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If we were to go by talent, I wouldn’t be in the top 20 players in the history of Petrolul. But in terms of utility, I’m sure on the podium”\u2013Mircea Dridea talking about himself[3]Mircea Dridea was born on 7 April 1937 in Ploie\u0219ti and at age 15 he was a category one chess player, being brought by his brother Virgil to play football in 1952 at the junior squads of Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti where his first coach was Emil Avasilichioaie, in 1954 he worked with Manole R\u0103dulescu and in 1955 Traian Ionescu came to the club and formed a generation of juniors which included Dridea, Constantin Tabarcea and Vasile Sfetcu which reached the national junior championship final which was lost in front of Universitatea Cluj.[3][4][5][6][7] He made his debut for the senior team under coach Ilie Oan\u0103 in October 1956 in a 2\u20131 away victory against Rapid Bucure\u0219ti.[5][6] He won two consecutive Divizia A titles in the 1957\u201358 and 1958\u201359 seasons, being used by Oan\u0103 in 11 matches in which he scored 4 goals in the first one and in the second appearing in 18 games in which he scored 14 goals, being the top-goalscorer of the team.[3][4][5][6][2][8] Dridea scored a hat-trick in the 6\u20131 victory against Siderurgistul Gala\u021bi from the 1963 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final and won another championship in the 1965\u201366 season, being used by coach Constantin Cern\u0103ianu in 25 games in which he scored 11 goals.[2][3][4][5][6][8][9] He also did some notable performances in European competitions, scoring Petrolul’s first two goals in the European Cup in a 4\u20132 loss against Wismut Karl Marx Stadt, first goal in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in a 4\u20131 loss against Fenerbah\u00e7e and first goal in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Spartak Brno, but his most important goal scored was in the first round of the 1966\u201367 European Cup against Liverpool from a free kick in a 3\u20131 victory, however the team did not manage to qualify to the next round.[3][4][5][6][10][11] Mircea Dridea made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1971 in a 1\u20131 against CFR Timi\u0219oara, having a total of 273 matches with 142 goals scored in the competition, also having a total of 21 games with 10 goals scored in European competitions (including 10 appearances and 5 goals scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[3][7][12]International career[edit]Mircea Dridea played 15 games in which he scored 8 goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Augustin Botescu on 30 August 1959 in a friendly which ended with a 3\u20132 away victory against Poland in which he scored a hat-trick.[1][13] He played in a 2\u20130 home victory against Portugal at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers after which opponent Eus\u00e9bio said that he considered Dridea the man of the match.[1][5] He also played four games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers with one goal scored in a 4\u20132 home victory against Switzerland and a double scored in a 5\u20131 victory against Cyprus.[1]International goals[edit]Scores and results list Romania’s goal tally first. “Score” column indicates the score after each Mircea Dridea goal.[1]#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1.30 August 1959Stadion Dziesi\u0119ciolecia, Warsaw, Poland\u00a0Poland1\u201303\u20132Euro 1968 qualifiers2.2\u201313.3\u201324.14 May 196119 May\u0131s Stadium, Ankara, Turkey\u00a0Turkey1\u201301\u20130Friendly5.2 November 1966Stadionul Republicii, Bucure\u0219ti, Romania\u00a0Switzerland1\u201304\u20132Euro 1968 qualifiers6.3 December 1966GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus\u00a0Cyprus1\u201315\u20131Euro 1968 qualifiers7.5\u201318.22 March 1967Parc des Princes, Paris, France\u00a0France2\u201302\u20131FriendlyManagerial career[edit]Mircea Dridea started his career as coach at a junior squad of Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti, winning a national junior title.[7] He started the 1973\u201374 Divizia A season as an assistant of Gheorghe Dumitrescu at Petrolul, but after finishing the first half of the season on the 16th position, Dumitrescu left the club and Dridea became the head coach of the team in the second half, however he could not save the team from relegating to Divizia B.[3][7] He coached Petrolul Teleajen in Divizia C for almost two years, being close to promote it to Divizia B.[7] He returned at Petrolul to lead them in the 1981\u201382 Divizia B season, helping the club promote to Divizia A.