Gheorghe Hagi

Gheorghe Hagi (born 5 February 1965) is a former Romanian football player. He has played for the Romanian national team.

Gheorghe Hagi

Hagi in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Hagi[1]
Date of birth	(1965-02-05) 5 February 1965 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth	Săcele, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Farul Constanța (manager)
Youth career
1975–1980	FC Constanța
1980–1981	Luceafărul București
1981–1982	FC Constanța
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	FC Constanța	18	(7)
1983–1987	Sportul Studențesc	108	(58)
1987–1990	Steaua București	97	(76)
1990–1992	Real Madrid	64	(16)
1992–1994	Brescia	61	(14)
1994–1996	Barcelona	36	(7)
1996–2001	Galatasaray	132	(59)
Total		516	(237)
International career
1983–2000	Romania	124[a]	(35)
Managerial career
2001	Romania
2003	Bursaspor
2004–2005	Galatasaray
2005–2006	Politehnica Timișoara
2007	FC Steaua București
2010–2011	Galatasaray
2014–2020	Viitorul Constanța
2021–	Farul Constanța
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental[b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Constanța	1982–83	Divizia A	18	7			–		–		18	7
Sportul Studențesc	1983–84	Divizia A	31	2			2	0	–		33	2
	1984–85		30	20			2	0	–		32	20
	1985–86		31	31			2	3	–		33	34
	1986–87		16	5			4	1	–		20	6
	Total		108	58			10	4	0	0	118	62
Steaua București	1986–87	Divizia A	14	10			1	1	–		15	11
	1987–88		31	25			8	4	–		39	29
	1988–89		30	31			9	6	–		39	37
	1989–90		22	10			3	1	–		25	11
	Total		97	76			21	12	0	0	118	88
Real Madrid	1990–91	La Liga	29	4	0	0	4	0	1[c]	0	34	4
	1991–92		35	12	5	1	10	3	–		50	16
	Total		64	16	5	1	14	3	1	0	84	20
Brescia	1992–93	Serie A	31	5	2	1	–		–		33	6
	1993–94	Serie B	30	9	2	1	–		–		32	10
	Total		61	14	4	2	—		—		65	16
Barcelona	1994–95	La Liga	17	4	2	1	2	0	2[c]	0	23	5
	1995–96		19	3	4	0	5	3	–		28	6
	Total		36	7	6	1	7	3	2	0	51	11
Galatasaray	1996–97	1.Lig	30	14	1	0	3	1	2[d]	0	36	17
	1997–98		30	8	6	0	6	1	0	0	42	8
	1998–99		28	14	4	1	8	3	–		40	18
	1999–2000		19	12	3	1	15	4	–		37	17
	2000–01		25	11	1	0	11	2	–		37	13
	Total		132	59	15	2	43	10	2	0	192	73
Career total			516	237	30	6	95	33	5	0	646	276

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2][8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	1983	5	0
	1984	9	1
	1985	10	4
	1986	8	3
	1987	8	2
	1988	4	2
	1989	8	0
	1990	11	2
	1991	6	2
	1992	5	4
	1993	5	1
	1994	11	5
	1995	3	1
	1996	8	1
	1997	6	4
	1998	7	1
	1999	4	2
	2000	6	0
Total		124[a]	35

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hagi goal.

