Former Romanian coach becomes a senator

Bucharest (ANTARA News) - Former Romanian coach Anghel Iordanescu became a senator for the opposition party the Social Democrats (PSD) on Tuesday.
The 57-year-old guided Romania to the 1994 World Cup quarter-finals and admitted that back then he would never have thought he would become a senator.
"In 1994, I would never have imagined that one day I would be a senator," said Iordanescu, who takes over the senatorial seat of Ilfov, north of Bucharest.
Iordanescu, who played for Steaua Bucharest from 1968 to 1982 and was capped 64 times for Romania, scoring 26 goals, has enjoyed an up-and-down coaching career.
He was assistant coach when Steaua won the European Cup in 1986 and then took over the reins till 1990.
He has twice been national coach, the first spell from 1993-1998 when apart from the quarter-final appearance in the 1994 World Cup, Romania went out in the first round of Euro `96 and the second round of the 1998 World Cup.
He was recalled as national coach when former playing great Gheorghe Hagi failed to guide the side into the 2002 World Cup, but Iordanescu was let go when they failed to qualify for the Euro 2004 finals.
Since then he coached Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad and Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, AFP reported.(*) END

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