Gheorghe Iamandi (7 April 1957 â 6 February 2024) was a Romanian football player and manager.
Iamandi was born on 7 April 1957 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1978 at Divizia B club Delta Tulcea, scoring 22 goals in his first season. In the middle of the 1979âÂÂ80 season, he left Tulcea for Olt ScorniceÃÂti where he made his Divizia A debut on 5 December 1979 under coach Dumitru Anescu in a 2âÂÂ0 home loss to Politehnica IaÃÂi. He scored 14 goals in the 1981âÂÂ82 season under the guidance of coach Florin Halagian, helping Olt earn a fourth place.
Iamandi spent the 1983âÂÂ84 season at Dinamo BucureÃÂti, helping the team win The Double at the end of it, scoring five goals in the 19 league matches coach Nicolae Dumitru used him. However, he did play in the 2âÂÂ1 win over Steaua BucureÃÂti in the Cupa României final. He also played three games with Dinamo in the European Cup campaign, including both legs in the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.
After his spell with Dinamo ended, Iamandi went to play for CS TârgoviÃÂte in Divizia B for half a year. Then he returned to first league football at SC BacÃÂu. In 1985 he joined Petrolul PloieÃÂti where on 8 June 1986 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3âÂÂ0 loss to his former side, SC BacÃÂu, totaling 150 matches with 42 goals in the competition. Iamandi ended his career in 1989, after playing three seasons for Delta Tulcea in Divizia B.
After ending his playing career, Iamandi worked as a manager at Delta Tulcea and as a police officer in Tulcea.
Iamandi died in Tulcea on 6 February 2024, at the age of 66.
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