 Ion Crăciunescu akazvarwa 27 Gunyana 1950 aimbove mutambi wenhabvu weRomania uye mutambi. Akazvarwa muCraiova, anobva mutaundi reRâmnicu Vâlcea. Crăciunescu akanga ari mutambi wenhabvu paChimia Râmnicu Vâlcea uye Universitatea Craiova kusvikira apedza basa muna 1975, achisarudza kutanga basa idzva semutongi. Akava mutongi wenyika yose muna 1984. Kunyange zvazvo asina kutonga pamakwikwi eWorld Cup kana European Championship, akasarudzwa semumwe wevatongi vashanu ve1995 King Fahd Cupyakazozivikanwa seFIFA Confederations Cup. Iye anonyanya kuzivikanwa nekutonga 1995 UEFA Champions League Final pakati peAjax neMilan. Akasiya basa rake rokuva nyanzvi gare gare gore iroro. Kubva muna 2003 kusvika muna 2005, aive mutungamiri weRomanian Referees Committee. Mwanakomana wake, Theodor Crăciunescu aivawo mutongi wenhabvu. 