List of international goals scored by Gheorghe Hagi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 September 1984	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–1	2–3	FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifying
2	30 January 1985	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	3–2	3–2	Friendly
3	3 April 1985	Stadionul Central, Craiova, Romania	Turkey	1–0	3–0	FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifying
4	6 June 1985	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1–0	1–1	FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifying
5	28 August 1985	Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara, Romania	Finland	1–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 1986 Qualifying
6	23 April 1986	Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara, Romania	Soviet Union	1–0	2–1	Friendly
7	20 August 1986	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–0	2–2	Friendly
8	10 September 1986	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Austria	4–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying
9	11 March 1987	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece	Greece	1–1	1–1	Friendly
10	25 March 1987	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Albania	3–1	5–1	UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying
11	20 September 1988	Stadionul 1 Mai, Constanța, Romania	Albania	2–0	3–0	Friendly
12	2 November 1988	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Greece	2–0	3–0	FIFA World Cup 1990 Qualifying
13	3 August 1990	Stadion Allmend, Lucerne, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	1–2	Friendly
14	25 April 1990	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	Israel	2–0	4–1	Friendly
15	27 March 1991	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying
16	16 October 1991	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Scotland	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying
17	6 May 1992	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Faroe Islands	2–0	7–0	FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
18	20 May 1992	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Wales	1–0	5–1	FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
19	20 May 1992	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Wales	5–0	5–1	FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
20	29 November 1992	Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	3–1	4–1	FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
21	17 November 1993	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	1–0	2–1	FIFA World Cup 1994 Qualifying
22	14 June 1994	Trabuco Hills Stadium, Mission Viejo, United States	Sweden	1–1	1–1	Friendly
23	18 June 1994	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	Colombia	2–0	3–1	World Cup 1994 Group A
24	22 June 1994	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States	Switzerland	1–1	1–4	World Cup 1994 Group A
25	3 July 1994	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	Argentina	3–1	3–2	World Cup 1994 Round of 16
26	12 November 1994	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Slovakia	2–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
27	15 October 1995	Všešportový areál, Košice, Slovakia	Slovakia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
28	9 October 1996	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	2–0	4–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
29	29 March 1997	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Liechtenstein	4–0	8–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
30	10 September 1997	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Iceland	1–0	4–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
31	10 September 1997	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Iceland	4–0	4–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
32	11 October 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–1	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
33	3 June 1998	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Paraguay	3–2	3–2	Friendly
34	4 September 1999	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–1	5–1	UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying
35	8 September 1999	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Portugal	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying

Managerial statistics

As of 11 November 2023

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Romania	1 September 2001	27 November 2001	4	1	2	1	025.00
Bursaspor	1 July 2003	15 November 2003	12	2	4	6	016.67
Galatasaray	22 March 2004	28 May 2005	48	34	5	9	070.83
Politehnica Timișoara	7 November 2005	21 May 2006	17	5	4	8	029.41
Steaua București	1 July 2007	20 September 2007	11	6	3	2	054.55
Galatasaray	21 October 2010	24 March 2011	24	8	6	10	033.33
Viitorul Constanța	15 September 2014	1 August 2020	306	153	63	90	050.00
Farul Constanța	21 June 2021	Present	111	55	23	33	049.55
Total			533	264	110	159	049.53

Honours

Player Steaua București[9] Divizia A: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 Cupa României: 1986–87, 1988–89 European Super Cup: 1986 Intercontinental Cup runners-up: 1986 European Cup runners-up: 1988–89 Real Madrid Supercopa de España: 1990[10] Brescia[11] Anglo-Italian Cup: 1993–94 Barcelona Supercopa de España: 1994[12] Galatasaray[9] 1.Lig: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 Turkish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000 Turkish Super Cup: 1996, 1997 UEFA Cup: 1999–2000 UEFA Super Cup: 2000

Manager Galatasaray Turkish Cup: 2004–05 Viitorul Constanța Liga I: 2016–17 Cupa României: 2018–19 Supercupa României: 2019 Farul Constanta Liga I: 2022–23 Supercupa României runner-up: 2023 Individual Divizia A top scorer: 1985, 1986[13] European Cup top scorer: 1987–88[14] Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1985, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000[15] FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1994[16][17] Ballon d'Or: 4th place 1994[18] FIFA XI: 1998[19] Turkish Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1999, 2000 World Soccer Magazine's 100 Greatest Players of the 20th century: 1999 (#25)[20] UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Romanian Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003[21] FIFA 100: 2004[22] Golden Foot Legends Award: 2015[23] Romania Coach of the Year: 2015, 2017[24] Liga I Manager of the Season: 2022–23[25]

Notes

1. 125 appearances according to some sources, although, as of 2007, the FRF no longer recognises Romania's unofficial 3–1 friendly away win against the Ecuador U23 side on 22 January 1984^[2]
2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup (1986, 2000)
3. Appearance(s) in Supercopa
4. Appearances in Presidential Cup