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This page contains a list of the greatest Romanians Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 24,321 Soccer Players, 228 of which were born in Romania. This makes Romania the birth place of the 23rd most number of Soccer Players behind Austria and Poland.
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Romanian Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Romanian Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Romanian Soccer Players.
1945 - 2026
Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. He is the head coach of the Ukraine national football team. Lucescu is famous for his coaching career, which has spanned over 30 years.
b. 1965
Gheorghe Hagi is most famous for being a Romanian football player who played for Steaua București, Real Madrid, Galatasaray, and the Romanian national team.
1920 - 1995
Ștefan Kovács is most famous for his work in the field of fluid dynamics, specifically in the study of turbulence. He is also well known for his contributions to the theory of dynamical systems and, in particular, for his work on bifurcation theory.
b. 1950
Romanian footballer and manager (born 1950)
b. 1953
Romanian footballer and coach
1909 - 1937
Romanian footballer (1909-1937)
1937 - 2025
Romanian former footballer and coach
b. 1950
Romanian footballer
1911 - 1977
Romanian footballer (1911–1977)
1959 - 2024
Romanian footballer
Browse notable Romanians Soccer Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.
