-the Romanian football player of the century
CONTENTS:
1 141c27b . Gheorghe Hagi - introduction.................2
2. Club career .......................2
3. National team ......................4
4. Career as coach ......................5
5. Bibliografy ........................6
1 141c27b
1 141c27b . GHEORGHE HAGI - introduction
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Gheorghe Hagi, (born February 5, 1 141c27b 965 in Sacele,
Nicknamed 'The Maradona of the Carpathians', he
is considered a hero in his homeland as well as in
He played for the Romanian national team in three World
Cups in 1 141c27b 990, 1 141c27b 994 and 1 141c27b 998, as well as in three European Football
Championships in 1 141c27b 984, 1 141c27b 996 and 2000. He had a total of 1 141c27b 35 caps for
In November 2003, at the celebration of UEFA's
anniversary, he was selected the "Golden Player" of
In March 2004, he was placed among the top 1 141c27b 25 living footballers by Pelé.
2. CLUB CAREER
He started his career playing for Farul Constanta in
the 1 141c27b 970s, before being selected by the Romanian Football Federation to join
Luceafarul Bucureş 141c27b ;ti, a training facility for young footballers, in
1 141c27b 980 for two years. In 1 141c27b 982 he returned to
Playing for Farul Constanta
In the winter of 1 141c27b 987 Hagi was transferred to
Steaua Bucureş 141c27b ;ti, as the team prepared their European Super Cup final
against FC Dynamo
After the 1 141c27b 990 World Cup, he was signed by
Real
Hagi helped Brescia Calcio win the Italian B Series and be promoted to the A Series, but in the next season the club relegated back to the B Series and Hagi left the club to play for FC Barcelona.
After two years at FC Barcelona, Hagi signed
for Galatasaray S.K.. Hagi did not win any trophies in Spain, neither with Real
However, at Galatasaray, he was both
successful and highly popular among the Turkish supporters in
Galatasaray S.K.
3. NATIONAL TEAM
Hagi made his debut for the
Hagi led the Romanian team to its best international
performance ever at the 1 141c27b 994 World Cup, where the team reached the
quarterfinals. Hagi scored three times in the tournament. In the first of
Colombian goalkeeper Oscar Córdoba who was caught out of position.
Four years later, after the 1 141c27b 998 World Cup, Hagi decided to retire from the national team, only to change his mind after a few months and play at the 2000 European Football Championship.
Hagi retired from professional football in 2001 141c27b , aged 36.
4. CAREER AS A COACH
In 2001 141c27b Hagi was named the football coach of
In 2003, Hagi took over the coaching of the Turkish first division club Bursaspor, but left it after a disappointing start to the season. He then became manager of Galatasaray in 2004, leading the team to the Turkish Football Cup in 2005.
Steaua Bucureş 141c27b ;ti wanted to hire him in the summer of 2005, but he turned the offer down. Hagi became the coach of FCU Politehnica Timiş 141c27b ;oara instead, and after a string of bad results and disagreements with the management, he left the club a few months later.
From June 2007 to September 20th (for 2 months, 3 weeks and 4 days), Hagi coached Steaua Bucuresti, had a mediocre start in the internal championship mainly due to the large number of unavailable, injured players. He managed to qualify the team for the second time on the row for the Champions League, passing two rounds of qualification. He resigned due to a long series of conflicts with the team's owner, who
also happened to be his godson. The main reason for resigning was the owner's attitude. Hagi's resignation occured just a few hours after Steaua played the first game in the Champions League in that season against Slavia Prague, in Prague, the Czech Republic. They lost 2 to 1 141c27b .
Achievements:
As a player:
Steaua Bucureş 141c27b ;ti
European Supercup: 1 141c27b 987
Romanian Football Championship: 1 141c27b 987, 1 141c27b 988, 1 141c27b 989
Romanian Cup: 1 141c27b 987, 1 141c27b 988, 1 141c27b 989
Galatasaray
UEFA Cup: 2000
European Supercup: 2000
Turkish Football Championship: 1 141c27b 997, 1 141c27b 998, 1 141c27b 999, 2000
Turkish Cup: 1 141c27b 999, 2000
As a coach:
Galatasaray :2004-2005
Turkish Cup: 2005 (as coach)
FCU Politehnica Timiş 141c27b ;oara: 2005-2006
Steaua Bucureş 141c27b ;ti : 2007 June-September
5. Bibliografy:
www. Tvr.ro;
www. hagi.ro;
www. Sport.ro;
www.gsp.ro;
www.realmadrid.com;
www. Barcelonafc.com;
www. Galatasaraysk.com.
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