Răzvan Lucescu

Răzvan Lucescu
Lucescu as PAOK manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Răzvan Lucescu
Date of birth (1969-02-17) 17 February 1969
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
PAOK (head coach)
Youth career
1981–1985 Dinamo București
1985–1987 Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Sportul Studențesc 24 (0)
1992–1993 Crema 3 (0)
1993–1996 Sportul Studențesc 81 (0)
1996–1997 Național București 31 (0)
1997–1998 Sportul Studențesc 31 (0)
1998–1999 Național București 23 (0)
2000 Brașov 13 (0)
2000–2001 Rapid București 26 (0)
2001–2002 FCM Bacău 10 (0)
2002–2003 Rapid București 1 (0)
Total 243 (0)
International career
1989 Romania U21 2 (0)
1998 Romania B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2004 Brașov
2004–2007 Rapid București
2007–2009 Brașov
2009–2011 Romania
2011–2012 Rapid București
2012–2014 El Jaish
2014 Petrolul Ploiești
2014–2017 Xanthi
2017–2019 PAOK
2019–2021 Al Hilal
2021– PAOK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Răzvan Lucescu (Romanian pronunciation: [rəzˈvan luˈtʃesku]; born 17 February 1969) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently managing Greek Super League club PAOK.

As a player, he operated as a goalkeeper and spent most years of his career at Sportul Studențesc during three stints. Lucescu also represented Național București, Brașov, Rapid București, and Bacău in his country, as well as Crema abroad. He won his only national title with Rapid București in the 2002–03 campaign.

Lucescu returned to Brașov in 2004 for his first role as a manager, before moving to Rapid where he guided the team to the Cupa României in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Between 2009 and 2011, he was in charge of the Romania national team. His other managerial honours include nine domestic trophies with El Jaish, PAOK, and Al Hilal combined. With the latter side, he also won the AFC Champions League in 2019.