Ion Alecsandrescu

Ion Alecsandrescu

Personal information
Full name	Ion Alecsandrescu
Date of birth	(1928-07-17)17 July 1928
Place of birth	Copăceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1950	Juventus / Partizanul Bucureşti	6	(8)
1950–1951	Steaua Bucureşti	6	(1)
1952–1953	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	32	(5)
1953–1961	Steaua Bucureşti	162	(87)
1962	Olimpia Bucureşti
Total		206	(101)
International career
	Romania B	5	(0)
1956–1959	Romania	5	(0)
Managerial career
1982-2000	Steaua Bucureşti (Staff)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Alecsandrescu (17 July 1928 – 21 June 2000) was the chairman of Steaua Bucureşti during the team's golden era, between 1985 and 1989. His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century.

Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia Bucureşti.

He was top scorer of Divizia A with 18 goals in only 22 games, in 1956.

Alecsandrescu won five championships and a Romanian Cup, all with Steaua Bucureşti and also five caps for Romania.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nicolae Tătaru	Steaua Top Scorer 1956 1957–1958 1958–1959	Succeeded by Gheorghe Constantin