Constantin Teașcă
Romanian football manager (1922–1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Romanian football manager (1922–1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Constantin Teașcă also known as Titi Teașcă (25 September 1922 – 30 July 1996) was a Romanian football player and manager.
 Teașcă în the 1980s | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 September 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Giurgiu, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 30 July 1996 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1932–1940 | Acvila Giurgiu | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1940–1946 | Acvila Giurgiu | ||
| 1946–1950 | Concordia Ploiești | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1955–1956 | Romania U18 | ||
| 1956–1957 | Dinamo București (youth) | ||
| 1958–1960 | Dinamo Bacău | ||
| 1960–1961 | Dinamo Obor București | ||
| 1961–1962 | Dinamo București | ||
| 1962 | Romania | ||
| 1963–1965 | CSMS Iași | ||
| 1965–1966 | Dinamo Bacău | ||
| 1967 | Romania | ||
| 1968 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 1969–1970 | Argeș Pitești | ||
| 1970–1971 | Fenerbahçe | ||
| 1971–1973 | FC Galați | ||
| 1974–1975 | Steaua București | ||
| 1975–1976 | Șoimii Sibiu | ||
| 1976–1977 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1977–1979 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | ||
| 1979–1981 | FCM Galați | ||
| 1982–1984 | Victoria București | ||
| 1985 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| 1986 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1986–1987 | Montana Sinaia | ||
| Drobeta-Turnu Severin | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nicknamed "Little Napoleon", Teașcă was known for his controversial training methods for which he would get in conflicts with the players.[1][2][3] He was the manager of Romania on two occasions, first in 1962 and then in 1967.[1][2][3] He had one experience outside Romania when he managed Turkish side Fenerbahçe from 1970 to 1971.[1][2][3][4] Teașcă has a total of 323 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 120 victories, 64 draws and 139 losses.[2][5]
Constantin Teașcă was born on 25 September 1922 in Giurgiu, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1932 at local club, Acvila.[1][2][3] In 1940 he started to play for Acvila's senior team, being a midfielder, then in 1946 he went to play for Concordia Ploiești.[1][2][3] In 1950 he decided to end his playing career at age 28, the highest level he played being the Romanian second league.[1][2][3]
Constantin Teașcă started coaching in 1955 at Romania's under-18 national team, managing to win its group at both of the 1955 and 1956 European Championships.[1][2][3][6]
He started coaching seniors in 1958 at Dinamo Bacău, managing to finish in his first season with the club on the fifth place, earning a victory against eventual champions Petrolul Ploiești and two victories over Steaua București.[2][3] In 1960 he took charge of Divizia B team, Dinamo Obor București with whom he reached the Cupa României final of that year which was lost with 2–0 in front of Progresul București.[1][2][3][7] Afterwards he continued to work with juniors for a while at Dinamo București.[1][2][3] In the middle of the 1961–62 season he replaced Traian Ionescu at Dinamo București, but only for four rounds as he got replaced by Nicolae Dumitru, the team managing to win the championship at the end of the season.[1][2][3][8]
In 1962, Teașcă had his first spell at Romania's national team, his first game being a 4–0 home victory in a friendly with Morocco, a match in which he debuted eight young players: Gheorghe Dungu, Vasile Sfetcu, Emil Petru, Constantin Koszka, Zoltán Ivansuc, Marin Voinea, Vasile Gergely and Iosif Lazăr.[1][2][3][9][10] His following two games were a 3–2 loss with East Germany in a friendly and a 6–0 defeat in front of Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.[2][9] His next coaching experience started in 1963 at CSMS Iași where he spent two years, then he went back for one season in the second league at Dinamo Bacău where before leaving the club he advised player Constantin Rădulescu to become head coach of the team who managed to promote it to the first league.[1][2][3][11] In 1967 he had his second spell at Romania's national team but only for one game which was a goalless draw in a friendly with Poland.[1][2][3][9]
In 1968 he went to play for Universitatea Cluj, moving afterwards at Argeș Pitești, then in the 1970–71 season he had his only experience outside Romania at Turkish side, Fenerbahçe where one of his players was fellow Romanian Ilie Datcu, finishing the season on the second place.[1][2][3] In the following years, Teașcă worked at FC Galați, Steaua București, Șoimii Sibiu and Universitatea Craiova, at the latter he debuted many young players like Nicolae Tilihoi, Aurel Țicleanu, Mircea Irimescu, Ion Geolgău and Sorin Cârțu, also managing to win the 1976–77 Cupa României but he left the team before the final as he had conflicts with many players.[1][2][3][12]
In the last years of his career he worked at several clubs, including from the Romanian lower leagues like Steagul Roșu Brașov, FCM Galați, Victoria București, Bihor Oradea, Universitatea Craiova, Montana Sinaia and Drobeta-Turnu Severin, having a total of 323 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 120 victories, 64 draws and 139 losses.[1][2][3][5]
Constantin Teașcă was known for trying to implement ideas derived from professional football as demanding quality training grounds in order to protect the playing surface on which the official games were played, also he tried to control the menu of the players, excluding harmful foods and drinks and he cared what his players would do outside of training.[1][2][3] However he was also known for his controversial training methods like making players run by carrying bags on their back with 80 kilograms for which he would get in conflicts with them.[1][2][3]
"U" Craiova player, Ilie Balaci said about him:"In theory, Teașcă wasn't a bad coach. But he had an incredible style of confounding people. Plus he was using some Stalinist training methods. He made us run for hours with 70–80 kilo bags on our backs. Well, the sack was heavier than Geolgău! How can you make fun of some kids like this?! Teașcă was big only because of the journalists".[2] Another Craiova player, Nicolae Tilihoi said:"For Teașcă, the players were a kind of slaves. When we won, he said it was his merit. When we lost, it was our fault, that we sold him! He had a great deal with prime secretaries, with influential journalists, that's why he had such a good image".[2] Argeș Pitești star, Nicolae Dobrin's conclusion about Teașcă was:"Poor Titi, everywhere he went he made stadiums, fields, only teams he couldn't make".[1][2][3]
Constantin Teașcă was also an avid reader and a writer, with witty remarks that made him a celebrity, having written a total of five volumes:[1][2][3]
Constantin Teașcă was known for criticizing his players lack of professionalism, especially in his books:[1][2][3]
Constantin Teașcă died on 30 July 1996 in Bucharest at age 73.[1][2][3]
Dinamo Obor București
Dinamo București
Fenerbahçe
Universitatea Craiova
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