Mircea Sandu

Mircea Sandu
Personal information
Full name Mircea Traian Sandu
Date of birth (1952-10-22) 22 October 1952
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1962-1966 Sportul Studenţesc
1966-1968 ŞS 2 Bucureşti
1968-1970 Progresul Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970-1971 Progresul Bucureşti 15 (2)
1971-1986 Sportul Studenţesc 422 (167)
1986-1987 Gloria Buzău 5 (2)
Total 442 (169 )
National team
1972-1982 Romania 18 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Mircea Traian Sandu (born 22 October 1952 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer who is currently a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.

He has been the president of the Romanian Football Federation between 1990 and 2014. His nickname was "The Godfather".

As a player, Sandu has scored 166 goals in Liga I, being ranked seventh in the all time scoring table, but has never been the top scorer in a single season. He was a forward.


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