Daniel Prodan

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Daniel Prodan
File:Daniel Prodan 1994.jpg
Prodan with Romania at the 1994 World Cup
Personal information
Full name Daniel Claudiu Prodan
Date of birth (1972-03-23)23 March 1972
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania
Date of death 16 November 2016(2016-11-16) (aged 44)
Place of death Voluntari, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
–1991 Olimpia Satu Mare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Olimpia Satu Mare 43 (3)
1992–1996 Steaua București 121 (10)
1997–1998 Atlético Madrid 34 (4)
1998–2001 Rangers 0 (0)
2000 → Steaua București (loan) 1 (0)
2000 → Rocar București (loan) 15 (3)
2001–2003 Naţional București 12 (0)
2002 → Messina (loan) 5 (1)
Total 231 (21)
International career
1992–1993 Romania U21 10 (0)
1993–2002 Romania 54 (1)
Managerial career
2006 Romania U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back.

In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua București and represented the Romania national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

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Born in Satu Mare, Prodan came to prominence with national giants Steaua București, having signed in late 1992 from his hometown side Olimpia Satu Mare. With the capital club, he won five consecutive Liga I titles, almost always featuring as a starter; his debut in the league came on 8 November in a 3–1 win at Farul Constanța, aged 20.[1]

In January 1997, Prodan moved to Spain with Atlético Madrid.[2] He scored four La Liga goals in only half a season in 1996–97 (17 matches), and appeared in the same number of games in the next.[1] However, it was noted that his disciplinary record was poor, including two red cards.[3]

In the summer of 1998, Prodan joined Rangers (a club against which he had scored a memorable goal for Steaua in the UEFA Champions League in 1995)[4][5] for £2.2 million, but made no first-team appearances in two-and-a-half years in Scotland due to a serious knee injury, which he sustained whilst with the Colchoneros.[6][7] Rangers' doctor, Stewart Hillis, later revealed that no medical had been conducted, and the transfer was rushed to completion on the strength of falsified documents;[8] the Glasgow club threatened to sue Atlético Madrid, but backed down and released the player in January 2001.[9]

During the last five years of his career – Rangers included – Prodan only appeared in 33 matches combined while representing four teams, retiring at the age of 31 with Naţional București.

International career

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Prodan won 54 caps for Romania between 1993 and 2001,[10] and was in the squads for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (playing every minute at the tournament as the team reached the quarter-finals)[11] and UEFA Euro 1996. His only international goal arrived on 12 November 1994, as he contributed with the winner in a 3–2 victory against Slovakia for the latter competition's qualifiers in Bucharest,[12] with the points helping Romania qualify for the finals.[1]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[13]
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania 1993 5 0
1994 17 1
1995 6 0
1996 9 0
1997 7 0
1998 2 0
1999 0 0
2000 3 0
2001 5 0
2002 0 0
Total 54 1

International goals

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Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prodan goal.
List of international goals scored by Dorinel Munteanu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 1994 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying

Personal life

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Prodan's younger brother, Ciprian, was also a footballer.[14] On 16 November 2016, Prodan died of a heart attack at the age of 44.[15][16][4] The stadium from Satu Mare known as Stadionul Olimpia was renamed in February 2017 as the Stadionul Daniel Prodan in his honor.[17]

Honours

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Club

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Steaua București

Rangers

Rocar București

Național București

References

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  1. ^ a b c Daniel Prodan şi "golul de aur". Are în palmares cinci titluri şi o Cupă a României cu Steaua (Daniel Prodan and the "golden goal". He also won five titles and one Romanian Cup with Steaua); Adevărul, 10 June 2013 (in Romanian)
  2. ^ El rumano Prodan confirma su fichaje (Romanian Prodan confirms his signing); El País, 23 December 1996 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b Stephen Halliday: The tragic death of Daniel Prodan, the Scotsman, 18 November 2016
  5. ^ Gol Prodan, in Steaua-Glasgow Rangers 1-0 (1995)
  6. ^ Prodan pleads for Ibrox debut; BBC Sport, 13 December 2000
  7. ^ Rangers release Prodan; BBC Sport, 1 February 2001
  8. ^ Scotland doctor Professor Stewart Hillis has spent 40 years in the game, but knows he will always be remembered for Daniel Prodan's transfer Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Herald Scotland, 23 July 2010
  9. ^ The longest wait for a new signing's debut; The Guardian, 17 August 2005
  10. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  11. ^ Daniel Prodan – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Romania 3–2 Slovakia; UEFA, 12 November 1994
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  14. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • Daniel Prodan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Daniel Prodan at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • Daniel Prodan at EU-Football.info
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