Silviu Ploeșteanu (28 January 1913 – 13 April 1969) was a Romanian footballer and manager. Club career Silviu Ploeșteanu, nicknamed Ploaie (Rain) was born on 28 January 1913 in Craiova, Romania and he started to play football in 1930 at UD Reșița, winning the Divizia A title in his first season as a footballer. In the following season he was a runner-up in Divizia A with UD Reșița, afterwards moving at Universitatea Cluj where he earned another runner-up position with the team in his first season spent at the club. In the following season, he reached with "U" Cluj in the 1934 Cupa României Final where he scored a goal in the first game as the club lost the trophy in front of Ripensia Timișoara. In 1937, Ploeșteanu switched teams again moving at Venus București with whom he won two Divizia A titles in the 1938–39 and 1939–40 seasons, being used by coach Béla Jánosy in 22 matches in which he scored three goals in the first one and in 21 games in which he scored four goals in the second. He also reached the 1940 Cupa României Final with Venus, which was composed of four games, Ploeșteanu playing in all of them, scoring a goal in the first as the team eventually lost in the last game against Rapid București. Silviu Ploeșteanu ended his career by spending one year as a player-coach in the regional championship at UA Brașov. International career Silviu Ploeșteanu played 11 games and scored one goal at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 July 1937 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 away victory against Lithuania. He scored a goal in a game against Germany and was captain in a 2–1 victory against Yugoslavia. His last appearance took place on 12 October 1941 in a 3–2 victory against Slovakia. International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal. Managerial career Silviu Ploeșteanu started his managerial career at Steagul Roșu Brașov in 1948, being also a player in the first year. He helped Steagul earn the promotion from the regional championship to Divizia B in 1950, afterwards in 1956 promoting to Divizia A where he earned a runner-up position in the 1959–60 season, also managing to do some performances in the European competitions such as winning the 1960–61