# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mircea-lucescu
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:57:09.135Z

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name: "Mircea Lucescu"
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description: "The third-most decorated manager in football history, with 38 trophies across five decades and six countries. His twelve years at Shakhtar Donetsk rewrote Ukrainian football — eight league titles, a UEFA Cup, and a legacy that made crossing to rival Dynamo Kyiv late in his career both audacious and inevitable."
tagline: "Romanian football player and manager (1945–2026)"
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birthDate: "1945-07-29"
deathDate: "2026-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Lucescu won seven Romanian league titles as a midfielder with Dinamo București between 1964 and 1990, captaining Romania at the 1970 World Cup along the way. He started coaching in 1979 while still playing, then spent five decades moving through Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, and Russia. The Shakhtar Donetsk years from the late 2000s defined him: eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six cups, and the 2008–09 UEFA Cup made him the club's most successful manager ever. He later won silverware with Shakhtar's bitter rival Dynamo Kyiv, added Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, and became only the fifth coach to reach 100 Champions League matches. He died in April 2026 at 80, shortly after his second stint leading Romania.