Dan Păltinișanu

Dan Păltinișanu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Born in Bucharest, he started out in the youth systems of TM București and Dinamo București. He spent ten years with Politehnica Timişoara, the Dan Păltinişanu Stadium from Timișoara is named after him.[1] He also played for FC Braşov, Metrom Brașov, and Unirea Sânnicolau Mare at club level. At international level, he won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition of the tournament that was held in France, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mulțescu, Romulus Chihaia and Paul Cazan.[2]

Dan Păltinișanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-23)23 March 1951
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 4 March 1995(1995-03-04) (aged 43)
Place of death Timișoara, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1962–1965 TM București
1965–1970 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 FC Braşov 1 (0)
1972–1973 Metrom Brașov 26 (0)
1973–1983 Politehnica Timişoara 271 (24)
1983–1985 Unirea Sânnicolau Mare 20 (3)
Total 318 (27)
National team
1978–1979 Romania 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His son, who is also named Dan Păltinișanu, was a basketball player who played for Romania's national basketball team and won the Romanian Basketball Cup while playing for BCM Elba Timișoara in 2010.[1][3][4]

International career

Dan Păltinișanu played three at international level for Romania, making his debut in a 1–1 against Bulgaria in 1978 at the Balkan Cup.[5][6]

Honours

Politehnica Timişoara

References

  1. "Dan Păltinişanu, un nume de legendă: bunicul fotbalist, tatăl baschetbalist. Ce va fi nepotul?" [Dan Paltinisanu, a legendary name: the footballer grandfather, the basketballer father. What will the nephew be?] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. "Au fost odată campioni mondiali" [Once they were world champions] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. "Legenda baschetului timișorean, Dan Păltinișanu, va conduce Academia BC Timișoara" [The basketball legend of Timişoara, Dan Paltinisanu, will lead the BC Timişoara Academy] (in Romanian). voceatimisului.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. "Dan Păltinișanu Junior: "Mă bucur când oamenii îmi vorbesc și astăzi de tata!" FOTO/VIDEO" [Dan Paltinisanu Junior: "I'm glad that people talk to me about my father even today!" PHOTO / VIDEO] (in Romanian). renasterea.ro. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. "Dan Păltinișanu". European Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. "Bulgaria - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. Dan Păltinișanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com


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