Viorel Mateianu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Viorel Mateianu

Romanian footballer

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1938

Place of Birth: Lipănești, Prahova County, Romania

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1997

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Viorel Mateianu (1 June 1938 – 25 November 1997) was a Romanian football player and coach. Mateianu was born in Lipane?ti, Prahova and died in Bucharest. He is renowned as a coach for his interesting football experiment, Mori?ca ("The Hand-Mill"), in which the strikers and midfielders swap places during the game.
Mateianu was experimental throughout his coaching career, in the process revolutionizing Romanian football.
To him a football team was before anything else a family.