnea (born 1 January 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career Dragnea was born on 1 January 1956 in Slobozia Moară, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Progresul București under coach Nicolae Gorgorin. He started playing at senior level in 1972 when the club was in Divizia B, being given his debut by coach Eugen Iordache and later worked with Viorel Mateianu.

After one season, Dragnea left FC Constanța to rejoin Dinamo where he won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 to 1984. In the first one he contributed under coach Valentin Stănescu with seven goals scored in 23 matches. However, in the 1983 final, coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 success against rivals Steaua București and in the one in 1986, coach Mircea Lucescu played him the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 victory over Steaua who had recently won the European Cup. In November 1984, he scored the victory goal in a 2–1 win over Steaua in a league match. Dragnea made some notable performances with Dinamo in European competitions, such as helping it eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. He also appeared in eight matches and scored one goal against Kuusysi Lahti in the 1983–84 European Cup season, as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.

After nine and a half seasons spent at Dinamo, in the middle of the 1986–87 season he was transferred to Flacăra Moreni. Dragnea ended his career by playing one season for Rapid București, making his last Divizia A appearance on 16 June 1991 in a 1–0 loss to Petrolul Ploiești, totaling 405 matches with 85 goals in the competition and 28 appearances with three goals in European competitions. His following game also came in the tournament, a 2–1 loss to West Germany. After leading Unirea one and a half more seasons, he was replaced by Constantin Stănici.

Honours Player Dinamo București Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86

Manager Unirea Urziceni Divizia C: 2002–03