Mircea Constantinescu

Mircea Constantinescu (born 25 February 1945) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Politehnica Iași, Dinamo București and SC Bacău.

Club career Constantinescu was born on 25 February 1945 in Crăiești, Romania. He spent seven seasons at Politehnica, a period in which the club suffered a relegation to Divizia B, but he stayed with the team, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one season. In 1970 he joined Dinamo București, winning the title in his first season spent at the club, coaches Nicolae Dumitru and Traian Ionescu giving him 27 appearances. The team also reached the 1971 Cupa României final where he played the entire match in the 3–2 loss to rivals Steaua București. Constantinescu won two more titles with The Red Dogs, in the first he worked with coach Ion Nunweiller who used him in 10 games and for the second he played 32 matches under Dumitru. His second game was a 2–1 away victory against Greece.

Refereeing career After he retired from playing football, Constantinescu became a referee, officiating matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A.

Honours Politehnica Iași Divizia B: 1967–68 Dinamo București Divizia A: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75 Cupa României runner-up: 1970–71