Răducanu Necula

Rică Răducanu

Personal information
Full name	Răducanu Necula
Date of birth	10 May 1946 (1946-05-10) (age 65)
Place of birth	Vlădeni, Ialomiţa, Romania
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1958–1959	Victoria MIBC Bucureşti
1959–1965	Flacăra Roşie Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1965–1975	Rapid Bucureşti	233	(7)
1975–1978	Sportul Studenţesc	88	(0)
1978–1979	Steaua Bucureşti	22	(0)
1979–1980	FCM Reşiţa
1980	FC Baia Mare	10	(0)
1980–1981	Autobuzul Bucureşti
1981–1982	Spartac Bucureşti
Total		353	(7)
National team
	Romania U23	11	(0)
1967–1978	Romania	61	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Răducanu Necula (born 10 May 1946), widely known as Rică Răducanu, is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper.

He was born in Vlădeni and debuted in Divizia A with Rapid Bucureşti in 1966. He remained with Rapid for ten seasons, winning the league title in 1967 and the cup title in 1972. This Rapid team starred players like Neagu, Lupescu, Dumitru and Coe. His style of goalkeeping, although effective, was extravagant and he was the first Romanian goalkeeper to score in an official match and the first to be caught offside.^[1][2] After his period in Rapid he won the Romanian Cup in 1979 with Steaua Bucureşti. Finally he finished his career playing for Autobuzul and Spartac in the lower leagues. After finishing his sporting career he went into business, running grocery shops under the trade name 'Merci Rica'.

Răducanu got 61 caps for the Romanian national team between 1967 and 1978. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to come in as a substitute on a World Cup match, replacing Stere Adamache against Brazil.^[3]

References

1. ^ Totul despre Rică Răducanu
2. ^ Paula Herlo şi Cosmin Stan, premiaţi de VIP
3. ^ Football World Cup Firsts

External links

• RomanianSoccer.ro

Persondata
Name	Raducanu, Rică
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 May 1946
Place of birth	Vlădeni, Ialomiţa, Romania
Date of death
Place of death