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Victor Piţurcă (born 8 May 1956 in Orodel, Dolj County) is a former football striker. He recently quit from the manager post of Steaua Bucureşti . He won the European Cup with the same team in 1986. Piţurcă was one of the prolific strikers of Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the team's top scorers – he scored a massive 165 goals in 175 games played for the team. During their European Cup winning season, Piţurcă scored five goals in nine games, including one of the fastest goals ever scored in an official football game – the goal scored in the 36th second of the game against Budapest Honvéd FC. More . . .