12 Facts About Florin Raducioiu

1.

Florin Raducioiu played for Romania at the 1990 FIFA World Cup hosted by Italy, the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, and England's UEFA Euro 1996.

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2.

Florin Raducioiu scored three goals during his spell with the Hammers.

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3.

Florin Raducioiu retired in 2004, after a short stint with modest French side US Creteil-Lusitanos.

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4.

Florin Raducioiu had a short spell as a sports agent and as sporting director at Dinamo Bucharest.

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5.

Florin Raducioiu is one of the three professional football players to have plied his trade in the top five European leagues.

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6.

Florin Raducioiu debuted for Romania in a friendly game against Israel on 25 April 1990, playing for 58 minutes before he was replaced.

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7.

Florin Raducioiu made his FIFA World Cup debut in 1990 against the Soviet Union at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari, aged 20.

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8.

Florin Raducioiu had to wait until the last game of 1990 to score his first goal.

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9.

An even greater success for Florin Raducioiu would come three months later when in Toftir, he managed to score all four of Romania's goals against the Faroe Islands, becoming the first Romanian player to score four goals for the national team in modern times, a record equaled only by Gheorghe Popescu in 1997 against Liechtenstein.

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10.

Florin Raducioiu scored a penalty kick against Belgium in the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup.

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11.

At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Florin Raducioiu scored two goals against Colombia during the qualifying round.

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12.

Florin Raducioiu scored Romania's first penalty attempt after Sweden had missed its first, but Romania was eliminated after missing two attempts out of six.

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