Augustin Eduard (born 1 August 1962) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager.
Eduard was born on 1 August 1962 in TârgoviÃÂte, Romania, but his family moved to PiteÃÂti when he was a child where he grew up in the FraÃÂii GoleÃÂti neighborhood. In 1976, ArgeàPiteÃÂti's youth coach, Leonte Ianovschi, noticed his talent and brought him to the team with whom in 1980 he won the national junior championship. On 2 August 1980, just one day after he turned 18, coach Florin Halagian gave him his Divizia A debut in ArgeàPiteÃÂti's 3âÂÂ2 away loss to Universitatea Craiova, playing alongside his childhood idol Nicolae Dobrin. He started playing in European competitions during the 1981âÂÂ82 UEFA Cup edition, appearing in a 2âÂÂ2 draw against Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen.
In 1982, Eduard went to Steaua BucureÃÂti where in his first season he scored a goal in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against rivals Dinamo BucureÃÂti. He won The Double with The Military Men in the 1984âÂÂ85 season when he was used in 24 league matches by coaches Halagian and Emerich Jenei and played the entire match in the 2âÂÂ1 victory in the Cupa României final over "U" Craiova. In the same season he appeared in both legs of the 1âÂÂ0 aggregate loss to A.S. Roma in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
In 1985 he made a comeback to Argeàwhere he spent five years, becoming the team's captain and scoring a personal record of 16 goals in the 1988âÂÂ89 season. He then joined Dinamo BucureÃÂti for the 1990âÂÂ91 season where he played two games in the European Cup as the team got past St Patrick's Athletic in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by Porto. Eduard ended his career in 1993 after playing two seasons for Gloria BistriÃÂa, totaling 287 Divizia A matches with 30 goals scored.
Eduard was selected by coach Constantin CernÃÂianu to be part of Romania's under-20 squad for the 1981 World Youth Championship in Australia. He appeared in six games, scoring once in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Uruguay in the quarter-finals, helping the team finish the tournament in third position, winning the bronze medal.
Eduard played one friendly game for Romania when on 8 April 1987, coach Emerich Jenei sent him at half-time to replace Anton Weissenbacher in a 3âÂÂ2 home victory against Israel.
After he ended his career, Eduard worked as a youth coach, mostly at ArgeÃÂ PiteÃÂti, but also at Unirea Bascov. He had two spells as head coach for ArgeÃÂ PiteÃÂti's senior squad in Liga II, first as a caretaker in 2017 and the second in 2019.
Steaua BucureÃÂti