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Andrei Speriatu (born 29 September 1957) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Speriatu is considered a legend of Argeș Pitești and Sportul Studențesc, also playing for teams such as Dinamo București, Shimshon Tel Aviv or Dacia Pitești.
Club career
Andrei Speriatu was born on 29 September 1957 in Toporu, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1972 at local club, Spicu. In 1973 he went to Argeș Pitești where he made his Divizia A debut on 21 November 1976 in a 3–1 away loss in front of UTA Arad. In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory. In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ending. In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Cristian Gheorghe.
In 1980, Speriatu went to play for one season at Dinamo București, working with coach Valentin Stănescu who used him regularly as they earned a runner-up position in the league. Afterwards he went at Sportul Studențesc București where he spent five seasons, the highlights of this period being a second place in the 1985–86 season and a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against Inter Milan from the 1984–85 UEFA Cup, however the second leg was lost with 2–0.
In 1986 he returned to Argeș Pitești for four seasons, then made a comeback for one year at Sportul Studențesc. In 1991 he had an experience playing abroad at Israeli second league side, Shimshon Tel Aviv. Afterwards he came back for a third spell at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1993 in a 4–2 away loss in front of Dinamo, having a total of 406 appearances in the competition, also he played a total of 10 games in the UEFA Cup. Speriatu ended his career in 1994 after he spent one season at Dacia Pitești in Divizia C, helping it promote to the second league.
International career
Andrei Speriatu made four appearances at international level for Romania, making his debut on 13 May 1979 under coach Florin Halagian in a 1–1 with Cyprus at the Euro 1980 qualifiers. His following three appearances were friendlies, the last one taking place on 17 March 1986 when he kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 with Iraq.
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=Coaching career
Andrei Speriatu had his first coaching experience at Dacia Pitești, then from 1997 until 1998 he was head coach of Sportul Studențesc. Afterwards he worked as a goalkeeper coach for several clubs and as an assistant on several occasions at Argeș Pitești for head coaches Nicolae Dobrin, Constantin Stancu, Marian Bondrea and Bogdan Vintilă. He also worked at Argeș's Center for Children and Juniors and was a scouter for the same team.
Honours
Argeș Pitești
Divizia A: 1978–79
Dacia Pitești
Divizia C: 1993–94
References
External links
Andrei Speriatu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Andrei Speriatu at National-Football-Teams.com
Andrei Speriatu at WorldFootball.net
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Andrei Speriatu
- FC Argeș Pitești
- Nicolae Dobrin
- Toporu
- Cristian Gheorghe
- List of Romania international footballers
- 1978–79 Divizia A
- 2009–10 FC Steaua București season
- FC Dacia Pitești
- 2007–08 FC Steaua București season
