Virgil Dridea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Virgil Dridea

association football player

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Ploiești, Prahova County, Romania

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Virgil "Puiu" Dridea (born 17 November 1940) is a Romanian former footballer and manager.
He played as a midfielder in 82 matches for Petrolul Ploie?ti and made his Divizia A debut on 24 August 1958 for the Yellow Wolves in a 3–0 victory against Jiul Petro?ani.
In 1968, Dridea transferred to Metalul Plopeni, where in 1970 he started his football manager career, as the assistant coach of Gheorghe Barbulescu."Puiu" Dridea is a well-known manager in Romania where he managed several clubs such as Metalul Plopeni, Petrolul Ploie?ti, Prahova Ploie?ti, Dacia Unirea Braila and Chindia Târgovi?te, among others.
He also coached in Angola and Syria, where he managed Petro do Huambo, Al-Jaish and the Syria national football team.His brother, Mircea Dridea is also a former footballer and manager.