How tall is Mircea Lucescu?

Mircea Lucescu's listed height was 177 cm (5'10"). He was taller than about 80% of men in Romania.

Where 177 cm sits among men in Romania

Taller than about 80% of men in Romania born in 1945 (average 171.2 cm).

About Mircea Lucescu

Mircea Lucescu was a Romanian professional football player and manager, born on 29 July 1945 in Bucharest. He died on 7 April 2026 at the age of 80, shortly after completing his second stint with the Romania national team.

As a player, Lucescu won all seven of his Romanian league titles with Dinamo București between 1964 and 1990. He also played for Știința București and Corvinul Hunedoara, and made 64 appearances for Romania, captaining the team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He began managing in 1979 while still playing for Corvinul Hunedoara and went on to coach sides in Romania, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. In twelve years at Shakhtar Donetsk he won eight Ukrainian Premier League titles, six Ukrainian Cups, seven Ukrainian Super Cups and the 2008 to 09 UEFA Cup. In 2015 he became the fifth person to coach in 100 UEFA Champions League matches.

Lucescu stood 177 cm (5'10") by his listed height. He also won Turkish Süper Lig titles with Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, and he ranks third in football history with 38 official trophies.

Frequently asked

How tall is Mircea Lucescu in feet and inches? Mircea Lucescu was 5'10" tall, which is 177 cm, 69.7 inches or 1.77 m.

Is Mircea Lucescu tall for men in Romania? At 177 cm he was taller than about 80% of men in Romania born in 1945, whose average height is 171.2 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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