[7] In the winter of 1983 the Moroccan Football Federation asked the Romanian Football Federation to send them four coaches, one of them being Dridea who went to coach FAR Rabat, taking the team from a modest place in the league and taking it to the first place, leaving the club at the beginning of 1984.[5][7] He came back to Romania, working at Divizia B club, Prahova Ploie\u0219ti which he helped avoid relegation.[7] He returned for a third spell as coach at Petrolul after Petre Dragomir left the team after the first six games of the 1985\u201386 Divizia A, leading the team for two seasons.[3][7][14] Dridea went to coach for a second spell in Morocco at K\u00e9nitra, afterwards returning to Romania at Progresul Br\u0103ila.[3][5] He coached in the first half of the 1988\u201389 Divizia A season at Sportul Studen\u021besc Bucure\u0219ti, coaching in the second half at O\u021belul Gala\u021bi.[3][5][14] In the following years he coached in the Romanian lower leagues at Flac\u0103ra Moreni, Metalul Plopeni which he helped promote to Divizia B and Metalul Filipe\u0219tii de P\u0103dure with whom he earned a promotion to Divizia C after winning a play-off against Foresta Nehoiu, also having a spell in Egypt at Olympic Alexandria and ended his coaching career in Tunisia at Olympique de M\u00e9denine in 1997.[3][5][7] Mircea Dridea has a total of 121 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 37 victories, 33 draws and 51 losses, also he worked as Petrolul’s president on three occasions.[3][7][14]Personal life[edit]Mircea Dridea’s brother, Virgil was also a footballer and a manager, they played together at Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti, winning two Divizia A titles together and were opponents as managers in the 1981\u201382 Divizia B season when Mircea coached Petrolul and Virgil coached Metalul Plopeni.[5][7][8][15]Honours[edit]Player[edit]Petrolul Ploie\u0219tiManager[edit]Petrolul Ploie\u0219tiFAR RabatMetalul Plopeni^ Including three appearances for Romania’s Olympic team.[1][2]See also[edit]References[edit]^ a b c d e “Mircea Dridea”. European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.^ a b c d e Mircea Dridea at National-Football-Teams.com^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m “Cel mai faimos juc\u0103tor din istoria “lupilor” \u00eempline\u0219te 80 de ani\u00a0\u00bb Mircea Dridea: “Te iubesc, dragul meu Petrolul!”“ [The most famous player in the history of the “Wolves” turns 80\u00a0\u00bb Mircea Dridea: “I love you, my dear Petrolul!”] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ a b c d “Mircea Dridea, “lupul” care a \u00eenvins Liverpool \u015fi na\u0163ionala Fran\u0163ei” [Mircea Dridea, the “wolf” who defeated Liverpool and the French national team] (in Romanian). Adev\u0103rul. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ a b c d e f g h i j k “Fostul interna\u021bional Mircea Dridea \u00eempline\u0219te vineri 80 de ani. Dialog memorabil cu seniorul fotbalului ploie\u0219tean, “Mister Petrolul”“ [Former international Mircea Dridea celebrates 80 years on Friday. Memorable dialogue with Ploiesti football star, “Mr. Petrolul”] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ a b c d e “Mircea Dridea, omul care a rapus marele Liverpool al lui Bill Shankly: “Era campioana campioanei mondiale!” Amintiri dintr-o er\u0103 apus\u0103 \u0219i cum vede echipa de ast\u0103zi a Petrolului” [Mircea Dridea, the man who stole Bill Shankly’s great Liverpool: “She was the champion of the world champion!” Memories of a bygone era and how he sees today’s Petrol team] (in Romanian). Primasport.ro. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n “Mircea Dridea” (in Romanian). Doarpetrolul.ro. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ a b c “Romania National Champions”. RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ “Romanian Cup \u2013 Season 1962\u20131963”. RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ “Petrolul 66, 53 de ani de la victoria cu Liverpool. Supravie\u021buitorii succesului, s\u0103rb\u0103tori\u021bi la Ploie\u0219ti” [Petrolul 66, 53 years since the victory with Liverpool. The survivors of success, celebrated in Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ “55 de ani de la istorica victorie a Petrolului cu Liverpooli” [55 years since the historic victory of Petrolul with Liverpool] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ Mircea Dridea at WorldFootball.net^ “Poland 2-3 Romania”. European Football. Retrieved 19 October 2022.^ a b c “Mircea Dridea managerial statistics”. Labtof.ro. Retrieved 20 October 2022.^ “Fratii Dridea – cei mai mari executanti de lovituri libere si cornere din Romania” [Dridea Brothers – the best free kick and corner performers in Romania]. Doarpetrolul.ro. 28 April 2010. 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