Gil Mărdărescu

Gil Mardaresco
Personal information
Full name Mircea Mărdărescu
Date of birth (1952-04-12) 12 April 1952
Place of birth Săcele, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Politehnica Iași 28 (0)
1973–1975 Wydad Casablanca ? (?)
1975 New York Cosmos 5 (0)
1975 Rochester Lancers 2 (1)
1980 New York United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mircea "Gil" Mărdărescu (born 12 April 1952, in Săcele) is a retired Romanian-American football (soccer) player.

In 1975, he joined the New York Cosmos as a midfielder in the North American Soccer League.[1] In the same year he moved on to the Rochester Lancers, where he was coached by Ted Dumitru.[2][3]

In 1980, he signed with the New York United football team of the American Soccer League.[4]

His father Virgil Mărdărescu coached the Morocco to the 1976 African Cup of Nations title.

He currently lives in California with his wife Stephanie. Gil and Stephanie have two children together, Natalie and Nathan. Mardaresco has three grown children from a previous marriage.

References

  1. ↑ "Curtain call for a legend". Sports Illustrated. 23 June 1975. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ↑ http://naslsoccer.blogspot.fr/2010/09/gil-mardarescu.html
  3. ↑ http://www.soccer-almanac.com/players/M/mardagi01/
  4. ↑ "New York United shines in 3 - 0 Big Apple debut" (PDF). Gannett Westchester Newspapers. 29 May 1980.
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