Cornel Drăgușin

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Romanian football manager (1926–2021)

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Field	Value
name	Cornel Drăgușin
image	Cornel Drăgușin 1968.jpg
image_size	170
caption	Drăgușin in 1968
birth_date
birth_place	Bucharest, Romania
death_date
death_place	Bucharest, Romania
youthyears1	1936–
youthclubs1	Industria Iutei București
youthyears2	–1948
youthclubs2	Sindicatul Textil București
years1	1949–1950
clubs1	Steaua București
caps1	0
goals1	0
manageryears1	1950–1953
managerclubs1	Steaua București (youth)
manageryears2	1953–1958
managerclubs2	Progresul București (youth)
manageryears3	1958–1959
managerclubs3	Progresul București
manageryears4	1959–1960
managerclubs4	Progresul București (assistant)
manageryears5	1960
managerclubs5	Progresul București
manageryears6	1960–1962
managerclubs6	Progresul București (assistant)
manageryears7	1962–1963
managerclubs7	Iraq
manageryears8	1963–1964
managerclubs8	Progresul București
manageryears9	1965–1966
managerclubs9	Syria
manageryears10	1966–1967
managerclubs10	Romania U23
manageryears11	1968–1969
managerclubs11	Progresul București
manageryears12	1969–1970
managerclubs12	Steaua București (assistant)
manageryears13	1970–1975
managerclubs13	Romania U23
manageryears14	1975–1976
managerclubs14	Romania
manageryears15	1976–1978
managerclubs15	Romania (assistant)
manageryears16	1978–1983
managerclubs16	Romania U21
manageryears17	1983–1985
managerclubs17	Romania Olympic
manageryears18	1986–1990
managerclubs18	Romania (assistant)
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Playing career

Drăgușin was born on 26 March 1926 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1936 at local club Industria Iutei. Afterwards he went to Sindicatul Textil București where he stayed until 1948. In 1949 he arrived at Steaua București where he met coach Ferenc Rónay who encouraged him to start coaching at age 25.

Managerial career

Drăgușin's first coaching spell was at the youth of Steaua București from 1950 until 1953. In the following two years he continued to work at Progresul, being an assistant, as the team won the 1959–60 Cupa României, also having a short spell as head coach.

In 1962, the Iraq Football Association opted for a foreign coach from the Eastern Bloc, and appointed the Romanian manager as head coach of the Iraq national team. Drăgușin was the first foreign coach of Iraq and at the beginning of his tenure, he was supervised by colonel Abdul Salam Arif who later became the country's president.

After his return from Iraq in 1963, Drăgușin joined Progresul again with coach Dincă Schileru for the 1963–64 season, before taking charge of the Syrian national team in 1965. Afterwards he reached the 1966 Arab Cup final, losing it with 2–1 to Iraq.

Upon his return, the Romanian FA appointed Drăgușin as manager of the Romania under–23 side for a tournament in Central Africa. In 1968, he returned to Progresul, before moving to Steaua București as assistant manager.

In November 1970, Drăgușin was recruited by the Romanian Football Federation, for whom he worked until 2002. During that time, he coached the Under–23, Under–21 sides and the Olympic team.

Between 1986 and 1990, he was Emerich Jenei's assistant coach at the Romania national team, which qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy.

Drăgușin was director of the Romanian FA coaching school from 1990 until 2002, a period during which some of the best players in Romania obtained their coaching licenses, including Dan Petrescu, Gheorghe Hagi, Ilie Dumitrescu, Ioan Andone, Ioan Sabău, Mircea Rednic, Gavril Balint and Dorinel Munteanu.

Writing

In 1969, he spent nearly two months visiting some of the top English clubs including Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal. On his return, he wrote a book, În patria fotbalului (In Football's Homeland) which was released in 1970.

Death

Drăgușin died on 10 October 2021 at age 95 in his native Bucharest.

Honours

Manager

Progresul București

Cupa României runner-up: 1957–58 Syria
Arab Cup runner-up: 1966

References

(10 October 2021). "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! S-a stins din viață Cornel Drăgușin, fost selecționer al echipei naționale". Prosport.ro.
(10 October 2021). "A murit Cornel Drăgușin. Fostul selecționer al naționalei de fotbal avea 95 de ani". Libertatea.ro.
(10 October 2021). "S-a stins din viață fostul selecționer Cornel Drăgușin". Frf.ro.
(10 October 2021). "Cine a fost Cornel Drăgușin, fost selecționer, care a murit duminică, la vârsta de 95 de ani. A antrenat și două naționale din Asia". Fanatik.ro.
(14 October 2021). "Cornel Drăgușin – "eroul tăcut"". Presamil.ro.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1957–1958". RomanianSoccer.
''UEFA Magazine – '' ''Cornel Dragusin, a quiet hero – '' ''1 March 2005, No. 35 , Page 21.''
"Cornel Dragusin profile". Labtof.ro.

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