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Ion Voinescu

Voinescu with Steaua (then called CCA)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-04-18)18 April 1929
Place of birth	Valea Dragului, Romania
Date of death	9 March 2018(2018-03-09) (aged 88)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1939–1943	Olympia București
1943–1945	ASPIM Bucureşti
1945–1946	Carmen Bucureşti
1946–1947	Solvay Uioara
1947–1948	RATA Târgu Mureş
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1948–1950	Metalul Bucureşti	23	(0)
1950–1963	Steaua Bucureşti	162	(0)
Total		185	(0)
National team
	Romania B	2	(0)
1949–1962	Romania	22	(0)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ion "Țop" Voinescu (18 April 1929 – 9 March 2018) was a Romanian footballer. He was often thought as one of the finest goalkeepers Romania has ever produced.

Voinescu has won 22 caps for Romania, with his only honor being representing his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Voinenscu worked as a goalkeeper coach for his former club, Steaua București.

On 9 March 2018, Voinescu died at the age of 88.