Marius Lăcătuș

Marius Lăcătuș
Lăcătuș in 2010
Personal information
Full name Marius Mihai Lăcătuș
Date of birth (1964-04-05) 5 April 1964
Place of birth Brașov, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Youth career
1977–1980 FCM Brașov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 FCM Brașov 48 (5)
1983–1990 Steaua București 200 (59)
1990–1991 Fiorentina 21 (3)
1991–1993 Oviedo 51 (7)
1993–1999 Steaua București 157 (39)
2000 Național București 12 (0)
Total 489 (113)
International career
1982–1983 Romania U21 6 (1)
1984 Romania Olympic 3 (0)
1984–1998 Romania 83 (13)
Managerial career
1997–2000 Steaua București (player/assistant)
2000 Naţional București (player/assistant)
2000 Naţional București
2001 Panama (assistant)
2002 Oțelul Galați
2002–2003 FC Brașov
2004 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
2005 Inter Gaz București
2006–2007 UTA Arad
2007–2008 Steaua București
2008–2009 Steaua București
2009–2010 Vaslui
2010–2011 Steaua București
2012 FCM Târgu Mureș
2013–2014 CSMS Iași
2017–2018 CSA Steaua București (sporting director)
2018–2019 CSA Steaua București
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marius Mihai Lăcătuș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmari.us miˈhaj ləkəˈtuʃ]; born 5 April 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

He is the most successful footballer of Steaua București and was part of their European Cup victory in 1986. Lăcătuș is the all-time top scorer for Steaua with 16 goals in European competitions.

He played as a deep lying striker or inside forward for Steaua București most of his career, being the team's captain between 1994 and 1999. He also played for Italian side Fiorentina and Real Oviedo in Spain.

Lăcătuș is the most decorated player in the history of the Romanian First League. He has won the league a record ten times. Following him in the all time table are: Giedrius Arlauskis, Ciprian Deac, Adrian Bumbescu, Mircea Lucescu, Dumitru Stângaciu and Tudorel Stoica, all with 7 championships won.

On 7 July 2021, CSA Steaua București retired his shirt number 7 at the inauguration match of the new Steaua Stadium.