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Place of Birth: Valea Dragului, Giurgiu County, Romania
About Ion Voinescu
- Ion "?op" Voinescu (18 April 1929 – 9 March 2018) was a Romanian footballer, who is often considered as one of the finest goalkeepers Romania has ever produced. Voinescu joined his first club, Olympia Bucure?ti, in 1939 just before the start of World War II, aged 10.
- After four years with Olympia, Voinescu left to join another club from Bucharest, ASPIM, but left again after the war's conclusion in 1945, in order to sign his first professional contract with Carmen Bucure?ti, which was one of the best Romanian football teams during the interbelic period.
- However, he ended up leaving the club a year later, where he joined Solvay Uioara. Voinescu left Solvay Uioara a year later to join RATA Târgu Mure? in 1947, where he remained at for a year before leaving in order to return to Bucharest, where he signed for Metalul Bucure?ti.
- Following a three-year spell with Metalul, Voinescu moved to Steaua Bucure?ti, which was where he remained at before his retirement from professional football in 1963, following an eighteen-year professional career. Voinescu has won 22 caps for Romania, with his only honor being representing his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics.It was said that Arsenal and Vasco da Gama were both interested in securing his services during his playing career, but was unable to as it was impossible for Voinescu to leave the country due to the strict restrictions of the communist regime.Voinenscu worked as a goalkeeper coach for his former club, Steaua Bucure?ti, on multiple occasions after his retirement, before permanently retiring from coaching in the late 1980s. On 9 March 2018, Voinescu died at the age of 88.
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