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{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name      = Basarab Panduru
|image           =Basarab Panduru 1994.jpg
|caption = Panduru being interviewed by journalists in 1994
| image_size =220px
|fullname        = Basarab Nică Panduru
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|7|11}}
|birth_place     = [[Mârzănești]], Romania
|height          = {{convert|1.73|m|abbr=on}}
|position        = [[Midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
|youthyears1     =
|youthclubs1     =  [[CSM Alexandria|Automatica Alexandria]]
|youthyears2     = {{0|0000}}–1987
|youthclubs2     =  [[CSM Reşiţa]]
|years1          = 1987–1990 | clubs1 = [[CSM Reşiţa]]                           | caps1 = 62  | goals1 = 16
|years2          = 1991–1995 | clubs2 = [[FCSB|Steaua București]]                | caps2 = 131 | goals2 = 34
|years3          = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]                 | caps3 = 49  | goals3 = 7
|years4          = 1996      | clubs4 = → [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] (loan)             | caps4 = 7   | goals4 = 0
|years5          = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]                       | caps5 = 6   | goals5 = 0
|years6          = 2000      | clubs6 = → [[SC Salgueiros|Salgueiros]] (loan)    | caps6 = 7   | goals6 = 1
|totalcaps       = 262
|totalgoals      = 58
|nationalyears1  = 1992–1996 | nationalteam1 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]] |nationalcaps1 = 22 | nationalgoals1 = 1
|manageryears1   = 2002      | managerclubs1 = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Poli AEK Timișoara]]
|manageryears2   = 2003–2004 | managerclubs2 = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Poli AEK Timișoara]]
|manageryears3   = 2004–2005 | managerclubs3 = [[FC Oțelul Galați|Oțelul Galați]]
|manageryears4   = 2005      | managerclubs4 = [[FC Vaslui|Vaslui]]
|manageryears5   = 2006–2007 | managerclubs5 = [[FC Farul Constanţa|Farul Constanţa]]
|manageryears6   = 2007–2008 | managerclubs6 = [[FC Progresul București|Progresul București]]
|manageryears7   = 2009–2010 | managerclubs7 = [[FCSB|Steaua București]] (sporting director)
|manageryears8   = 2020      | managerclubs8 = [[Al-Wasl F.C.|Al-Wasl]] (assistant)
|manageryears9   = 2021–2022 | managerclubs9 = [[CS Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] (assistant)
}}
'''Basarab Nică Panduru''' (born 11 July 1970) is a Romanian former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as an [[Midfielder|attacking midfielder]], currently television pundit for [[Orange Sport (Romania)|Orange Sport]].

==Playing career==
Born in [[Mârzănești]], Romania, Panduru started his professional career with [[CSM Reşiţa]] where he played between 1987 and 1990, before being signed by [[FCSB|Steaua București]] at the beginning of 1991. Panduru's first game with Steaua was in the [[Romanian Cup]], when the Steaua's officials did not take into consideration that just prior leaving [[CSM Reşiţa]], Panduru was set to miss the next game due to yellow cards, therefore [[FCSB|Steaua București]] lost that game after a federal decision.

As soon as he joined [[FCSB|Steaua București]] he became an important part of the team. In 1995, however he left Romania to play for [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]. The life in the capital of Portugal was not that easy, and he was loaned to [[Neuchâtel Xamax]] for half a season, before re-joining Benfica at the start of the 1996–97 season.

In 1998, he was bought by [[S.L. Benfica]]'s rivals from [[FC Porto]] but failed to make an impact. During the summer of 1999, Panduru was close to sign a contract with [[Brazil]]ian club [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional Porto Alegre]] however, the transfer did not materialize.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.record.xl.pt/Futebol/Nacional/1a_liga/Porto/interior.aspx?content_id=7552 | title= Panduru incerto no FC Porto |publisher= [[Record (Portuguese newspaper)|Record]] | language= Portuguese }}</ref><ref>"[[O Jogo|O Jogo newspaper]]", "Panduru continua em Portugal à espera de ver resolvido o seu caso. Apesar de ter sido dado como certo no Internacional de Porto Alegre, a transferência para o Brasil não se concretizou" (in Portuguese). Agosto 1999.</ref> Then Panduru signed for [[SC Salgueiros]] on loan from Porto, his third team in Portugal but after only half-a-season and long-term injuries Panduru decided to retire and become coach.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Fora de Jogo|title=Panduru (Nica Basarab Panduru)|url=https://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=197007110001|language=Portuguese|access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref>

==International career==
During his career Panduru earned 22 caps for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], scoring one goal, and was in the squad for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]].

===International stats===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan="3"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1992||2||0
|-
|1993||3||1
|-
|1994||9||0
|-
|1995||6||0
|-
|1996||2||0
|-
!Total||22||1
|}

=== International goals ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%" align=center
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 22 September 1993 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|ISR}} ||align="center"|'''1'''–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Managerial career==
Panduru's first coaching agreement was the one with [[FCU Politehnica Timișoara|Poli AEK Timișoara]], signed in 2002. At [[Timișoara]] he met his former teammate from [[FCSB|Steaua București]], [[Anton Doboş]], now the team's co-owner. The couple worked well together for a while, but in 2004 Panduru basically sacked himself when he made a bad remark, by saying: "The defenders are not footballers, they are only the ones who help the footballers". What Panduru did not take into consideration was that [[Anton Doboş]], his boss, played as a defender.

He signed a new contract, this time with [[Oţelul Galaţi]] for the second half of the 2004–05 season without a league game, he left the team to sign with [[FC Vaslui]] in the summer of 2005, from where he was sacked after only few games. He was then the coach of [[FCV Farul Constanța|Farul Constanţa]] before being sacked by the team owner after poor results.

At the end of October 2007 he signed on to manage second league team [[FC Progresul București|Progresul București]].

In September 2009, Panduru was announced the new [[Director of Football]] of [[FCSB|Steaua București]], but on 14 May 2010, he resigned from this position, after a mutual agreement with the club's owner [[George Becali]].

==Honours==
===Club===
;Steaua București
* [[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[1992–93 Divizia A|1992–93]], [[1993–94 Divizia A|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Divizia A|1994–95]]
* [[Cupa României]]: [[1991–92 Cupa României|1991–92]]
* [[Supercupa României]]: [[1994 Supercupa României|1994]]

;Benfica
* [[Taça de Portugal]] runner-up: [[1996–97 Taça de Portugal|1996–97]]

;Porto
* [[Primeira Liga|Primeira Divisão]]: [[1998–99 Primeira Divisão|1998–99]]
* [[Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira]]: [[1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira|1999]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ForaDeJogo}}
* {{soccerway|basarab-nica-panduru/103825}}
* {{NFT player|pid=15235}}

{{Romania Squad 1994 World Cup}}
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