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Petre Libardi (27 August 1942 – 14 August 2005) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.




Club career


Petre Libardi was born on 27 August 1942 in Câmpulung-Muscel and started playing football at Minerul Câmpulung. He went for a short period at Dinamo Pitești but then returned at Minerul Câmpulung.
In 1963 he went to play at Jiul Petroșani in Divizia B, helping it promote to Divizia A three years later, making his debut in the competition on 21 August 1966 in a 7–0 victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov. His first performance with The Miners was reaching the 1972 Cupa României final where coach Eugen Iordache used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Rapid București. Libardi eventually won the competition two years later after a 4–2 victory against Politehnica Timișoara from the 1974 final in which coach Traian Ivănescu used him the whole match, helping Jiul win the first trophy in the club's history. Afterwards he played in both legs against Dundee United from the first round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup which was lost with 3–2 on aggregate. In May 1975, during a Jiul – Politehnica Iași home game, the wooden stand of the stadium started to burn due to a cigarette thrown into the blanket of seed husks, so Libardi together with teammates Gogu Tonca and Andrei Stocker jumped in to help the firefighters extinguish the fire. Libardi was Jiul's captain ten years from 1965 until 1975, a period in which he appeared in 238 Divizia A games and scored 38 goals, his last appearance in the competition taking place on 29 June 1975 in a 2–1 away loss in front of Universitatea Cluj.




International career


Petre Libardi played two games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–1 friendly against Uruguay, which took place in Montevideo on Estadio Gran Parque Central. His second game was also a friendly which ended 0–0 with Poland.




Managerial career


After he retired, Libardi worked as a manager, firstly in the Romanian lower leagues at clubs like Victoria Călan, Minerul Lupeni and Paroșeni Vulcan. His most notable performances were having two spells in Divizia A at Jiul Petroșani, one in the early 1980s and the other in 1990. He also served as Jiul's president.




Personal life and death


In 2001 Libardi was awarded the Honorary Citizen of Petroșani title. Petre Libardi died on 14 August 2005 at age 62. In 2019, at 100 years since Jiul Petroșani was founded, the authorities decided to change the name of the local stadium from Jiul to "Petre Libardi" in his honor.




Honours


Jiul Petroșani

Divizia B: 1965–66
Cupa României: 1973–74, runner-up 1971–72




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References






External links


Petre Libardi at National-Football-Teams.com
Petre Libardi at WorldFootball.net
Petre Libardi player profile at Labtof.ro
Petre Libardi manager profile at Labtof.ro

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