Romania’s former national football team coach Mircea Lucescu hospitalized in critical condition

Legendary Romanian football coach Mircea Lucescu is currently hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital Bucharest after a heart attack. He has been visited by family.

Lucescu, 80, fainted during training on Sunday, March 29, before Romania’s friendly match with Slovakia. He had already been hospitalized three times this year, in January and February. In December 2025, the former coach had a severe case of the flu that did not respond to antibiotics, leading to his hospitalization in January.