Virgil Economu

Early life Economu was born on 21 November 1896 in Bucharest, Romania, of half-Jewish descent on his mother's side. In the 1930s, Economu was the deputy minister of Agronomy in Romania and he also worked in the press as the director of the "Sportul Capitalei" newspaper, the head of the sports section for "Curentul", and a sports announcer. His first match was a 1–0 victory against Yugoslavia in the friendly 1939 King Carol's Cup, courtesy of a goal scored by Ștefan Dobay. In 1940, Romania had to play a friendly in Frankfurt against Germany but Economu did not receive an entrance visa because of his Jewish origin. He also suffered discrimination in Romania due to his heritage, being fired in October 1940 from his post as General Inspector at the Center for the Capitalization of Wheat. There, Romania finished third, after earning a draw against Bulgaria, a win over Yugoslavia and a loss to Albania. In his three spells as Romania's coach, Economu accumulated a total of 14 games (4 victories, 3 draws, 7 losses). Fotbal – studiu documentar și critic (Football – documentary and critical study) (1935) Fotbal – contribuții la studiul unei metode unitare de joc, cu aplicații la echipa C.C.A. (Football – contributions to the study of a unitary method of play, with applications to the C.C.A. team) (1958) Fotbal – probleme de tactică în jocul modern (Football – tactical problems in the modern game) (1964) Sistemul de patru fundași (The four-defender system) (1965) Fotbalul modern simplificat și 400 de întrebari și raspunsuri (Simplified modern football and 400 questions and answers) (1972) Fotbal de la Mexico la Munchen (Football from Mexico to Munich) (1972)

Death Economu died on 6 July 1978 at the age of 81.

Honours Manager Gloria CFR Arad Divizia A runner-up: 1929–30