Mircea Axente

Club career Axente was born on 9 December 1944 in Arad, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Gloria. His first performance was reaching the 1966 Cupa României final which was lost with 4–0 to Steaua București. Afterwards he won two consecutive titles under coach Dumitrescu in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons. In the first he scored eight goals in 29 appearances and in the second he played 30 games and scored six times. In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, he helped the club reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition. He spent 13 seasons at UTA, his last Divizia A game occurred on 20 June 1976 in a 3–2 away loss to ASA Târgu Mureș, totaling 286 matches with 42 goals scored in the competition and 11 appearances in European competitions. In 1970 he made three appearances for Romania's B squad, consisting of two losses against Mexico and a win over El Salvador.

Honours UTA Arad Divizia A: 1968–69, 1969–70 Cupa României runner-up: 1965–66