Traian Ivănescu

Traian Ivănescu

Personal information
Full name	Traian Ivănescu
Date of birth	(1933-05-05) 5 May 1933
Place of birth	Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1946–1950	Militari Bucureşti
1950	Flamura Roşie Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951	Flacăra Bucureşti	15	(2)
1952–1963	Steaua Bucureşti	155	(2)
1963–1965	Progresul Bucureşti	23	(0)
1965	Siderurgistul Galați	0	(0)
1965–1966	Jiul Petroșani	23	(0)
Total		216	(4)
International career
1954	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
1967–1973	Dinamo Bucureşti (youth)
1973–1974	Jiul Petroșani
1976–1977	Steagul Roșu Brașov
1977–1982	Maramureș Baia Mare
1982–1983	Metalosport Galați
1983–1984	Tehnometal Bucureşti
1985–1986	Flacăra Moreni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Traian Ivănescu (born 5 May 1933) is a Romanian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.

Career

Born in Bucharest, Ivănescu played youth football with Militari Bucureşti and Flamura Roşie Bucureşti, before making his senior debut in 1951 with Flacăra Bucureşti. He later played for CCA Steaua Bucureşti, Progresul Bucureşti, Siderurgistul Galați and Jiul Petroşani, before retiring in 1966. He was married to Doina Ivănescu a former volleyball player who represented her country at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

He also earned one cap for Romania in 1954.

Ivănescu later became a coach.

Honours

Player

Steaua Bucureşti

• Romanian League: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61
• Romanian Cup: 1952, 1955, 1961–62

Manager

Jiul Petroșani

• Romanian Cup: 1973–74

Flacăra Moreni

• Romanian Second Division: 1985–86