{{short description|Romanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Basarab Panduru |image =Basarab Panduru 1994.jpg |caption = Panduru being interviewed by journalists in 1994 | image_size =220px |fullname = Basarab Nică Panduru |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|7|11}} |birth_place = Mârzănești, Romania |height = {{convert|1.73|m|abbr=on}} |position = Attacking midfielder | currentclub = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Automatica Alexandria |youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1987 |youthclubs2 = CSM Reşiţa |years1 = 1987–1990 | clubs1 = CSM Reşiţa | caps1 = 62 | goals1 = 16 |years2 = 1991–1995 | clubs2 = Steaua București | caps2 = 131 | goals2 = 34 |years3 = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = Benfica | caps3 = 49 | goals3 = 7 |years4 = 1996 | clubs4 = → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 |years5 = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = Porto | caps5 = 6 | goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2000 | clubs6 = → Salgueiros (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1 |totalcaps = 262 |totalgoals = 58 |nationalyears1 = 1992–1996 | nationalteam1 = Romania |nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 1 |manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = Poli AEK Timișoara |manageryears2 = 2003–2004 | managerclubs2 = Poli AEK Timișoara |manageryears3 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs3 = Oțelul Galați |manageryears4 = 2005 | managerclubs4 = Vaslui |manageryears5 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs5 = Farul Constanţa |manageryears6 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs6 = Progresul București |manageryears7 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs7 = Steaua București (sporting director) |manageryears8 = 2020 | managerclubs8 = Al-Wasl (assistant) |manageryears9 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs9 = Universitatea Craiova (assistant) }} '''Basarab Nică Panduru''' (born 11 July 1970) is a Romanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently television pundit for Orange Sport.
==Playing career== Born in Mârzănești, Romania, Panduru started his professional career with CSM Reşiţa where he played between 1987 and 1990, before being signed by Steaua București at the beginning of 1991. Panduru's first game with Steaua was in the Romanian Cup, when the Steaua's officials did not take into consideration that just prior leaving CSM Reşiţa, Panduru was set to miss the next game due to yellow cards, therefore Steaua București lost that game after a federal decision.
As soon as he joined Steaua București he became an important part of the team. In 1995, however he left Romania to play for Benfica. The life in the capital of Portugal was not that easy, and he was loaned to Neuchâtel Xamax for half a season, before re-joining Benfica at the start of the 1996–97 season.
In 1998, he was bought by S.L. Benfica's rivals from FC Porto but failed to make an impact. During the summer of 1999, Panduru was close to sign a contract with Brazilian club Internacional Porto Alegre however, the transfer did not materialize.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior.aspx?content_id=7552 | title= Panduru incerto no FC Porto |publisher= Record | language= Portuguese }}</ref><ref>"O Jogo newspaper", "Panduru continua em Portugal à espera de ver resolvido o seu caso. Apesar de ter sido dado como certo no Internacional de Porto Alegre, a transferência para o Brasil não se concretizou" (in Portuguese). Agosto 1999.</ref> Then Panduru signed for SC Salgueiros on loan from Porto, his third team in Portugal but after only half-a-season and long-term injuries Panduru decided to retire and become coach.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fora de Jogo|title=Panduru (Nica Basarab Panduru)|url=https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=197007110001|language=Portuguese|access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref>
==International career== During his career Panduru earned 22 caps for Romania, scoring one goal, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup.
===International stats===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |colspan="3"|Romania |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1992||2||0 |- |1993||3||1 |- |1994||9||0 |- |1995||6||0 |- |1996||2||0 |- !Total||22||1 |}
=== International goals === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%" align=center ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 22 September 1993 || Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania || {{Fb|ISR}} ||align="center"|'''1'''–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly |}
==Managerial career== Panduru's first coaching agreement was the one with Poli AEK Timișoara, signed in 2002. At Timișoara he met his former teammate from Steaua București, Anton Doboş, now the team's co-owner. The couple worked well together for a while, but in 2004 Panduru basically sacked himself when he made a bad remark, by saying: "The defenders are not footballers, they are only the ones who help the footballers". What Panduru did not take into consideration was that Anton Doboş, his boss, played as a defender.
He signed a new contract, this time with Oţelul Galaţi for the second half of the 2004–05 season without a league game, he left the team to sign with FC Vaslui in the summer of 2005, from where he was sacked after only few games. He was then the coach of Farul Constanţa before being sacked by the team owner after poor results.
At the end of October 2007 he signed on to manage second league team Progresul București.
In September 2009, Panduru was announced the new Director of Football of Steaua București, but on 14 May 2010, he resigned from this position, after a mutual agreement with the club's owner George Becali.
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Steaua București * Divizia A: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 * Cupa României: 1991–92 * Supercupa României: 1994
;Benfica * Taça de Portugal runner-up: 1996–97
;Porto * Primeira Divisão: 1998–99 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1999
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ForaDeJogo}} * {{soccerway|basarab-nica-panduru/103825}} * {{NFT player|15235}}
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