Mircea "Gil" Mardarescu (born 12 April 1952, in Sacele) is a retired Romanian-American football (soccer) player.
In 1975, he joined the New York Cosmos as a midfielder in the North American Soccer League.
In the same year he moved on to the Rochester Lancers, where he was coached by Ted Dumitru.In 1980, he signed with the New York United football team of the American Soccer League.His father Virgil Mardarescu coached the Morocco to the 1976 African Cup of Nations title.
He currently lives in California with his wife Stephanie.
Gil and Stephanie have two children together, Natalie and Nathan.
Mardaresco has three grown children from a previous marriage.