Andrei Mercea
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-03-16)16 March 1925[1]
Place of birth Arad, Romania[1]
Date of death 24 January 2002(2002-01-24) (aged 76)[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Youth career
1937 SG Arad
1937–1946 Gloria Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 ITA Arad 42 (16)
1948–1949 CSCA București 23 (6)
1950–1958 UTA Arad[lower-alpha 1] 165 (35)
1958–1961 AMEF Arad
1961 Teba Arad
Total 230 (57)
International career
1948–1952 Romania 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Mercea (16 March 1925 – 24 January 2002) was a Romanian football forward.[1][3]

Club career

Andrei Mercea was born on 16 March 1925 in Arad, Romania and started playing football at junior level at local clubs SG Arad and Gloria Arad.[1][4] He started his senior career, making his Divizia A debut on 15 September 1946 for ITA Arad in a 8–4 victory against Dermagant Târgu Mureș.[1] He won the title with ITA in the first two seasons of his career, at the first contributing with 12 goals scored in 22 appearances and in the second he played 21 games and scored 5 goals, also winning a Cupa României.[1] In 1948 he went to play for CSCA București where on 21 November 1948 he appeared in the first ever CSCA București – Dinamo București derby which ended with a 1–0 loss.[1][5][6] After one season, Mercea returned in Arad, winning another two Divizia A titles with UTA Arad, at the first he made 22 appearances in which he scored 12 goals and in the second he played 24 matches and scored one goal and he also won the 1953 Cupa României.[1] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 15 June 1958, playing for the Old Lady in a 2–1 victory against Rapid București, gaining a total of 230 matches played with 57 goals scored in the competition.[1] Andrei Mercea spent the last years of his career playing for AMEF Arad and Teba Arad in the lower leagues of Romania.[1] He died on 24 January 2002 and a book about him was written by Radu Romănescu, called Andrei Mercea – Campionul care desena inimi (Andrei Mercea – The champion that drew hearts), being released on 18 April 2018.[1][4][7][8]

International career

Andrei Mercea played 6 matches and scored two goals for Romania's national team, making his debut on 6 June 1948 under coach Petre Steinbach in a 9–0 loss against Hungary at the 1948 Balkan Cup, a competition in which he would make two more appearances.[2][9] His last three matches for the national team were friendlies in which he scored two goals against Albania and Poland, making his last appearance on 25 May 1952 in a 1–0 victory against Poland.[2] He was part of Romania's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mercea goal.[2]
List of international goals scored by Andrei Mercea
#DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 May 1950Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland4 Poland1–03–3Friendly
28 October 1950Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania5 Albania3–06–0Friendly

Honours

UTA Arad

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for UTA Arad are not official.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Andrei Mercea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Andrei Mercea". European Football. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Andrei Mercea at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. 1 2 "Despre glorii la a 73-a aniversare a "Bătrânei Doamne": Andrei Mercea – evocat în cartea "Campionul care desena inimi"" [About the glories at the 73rd anniversary of "The Old Lady": Andrei Mercea – evoked in the book "The champion that draw hearts"] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dinamo jucase doar 10 meciuri oficiale când a bătut-o pe Steaua, în primul derby" [Dinamo had only played 10 official matches when they won against Steaua in the first derby] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Steaua vs Dinamo Liga1 1948–1949". Labtof. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Andrei Mercea – Campionul care desena inimi" [Andrei Mercea – The champion that draw hearts] (in Romanian). Aradon.ro. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ↑ ""Andrei Mercea – Campionul care desena inimi"- pentru UTA !" ["Andrei Mercea – The champion that draw hearts" – for UTA !] (in Romanian). Ghidularadean.ro. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Hungary 9-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Andrei Mercea". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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