Mircea Lucescu, one of the most renowned football coaches in the world, has passed away at the age of 80 after suffering a heart attack at the University Hospital, where he had been admitted for several days. Health issues began during the Romanian national team's training camp, ahead of the friendly match against Slovakia (0-2), which he did not attend. The coach was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he suffered the heart attack on April 3 and fell into a coma two days later, but did not survive. Lucescu's death comes just days after the end of his tenure as the Romanian national team coach, following the failure to qualify the team for the 2026 World Cup. He was appointed to this position in August 2024 and had received advice from Romanian and Belgian doctors to step down from his duties due to health concerns. Mircea Lucescu, known as "Il Luce," won 37 trophies during his career, ranking behind Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola. He made his mark primarily at Shakhtar Donetsk, where he won eight Ukrainian league titles and the UEFA Cup in 2009. He also left a significant impact on Turkish football with Galatasaray and BeลŸiktaลŸ, winning league titles and the UEFA Super Cup with Galatasaray in 2000. In Romania, Lucescu won the championship with Dinamo and Rapid. Throughout his career, the coach managed clubs such as Corvinul, Dinamo, Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana, Rapid, Inter, Galatasaray, BeลŸiktaลŸ, Shakhtar, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Dynamo Kyiv, and the Turkish national team. Lucescu's first stint with the Romanian national team in the 1980s remains one of the historic moments in Romanian football, as he led the team to qualify for the 1984 European Championship, marking the "Tricolors'" debut in the tournament's finals.