Marin Radu (born 15 March 1956) is a retired Romanian football striker and manager, best known for his playing stints with Argeș Pitești and Steaua București.
[1][3] He started playing junior level football at Argeș Pitești in 1968, making his Divizia A debut on 11 August 1974 for the team under coach Florin Halagian.
[1][3] He made his debut in European competitions in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition when he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round, scoring a goal in the 5–1 aggregate victory.
[1][3][6][12][13] In his second season spent with The Military Men he won another title, contributing with four goals in 21 appearances, also helping the team win the 1985–86 European Cup by scoring one goal in the first round against Vejle, playing eight games in the campaign, including appearing in the final when Jenei introduced him in the 111th minute in order to replace Victor Pițurcă in the 2–0 victory after the penalty shoot-out against Barcelona.
[14][17] In the 1981–82 UEFA Cup season after scoring a goal for Argeș in a 2–2 against Aberdeen he was wanted by the opponents coach, Alex Ferguson but during that time the communist regime did not allow players to transfer outside the country.