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Daniel Pancu
Pancu in 2011
Personal information
Full name Daniel Gabriel Pancu
Date of birth (1977-08-17) 17 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Iași, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Romania U21 (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1994 Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Politehnica Iași 55 (4)
1997–1999 Rapid București 77 (23)
1999–2000 Cesena 36 (3)
2000–2002 Rapid București 45 (28)
2002–2006 Beşiktaş 80 (16)
2006Rapid București (loan) 13 (2)
2006–2007 Bursaspor 32 (3)
2008 Rapid București 8 (2)
2008–2009 Terek Grozny 33 (10)
2010 CSKA Sofia 7 (2)
2010 Vaslui 5 (0)
2011–2015 Rapid București 96 (21)
2015–2016 Voluntari 24 (5)
2017–2018 Rapid București 23 (18)
Total 534 (137)
International career
1994 Romania U16 4 (0)
1995 Romania U18 2 (0)
1996–1997 Romania U21 8 (2)
2001–2005 Romania 27 (9)
Managerial career
2017 Voluntari (assistant)
2017–2018 Rapid București (technical director)
2018–2020 Rapid București
2020 Rapid București (president)
2020–2021 Politehnica Iași
2022 Voluntari (academy director)
2022–2023 Romania U20
2023– Romania U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Gabriel Pancu (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel gabriˈel– ˈpaŋku]; born 17 August 1977) is a Romanian football coach and a former player who played mainly as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Currently he is the head coach of the Romania national under-21 team.

Club career

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Pancu began his playing career at Politehnica Iași. He made his debut in Divizia A in 1995. In the winter of 1996 he was transferred to Rapid București for the sum of US$200,000. This was, at that time, the highest fee ever paid for a Iași player. After two and a half seasons, he moved to A.C. Cesena, in the Italian Serie B, for US$1,200,000. After a year, Cesena was relegated from the Serie B and Pancu returned to Rapid for US$800,000, where he stayed for two seasons. During this tenure he gained the nickname "the Giulești Ronaldo".

In 2002, he was bought by Beşiktaş, at the request of the manager who discovered him, Mircea Lucescu, for a fee of US$2,250,000.[1] It was at Beşiktaş that Lucescu turned Pancu from striker into central midfielder with impressive results. In the winter of 2005/2006, he returned to Rapid on loan with the possibility of becoming a permanent transfer in the summer. He was then bought by Bursaspor, but returned to Rapid again in the spring of 2008, scoring on his first appearance. In July 2008 he moved to FC Terek Grozny and left the club on 30 November 2009.[2]

On 11 December 2009, it was announced in the Bulgarian media that CSKA Sofia had an interest in signing the midfielder. On 12 January 2010, CSKA signed Pancu on a one-a-half-year deal.[3] Pancu made his official debut for CSKA Sofia in the 3–2 win against Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Sofia, again scoring on his debut.

After a short spell in Bulgaria at CSKA Sofia, Pancu returned to Romanian football later in 2010 to play for FC Vaslui, but had a difficult time breaking into the first eleven with strong competition from Wesley and Mike Temwanjera. During the summer transfer window of 2011 he re-signed yet again for Rapid București.

Curiosity

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On the 28th gameweek of the 2004/05 Süper Lig season, during a derby match against Fenerbahçe, with the score at 2–3, Pancu replaced Óscar Córdoba, after the goalkeeper received a red card and Beşiktaş had already used all their substitutes. After conceding a penalty, Pancu kept Fenerbahçe at bay until Koray scored the fourth goal for Beşiktaş in the fifth minute of added time. Beşiktaş thus sealed a sensational away win over their rivals at Kadiköy Stadium. Pancu was given the nickname "Kadıköy Panteri" (the panther of Kadıköy) and dressed in a regular goalkeeper's jersey with the number "1" the following season.[4][5][6] He later stated that he felt uncomfortable being labelled as a goalkeeper, as his native playing position was a forward.[7]

Managerial career

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On 2 October 2018, Daniel Pancu was appointed as Rapid’s new manager. He obtained the promotion from Liga 3 to Liga 2 after losing only 1 game. In 2020, he was named President of Rapid București.[8]

Career statistics

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International stats

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania 2001 3 0
2002 6 2
2003 9 2
2004 5 4
2005 4 1
Total 27 9
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pancu goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Daniel Pancu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2002 Stadionul Gheorghe Hagi, Constanța, Romania  Ukraine 2–0 4–1 Friendly
2 3–0
3 6 September 2003 Stadionul Astra, Ploiești, Romania  Luxembourg 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4 10 September 2003 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–1 2–2 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
5 31 March 2004 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 2–0 2–1 Friendly
6 4 September 2004 Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova, Romania  Macedonia 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 8 September 2004 Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 2–0 5–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 5–1
9 9 February 2005 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Slovakia 1–1 2–2 Friendly

Honours

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Club

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Player

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Rapid București

Beşiktaş

Coach

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Rapid București

References

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  1. ^ "DANIEL GABRIEL PANCU". TFF. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  2. ^ ""Терек" расстался с шестью легионерами". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Панку официално е играч на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ ""Kadıköy Panteri" UEFA'da". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ^ "ÖZEL | 'Kadıköy Panteri' Pancu: Gerçek bir kaleci gibi kurtarışlar yapmıştım | Goal.com Türkçe". Goal (in Turkish). 3 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  6. ^ Er, İsmail (26 July 2005). "Pancu 1 numara". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. ^ ""Kadıköy panteri" Pancu'nun, 10 dakika rahatsızlığı!". NTV Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ^ Constanttin Schumacher a fost inlocuit de Daniel Pancu. fcrapid.ro (in Romanian)
  9. ^ a b "Daniel Pancu". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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