Mircea Constantinescu (born 25 February 1945) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Politehnica IaÃÂi, Dinamo BucureÃÂti and SC BacÃÂu.
Constantinescu was born on 25 February 1945 in CrÃÂieÃÂti, Romania. He made his Divizia A debut on 20 October 1963, playing for Politehnica IaÃÂi under coach Constantin TeaÃÂcàin a 5âÂÂ3 away loss to Progresul BucureÃÂti. 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 BucureÃÂti, 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 3âÂÂ2 loss to rivals Steaua BucureÃÂti. 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. After seven seasons spent with Dinamo in which he also appeared in 11 games in European competitions (including four matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), Constantinescu left the club. He ended his career by spending one season at SC BacÃÂu, making his last Divizia A appearance on 26 June 1977 in a 2âÂÂ0 home victory against Sportul StudenÃÂesc BucureÃÂti, totaling 287 matches in the competition.
Constantinescu played two friendly matches for Romania, making his debut under coach Bazil Marian in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against Uruguay, which took place in Montevideo at Estadio Gran Parque Central. His second game was a 2âÂÂ1 away victory against Greece.
After he retired from playing football, Constantinescu became a referee, officiating matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A.
Politehnica IaÃÂi
Dinamo BucureÃÂti