Adrian Lucaci

Adrian Lucaci
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-06-28)28 June 1966[1]
Place of birth Arad, Romania[1]
Date of death 12 April 2020(2020-04-12) (aged 53)[1]
Place of death Arad, Romania[1]
Position(s) Central defender[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 Rapid Arad 17 (0)
1984–1987 UTA Arad 65 (9)
1987–1988 Steaua Bucureşti 2 (0)
1988–1993 Sportul Studențesc București 143 (7)
1993–1994 Universitatea Cluj 26 (4)
1994–1996 UTA Arad 54 (5)
1997 Telecom Arad 8 (0)
Total 315 (25)
International career
1989 Romania U21[2] 3 (0)
1993 Romania B[2] 6 (0)
Managerial career
Telecom Arad
Păulișana Păuliș
Progresul Pecica
Șoimii Lipova
Universitatea Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Lucaci (28 June 1966 – 12 April 2020) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central defender.[3][4][5][6] After he ended his playing career, he worked for a while as a manager at teams from the Arad County and president at clubs from the Romanian lower leagues.[3][7][8][9] In 2019, Lucaci was rewarded by the local administration with the title of "excellence in sports" for outstanding sports activity and contribution to the development of football in the Arad County.[7][9] Since 2014 until his death in 2020 he was president of the Arad County Football Association (AJF Arad).[7][9][8]

Honours

Steaua Bucureşti

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Adrian Lucaci at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Adrian Lucaci profile". 11v11. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc! Președintele AJF Arad și fost fotbalist la UTA, Steaua și Sportul Studențesc, Adrian Lucaci, a murit la 53 de ani" [Tragedy in Romanian football! The president of AJF Arad and former football player at UTA, Steaua and Sportul Studentesc, Adrian Lucaci, died at the age of 53] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Adi Lucaci, fost fundaș la UTA, Steaua și Sportul, cu 181 de meciuri în Divizia A, a murit la vârsta de 53 de ani" [Adi Lucaci, former defender at UTA, Steaua and Sportul, with 181 matches in Division A, died at the age of 53] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "A murit Adrian Lucaci! Fostul fundaș de la UTA, Steaua și U Cluj avea 53 de ani" [Adrian Lucaci is dead! The former defender from UTA, Steaua and U Cluj was 53 years old] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "A murit Adrian Lucaci, preşedintele AJF Arad şi fostul fotbalist al UTA-ei" [Adrian Lucaci, the president of AJF Arad and the former football player of UTA died] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "A murit Adrian Lucaci, fost fotbalist la UTA, Steaua și Sportul Studențesc" [Adrian Lucaci, former football player at UTA, Steaua and Sportul Studentesc, died] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b "A decedat Adrian Lucaci, fostul fotbalist de la UTA Arad, Steaua Bucureşti, Sportul şi U Cluj! Fostul fundaş avea doar 53 de ani" [Adrian Lucaci, former football player from UTA Arad, Steaua Bucureşti, Sportul and U Cluj, has died! The former defender was only 53 years old] (in Romanian). Telekomsport.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "S-a stins din viață Adrian Lucaci, președinte AJF Arad" [Adrian Lucaci, president of AJF Arad, passed away] (in Romanian). Frf.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.