Viorel Moiceanu (born 5 July 1954) is a Romanian former football forward.
Moiceanu was born on 5 July 1954 in BerevoeÃÂti, Romania and began playing football in 1977 at Divizia C side Dacia PiteÃÂti.
After one season, he joined neighboring club ArgeàPiteÃÂti. On 13 September 1978, he made his debut in the first leg of the first round of the 1978âÂÂ79 UEFA Cup against Panathinaikos, as coach Florin Halagian sent him in the 73rd minute to replace Nicolae Dobrin, and he went on to score the last two goals of the 3âÂÂ0 win. Four days later he made his Divizia A debut when Halagian sent him at half-time to again replace Dobrin in a 2âÂÂ2 draw against Universitatea Craiova. After Argeàeliminated Panathinaikos, they met Valencia in the second round of the UEFA Cup where in the first leg he was sent in the 61st minute and scored the victory goal of the 2âÂÂ1 win. Moiceanu exchanged t-shirts with Mario Kempes after the game, a player who just won the World Cup with Argentina, being the top-scorer and best player of the tournament. However, they did not qualify further as the second leg was lost with 5âÂÂ2. At the end of his first season, Moiceanu helped the club win the title, contributing with five goals in the 25 appearances given to him by Halagian. He spent eight seasons with ArgeÃÂ, scoring a personal record of nine goals in the 1984âÂÂ85 season. He played his last Divizia A match on 5 October 1985 in a 3âÂÂ1 away loss to Petrolul PloieÃÂti when early in the game he was injured by Octavian Grigore. Moiceanu has a total of 201 appearances with 38 goals in the Romanian top league and 10 matches with three goals in the UEFA Cup.
Between 1988 and 1989 he had spells in Divizia B for Metalurgistul Slatina and Dacia PiteÃÂti. Moiceanu was a player known for being decisive after being introduced in the games as a substitute, a quality for which he was nicknamed "Arma SecretÃÂ" (The Secret Weapon) by journalist Ioan ChirilÃÂ.
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