Gheorghe Hagi began his career as a professional footballer at Farul Constanta in his native Romania before playing for the likes of SportulStudentesc and Steaua Bucharest in the same country. The Romanian football icon then had spells in Spain with Real Madrid and Barcelona. He also played for Brescia in the Italian league and Galatasaray in the Turkish league.

Hagi is one of the few players to represent both Real Madrid and Barcelona. He’s in the same situation as the likes of Luis Enrique and Michael Laudrup. Gheorghe Hagi won a lot of titles during his playing career. At Steaua Bucharest, he won three league titles, two Romanian Cups, the European Super Cup in addition to reaching the European Cup final during the 1988/89 season. (more…)