Paul Marcu

{{short description|Romanian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Paul Marcu |image = Paul Marcu1963 (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|6|02|df=y}}<ref name=stiri/> |birth_place = Bucharest, Romania<ref name=stiri/> |death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|3|26|1939|6|02|df=y}}<ref name=stiri/> |death_place = |height = 1.80m<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/jucatori/pavel-marcu/ | title=Paul Marcu profile| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}</ref> |position = Forward / Right defender<ref name=stiri/> |youthyears1 = 1953–1955 |youthclubs1 = Progresul Bistrița |years1 = 1955–1958 |clubs1 = Progresul Bistrița |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1958–1967 |clubs2 = Universitatea Cluj |caps2 = 212 |goals2 = 48 |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1961 |nationalteam1 = Romania B<ref name=v>{{cite news|url=https://dev.11v11.com/players/paul-marcu-167747/|title=Paul Marcu profile|publisher=11v11|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 1961–1962 |nationalteam2 = Romania U23<ref name=v/> |nationalcaps2 = 2 |nationalgoals2 = 1 |nationalyears3 = 1966 |nationalteam3 = Romania |nationalcaps3 = 1 |nationalgoals3 = 0 }} '''Paul Marcu''' (also known as '''Pavel Marcu'''; 2 June 1939 – 26 March 2004) was a Romanian international footballer who played as a right defender.<ref name=stiri>{{cite web | url=http://www.stiridesport.ro/categorii/sport-si-societate/paul-marcu-u-cluj-foto-chimist-poveste.html | title="U" Cluj: o idee, o poveste. Marele Paul Marcu, chimistul care a găsit combinaţia perfectă între studiu şi fotbal| publisher=Stiridesport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title="U" Cluj: an idea, a story. The great Paul Marcu, the chemist who found the perfect combination between study and football| date=26 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330011909/http://www.stiridesport.ro/categorii/sport-si-societate/paul-marcu-u-cluj-foto-chimist-poveste.html| access-date=11 April 2021| archive-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>

==International career== He played one game for Romania in 1966 when coach Ilie Oană used him as a starter in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against Portugal played on Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12990|title=Paul Marcu|publisher=European Football|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13739|title=Portugal - Romania 1:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{NFT|37696}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Universitatea Cluj''' *Cupa României: 1964–65<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1964_1965.shtml|title=Romanian Cup - Season 1964 - 1965|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{WorldFootball|paul-marcu|Profile 1}} *{{WorldFootball|pavel-marcu|Profile 2}} *[http://www.labtof.ro/profil/paul-marcu-3140/ Paul Marcu] at Labtof.ro

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcu, Paul}} Category:1939 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Romania men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:ACF Gloria Bistrița players Category:FC Universitatea Cluj players Category:Liga I players Category:Liga III players Category:Footballers from Bucharest Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen