Viorel Năstase (born 7 October 1953) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

[3][4][5] Afterwards he went to play for Steaua București for eight seasons, in the first one taking part in the club's 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing five games as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminating Hibernians and Barcelona against whom he scored three goals, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on the away goal rule by Bayern Munich.

[3][14] He also helped Steaua București win two Cupa României and played for the club in one more match against Barcelona in which he scored a goal from the 1977–78 UEFA Cup edition, however the game was lost with 5–1.

[4][5][9][10] After being suspended one year from playing football which was a rule for players who defect from the Eastern Bloc to the West, he went to play in West Germany at Bundesliga club, 1860 Munich where he was the team's top-goalscorer in the 1980–81 season with 14 goals in 23 matches, including a hat-trick against Bayer Uerdingen, being partner in the offence with Rudi Völler, however the team relegated at the end of the season and also coach Carl-Heinz Rühl wanted to throw him out of the team before the start of the season because of his drunken escapades in bars.

[3] Năstase played one game at international level for Romania on 12 May 1976 under coach Ștefan Kovács in a 1–0 loss against Bulgaria from the 1973–76 Balkan Cup final.