All for the regional record: 61-year-old brings himself on | OneFootball

There are quite a few extravagant club owners who treat their clubs like toys. But a boss who rules so idiosyncratically that he simply substitutes himself onto the field is something truly special, even in the crazy world of professional football.

That’s exactly what happened on Friday evening in Romania. In the cup, Universitatea Craiova faced Sanatatea Cluj. The favored team from Craiova made things clear in good time and was comfortably leading 4-1 shortly before the end.

But the match still had a big surprise in store. In the 89th minute, Sanatatea brought on an extremely experienced man. Aurelian Ghișa came onto the field for the 32-year-old Alexandru Pop.

He is a sprightly 61 years young and actually hung up his boots 16 years ago. Afterwards, the fountain of youth became the club president and, quite obviously, remained football crazy.

With his two-minute cameo, the super-sub is now the oldest player ever to appear in the Romanian cup competition. Who even cares about his own club’s cup exit after that?

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