Florin Răducioiu

Florin Răducioiu, nicknamed Minunea blondă ("The Blonde Wonder") was born on 17 March 1970 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1978 at local club, Dinamo where he worked with Iosif Varga.[2][3][4][5][7][9] In the 85th minute of the second leg from the semi-final with Anderlecht, Răducioiu received a red card after fighting with an opponent and quarreled with the referee, Lucescu giving him a slap for that, however he appreciated the coach, praising him years later after he ended his career:"He was my mentor, teacher, everything![2][14] Years later after ending his career, Răducioiu claimed that his poor performances during this period were influenced by the love relationship he had with fashion model Eugenia "Janine" Ștefan:"I had a nightmare season at Verona, 1991–92.[2][20][21] His first game played for the club was in the 1993 Supercoppa Italiana when coach Fabio Capello sent him on the field at half-time in order to replace Marco Simone who was the only scorer in the victory against Torino.[26] In 1994, he went in Spain to play for Espanyol who paid Milan 2.4 million€ for his transfer, making his Primera División debut under coach José Antonio Camacho on 4 September, opening the score in a 4–2 home win over Real Oviedo.[2][30][31] Most famously, he scored a goal in a 2–2 with Manchester United after being criticized by Redknapp for going shopping with his wife at Harvey Nichols on a previous match day, a claim Răducioiu denied.[30][31][33] Having fallen out with manager Redknapp at the East London club, he was transferred back to Espanyol after his short underachieving spell, having scored just two goals in the Premier League.[2][34] In the summer of 1997 he went to play for VfB Stuttgart, making his Bundesliga debut on 23 August when coach Joachim Löw sent him on the field at half-time to replace Jonathan Akpoborie in a 3–1 away win against MSV Duisburg in which he closed the score.[2][37] In early 2001, Răducioiu went to play for AS Monaco, making his Ligue 1 debut on 13 January against Sedan when coach Claude Puel sent him on the field in the 66th minute in order to replace the only goalscorer of the game Shabani Nonda.[42][43] Răducioiu was taken by Jenei to be part of the 1990 World Cup squad where he made his debut in the 2–1 victory against the Soviet Union at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari, aged 20.[42][52] At the final tournament, coach Iordănescu used him in all the games as Romania lost all three group stage matches, Răducioiu netting the nation's only goal after a pass from Ovidiu Stîngă in the 2–1 loss with Spain.