Constantin Iancu (footballer)

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Constantin Iancu (26 August 1940 – 2000), nicknamed Guță, was a Romanian football forward. Born in Bucharest and raised in the Dudești district, he began his career with Flacăra Roșie București and went on to play for several clubs, including Dinamo Obor, Dinamo Bacău, Politehnica Iași, Progresul București, and he had his longest spell at Farul Constanța from 1965 to 1969. He later played for Argeș Pitești, FC Galați, and finished his career at Progresul București.

Iancu represented Romania five times between 1965 and 1966, scoring one goal. He debuted on 13 June 1965 in a 2–1 defeat to Portugal, and his only international goal came in a 1–0 win over Uruguay. His final international appearance was a friendly win against Israel.

In 1969, after scoring the deciding goal in a home win for Farul against Dinamo, Iancu was arrested and spent a year in prison, being banned from football for a period. After his release he returned to play for Argeș Pitești and FC Galați in the lower divisions, finishing his career with Progresul București in the mid-1970s, before a decree barred players with criminal records from football.

In the 1980s he moved to Sweden to live with relatives and died there in 2000 at age 60.