1951 - 2013
Costică Ștefănescu (26 March 1951 – 20 August 2013) was a Romanian football player and coach who last managed Qatari side Al Shamal. He spent the majority of his career at FC Universitatea Craiova, where he made a club-record 378 appearances. He is also the second all-time appearance leader in Liga I, having played in 490 matches. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Costică Ștefănescu has received more than 55,406 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Costică Ștefănescu is the 3,785th most popular soccer player (up from 4,065th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from Romania (down from 381st in 2019) and the 58th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Costică Ștefănescu ranks 3,785 out of 16,880. Before him are Heinz Hornig, Kostas Manolas, Nikola Žigić, Michael Bella, Bruno Pesaola, and Ádám Szalai. After him are Lukáš Hrádecký, Yutaka Ikeuchi, Ivano Blason, René Fernández, Gerry Hitchens, and Max Lorenz.
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 3,779
1991 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3,780
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3,781
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3,782
1925 - 2015
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3,783
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 3,784
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 3,785
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 3,786
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 3,787
1923 - 2002
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 3,788
1906 - 1956
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 3,789
1934 - 1983
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 3,790
1939 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 3,791
Among people born in 1951, Costică Ștefănescu ranks 442. Before him are Alphonso Johnson, Bronisław Malinowski, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Angela Voigt, Aleksey Spiridonov, and Gary Rossington. After him are Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Nedim Gürsel, Roger Pontare, Doug Collins, Gyula Sax, and Vladimir Romashkin. Among people deceased in 2013, Costică Ștefănescu ranks 380. Before him are Gene Mako, Regina Resnik, Gerino Gerini, Valérie Benguigui, Angela Voigt, and Janet Rowley. After him are Annette Funicello, Allan Arbus, Eero Kolehmainen, Jacques Grimonpon, Kenneth Appel, and Marek Špilár.
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 436
1951 - 1981
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 437
1951 - 2016
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 438
1951 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 439
1951 - 1998
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 440
1951 - 2023
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 441
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 442
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 443
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 444
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 445
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 446
1951 - 2014
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 447
1951 - 2002
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 448
1916 - 2013
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 374
1922 - 2013
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 375
1928 - 2013
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 376
1961 - 2013
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 377
1951 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 378
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 379
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 380
1942 - 2013
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 381
1918 - 2013
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 382
1918 - 2013
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 383
1925 - 2013
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 384
1932 - 2013
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 385
1975 - 2013
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 386
Among people born in Romania, Costică Ștefănescu ranks 417 out of 665. Before him are Laura Codruța Kövesi (1973), Silviu Lung (1956), Mircea Rednic (1962), Ștefan Golescu (1809), Bogdan Lobonț (1978), and Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880). After him are Liviu Dragnea (1962), Cristi Puiu (1967), Valeria Bufanu (1946), Alexandru Neagu (1948), Leon Rotman (1934), and Daniela Silivaș (1972).
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 411
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 412
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 413
1809 - 1874
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 414
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 415
1880 - 1966
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 416
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 417
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 418
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 419
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 420
1948 - 2010
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 421
1934 - Present
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 422
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 423
Among soccer players born in Romania, Costică Ștefănescu ranks 58. Before him are Adrian Ilie (1974), Ilie Subășeanu (1906), Cornel Dinu (1948), Michael Klein (1959), Silviu Lung (1956), and Bogdan Lobonț (1978). After him are Alexandru Neagu (1948), Gabriel Popescu (1973), Dorin Mateuț (1965), Pavel Badea (1967), Alexandru Cuedan (1910), and Mirel Rădoi (1981).
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 52
1906 - 1980
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 53
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 54
1959 - 1993
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 55
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 56
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 57
1951 - 2013
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 58
1948 - 2010
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 59
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 60
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 61
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 62
1910 - 1976
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 63
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 64