Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Adrian Viciu, Alexandru Terhe, Alex Nyarko, Alin Ra iu, Andrei Lungu, Aurel icleanu, Bogdan Andone, Bogdan P tra cu, C t lin Necula, Codru Cioranu, Constantin Fr il, Constantin Nistor, Constantin Pan, Constantin St nici, Costin Curelea, Costin Gheorghe, Costin Laz r, Cristian Ciubotariu, Cristian Irimia, Cristian Pulhac, Dacian Varga, Daniel Lung, Daniel Novac, Dean Be a, Dorin Mateu, Dumitru Moraru, Dumitru Nicolae, Eduard Iord nescu, Eduard St ncioiu, Emmanuel Armah, Eugen Nae, Florentin Dumitru, Florin Maxim, Gabriel Caramarin, Gabriel Vochin, George Galamaz, Gheorghe Bucur, Gheorghe Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu I, Gino Iorgulescu, Ionu Mazilu, Ionu erban, Ionu Tarn cop, Ion Ionescu (footballer born 1936), Lauren iu Dini, Leonard Dobre, Lucian Cazan, Lucian Che an, Marian Ivan, Marian Savu, Marius Nae, Marius Postolache, Marius umudic, Mircea Lucescu, Mircea R dulescu, Mircea Sandu, Musa Kallon, Nichita Patriche, Octavian Chihaia, Octavian Ormeni an, Owusu Benson, Paul Cazan, Petre Marin, R ducanu Necula, Raul Ciupe, R zvan Farmache, R zvan Lucescu, R zvan Popa, R zvan Stanca, Sebastian Cojocnean, Sebastian Ghinga, Sorin R doi, tefan St nculescu, Stelian Stancu, Tiberiu B lan, Valentin Iovi, Valentin Laz r, Valentin Lemnaru, Valentin Negru, Valentin St nescu, Viorel Ferfelea, Viorel Kraus, Vladimir Niculescu. Excerpt: Gheorghe Hagi (Romanian pronunciation: ( listen); born 5 February 1965 in S cele) is a former Romanian footballer. He was one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s and is considered the greatest Romanian footballer of all time. Galatasaray fans called him 'Commandante' (The Commander) and the Romanians called him 'Regele' (The King). Nicknamed "The Maradona of the Carpathians," he is considered a hero in his homeland. He has won his country's "Player of the Year" award six times, and is regarded as one of the best football players of the 20th century. He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championships in 1984, 1996 and 2000. He won a total of 125 caps for Romania, being ranked second after Dorinel Munteanu, and scored 35 goals, being ranked first. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Romania by the Romanian Football Federation as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. Hagi is one of the few footballers to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. In March 2004, he was named among the top 125 living footballers by Pele. He started his career playing for the youth teams of Farul Constan a in the 1970s, before being selected by the Romanian Football Federation to join the squad of Luceaf rul Bucure ti in 1980 for two years. In 1982 he returned to Constan a, but one year later, aged 18, he was prepared to make the step to a top team. He was originally directed to Universitatea Craiova, but chose Sportul Studen esc of Bucharest instead. In the winter of 1987 Hagi was transferred to Romanian giants Steaua Bucure ti as the team prepared for their European Super Cup final against FC Dynamo Kyiv. The original contract was for one game only, the final. However after winning the trophy, where Hagi scored the only goal of the game, Steaua did not want to release him