Alexandru Custov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Fundeni, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 19 March 2008 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Fundeni, Romania | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1969 | Gloria Fundeni | ||
| 1969–1972 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1984 | Dinamo București | 319 | (29) |
| 1984–1986 | Victoria București[a] | 7 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Gloria Buzău | ||
| 1987 | Mecanica Fină București | ||
| Total | 326 | (29) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1982 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 June 2006 | |||
Alexandru Custov (8 May 1954 – 20 March 2008) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.[2][3][4][5]
Club career
[edit]Custov was born on 8 May 1954 in Fundeni, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1968 at local club Gloria.[6] In 1969, he went to Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 4 May 1972 under coach Nicolae Dumitru in a 0–0 draw against Farul Constanța.[6][7] On 26 May 1974, he scored a goal in a 3–1 derby victory against Steaua București.[8] In the 1974–75 season, Custov won his first title with the club, contributing under the guidance of coach Dumitru with 31 appearances and two goals scored.[6][9] He repeated the performance in the 1976–77 season with coach Ion Nunweiller, this time playing 33 matches and scoring two goals.[6][9] In his last three seasons spent with The Red Dogs, Custov won three consecutive Divizia A titles.[6][9] In the first one, coach Valentin Stănescu gave him 31 appearances in which he scored six goals.[6][9] In the following two he worked again with Dumitru and contributed with 28 matches played and two goals scored in each season.[6][9] Custov also won two Cupa României with Dinamo.[6] He played the full 90 minutes under Stănescu in the 3–2 win over FC Baia Mare in the 1982 final and in the 1984 final he scored a goal in the 2–1 victory against rivals Steaua, playing the entire match under Dumitru.[6][10] Custov played a total of 30 games and scored three goals in European competitions for Dinamo.[2][3][6] In the 1981–82 UEFA Cup he scored one goal at the San Siro stadium in a 1–1 draw against Inter Milan, which led to their elimination after a 3–2 victory in the second leg.[2][3][6] He appeared in six games in the 1983–84 European Cup, as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.[2][3][6][11]
In 1984, Custov joined Victoria București in Divizia B, and after one season, they secured promotion to the first league under coach Florin Cheran.[1][2][3][6][12] On 10 May 1986, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 win over ASA Târgu Mureș, totaling 326 matches with 29 goals in the competition.[1][2][3][6] Custov spent the last years of his career playing for Gloria Buzău and Mecanica Fină București in Divizia B.[1][6]
International career
[edit]Custov played two games for Romania, making his debut on 18 July 1982 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 58th minute to replace Ilie Balaci in a 3–1 friendly victory against Japan.[13][14] His second game was 2–0 win over Sweden in the Euro 1984 qualifiers in which he also came as a substitute, replacing Michael Klein in the 85th minute.[13][15]
Death
[edit]On 20 March 2008, Custov died at age 53 in his native Fundeni, after suffering from diabetes and thrombophlebitis.[2][4][5][6]
Honours
[edit]Dinamo București
Victoria București
Notes
[edit]- ↑ The statistics for the 1984–85 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Alexandru Custov at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "S-a dus și Custof" [Custof died too] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nu e caine pana la moarte" [He's not a dog until death] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 12 August 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Adio, Custov!" [Goodbye, Custov!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1 2 "A murit Alexandru Custov" [Alexandru Custov died] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Alexandru Custov at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ↑ "Dinamo București vs Farul Constanța 0-0". Labtof. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1973–74". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
"1973–74 Steaua București vs. Dinamo București 1-3". Labtof. Retrieved 26 September 2025. - 1 2 3 4 5 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024. - ↑ "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semifinal with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ↑ "Memorialul puterii, episodul 2: Victoria București" [The Memorial of Power, episode 2: Victoria Bucharest] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Alexandru Custov". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ↑ "Romania 3-1 Japan". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ↑ "Romania 2-0 Sweden". European Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alexandru Custov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alexandru Custov at WorldFootball.net
- Alexandru Custov at Labtof.ro