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Anghel Iordănescu

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Anghel "Puiu" Iordănescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈaŋɡel jordəˈnesku]; born 4 May 1950), is a Romanian former footballer and former manager, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member of the Romanian Senate, sitting on the Social Democratic Party benches. On 26 December 2011, he became an independent senator, affiliated to the National Union for the Progress of Romania. His son, Edward Iordănescu, is also a former footballer, currently the head coach of the Romania national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anghel Iordănescu is the 395th most popular soccer player (up from 519th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Romania (up from 112th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 395 out of 21,273. Before him are Sachi Kagawa, Quini, Sepp Herberger, Josep Samitier, Toshio Iwatani, and Shigeyoshi Suzuki. After him are Carlos Bilardo, Misao Tamai, Zlatko Čajkovski, György Sárosi, Toshio Miyaji, and Yanosuke Watanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 73. Before him are Eddie Clarke, Ntfombi of Eswatini, Mark Spitz, Hiroshi Kanazawa, John Candy, and Grigory Sokolov. After him are Brad Dourif, Chen Shui-bian, Sudha Murty, Jerry Zucker, Linda Thompson, and Nora Roberts.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 91 out of 844. Before him are Mihnea cel Rău (1462), Horia Sima (1907), Fritz Klein (1888), Dositej Obradović (1742), Michael Cretu (1957), and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812). After him are László Bölöni (1953), Nicolae Iorga (1871), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), László Tőkés (1952), Ana Aslan (1897), and Pertevniyal Sultan (1812).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Anghel Iordănescu ranks 4. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), and Ștefan Kovács (1920). After him are László Bölöni (1953), Adalbert Deșu (1909), Emerich Jenei (1937), Dudu Georgescu (1950), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), and Cristian Chivu (1980).

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