Gigi Mulțescu died on Sunday, September 15, at the age of 72, and today he was buried with military honors at the “Reînvierea” cemetery in Bucharest.
Gigi Mulțescu, one of Dinamo’s most representative players. Facebook photo
The former great player of Dinamo was led on the last road by the representatives of the red and white club, led by the coach Ivan Kopic and the players Ahmed Bani, Antonio Bordușanu, Costin Amzăr or Răzvan Patriche, but also by former colleagues, including Dorin Mateuț and Ion Pârcălab. Among the 200 people who attended the funeral were Daniel Iftodi and Mihai Stoichiță, but also the former footballers from the “crazy gang” from Sportul Studențesc, the team with which Gigi Mulțescu stunned Romania: Ionuț Mazilu, Cristian Irimia and Costin The belt.
Alex Băluță, a player from FCSB, who was trained by Gigi Mulțescu at Craiova University, and Ionel Danciulescu, another striker who made history in Dinamo’s shirt, also came.
Gigi Mulțescu, called only when the teams were struggling
“They turned to him because the team was having problems. In few situations he put his philosophy into practice from the beginning. At Student Sports, let’s not forget how well the “Crazy Gang” played. Let’s not forget how his lordship left Dinamo the last time. Without some money… During the pandemic, the man slept with a mask. He has made some enormous sacrifices over time.
He was never called when it was good, only when it was bad. Last time, I know 100%, that he suffered tremendously for the way he was removed from the team. Enormous! He suffered in silence! But these things grind you down. Man has come at a critical time. Ok, you didn’t have money then, but when you do, give it to him! This man came and helped us every time. After that, no one paid any attention to him. And it’s not just his case”Ionel Danciulescu said to DigiSport about the one who was nicknamed “Smurdul” precisely because he was called upon in emergency cases.
The last moments, painful for the former footballer
Sonia and Gigi Multescu were married for 51 years. The last few years have been extremely difficult for the two of them, especially after the former great footballer battled Alzheimer’s disease. “He always told me a lot about football. We comment a lot on his matches. When he got home, we would sit down and comment on what that player did, who played well, who played worse, what he did wrong. I know people and the psychiatrist knows people who have Alzheimer’s, whom he has been treating for years. But Gigi’s illness was very accelerated. I could tell from one day to the next, when I was losing something of him.
I was no longer the person I could converse with. But I was glad that he was by my side. We used to buy puzzles as well, we would do first-finish contests. We had common concerns. I read books and commented on them. But he no longer enjoyed doing anything. Nor to watch TV, matches. There are paid reserves that cost a lot of money. They kept an eye on him all day. But I no longer understood what he was telling me in the last weeks. He was telling me something, but it was completely beside the point. I was also telling him a poem, to listen to me. But he had his own world”said Sonia Multescu for fanatik.ro.
