Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian football manager and former player. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time, having won eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He captained the Romania national football team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 2015, he became the fifth man to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches.
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Mircea Lucescu (born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian football manager and former player. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time, having won eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. He also won Romanian league championships with Dinamo București and Rapid Bucureşti, and Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş. He captained the Romania national football team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In 2015, he became the fifth man to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches, joining Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho. He was named Romania Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010, 2012 and 2014, and Ukraine coach of the year in 2006 and 2008–2014. He has coached in Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, and is best known for his 12-year spell in charge of FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
He won the UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid in 2000, and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League during the 2000–01 season. He led the Romanian national team to their first appearance at UEFA European Championship finals, in 2004. He previously coached several clubs such as Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana and Inter Milan, before taking charge of Turkish club Galatasaray in 2002. In May 2004, he joined Ukrainian side Shaktar Donetsk and led their rise to prominence in Ukraine the following years. In his first full season with the club, he secured the 2004–05 Premier League title. The following season, he failed to win any trophies the following year, though he made up for it in the 2007–08 season. The 2010–11 season saw him guide Shakhtar to a treble, winning the domestic Premier League, Super Cup and UEFA Europa League.
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