Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1939)

Not to be confused with Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1951).

Constantin Ștefan
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-06-03)3 June 1939[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death 12 September 2012(2012-09-12) (aged 73)[2]
Place of death Bucharest, Romania[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back[1]
Youth career
1953–1957 Voința București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 CPCS București
1959–1961 Dinamo Obor București[a] 8 (3)
1961–1971 Dinamo București 189 (0)
Total 197 (3)
Managerial career
1971–1972 Dinamo Obor București (youth coach)
1972–1973 Dinamo București (youth coach)
1973–1974 Dinamo Slatina
1974–1975 Corvinul Hunedoara
1975–1976 Dacia Orăștie
1976–1977 Dinamo Slatina
1977–1979 Muscelul Câmpulung
1979–1981 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
1981–1982 Gloria Buzău
1982–1983 Progresul Vulcan București
1983–1984 ROVA Roșiori
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2020

Constantin Ștefan (3 June 1939 – 12 September 2012) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left back.[1][2][3]

Career

Constantin Ștefan was born on 3 June 1939 in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2] He started his career playing at the junior squads of Voința București in 1953, starting his senior career in 1957 by playing two years at CPCS București in Divizia B and Divizia C.[1][2] Afterwards, he went to play for Divizia B team, Dinamo Obor București for two seasons and a half, reaching the 1960 Cupa României final which was lost with 2–0 in front of Progresul București.[1][2][4]

He made his Divizia A debut on 11 November 1961, playing for Dinamo București in a 4–1 away victory against Progresul, making a total of 16 appearances during his first season, as the club won the Divizia A title, working with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru.[1][2][5] In the following three seasons Ștefan helped the club win three more titles, in the first two he was coached by Dumitru and Ionescu who used him in 25 games in the first and in 19 matches in the second, while in the last one he played in 22 matches under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[1][2][5] During his period spent with The Red Dogs, he also won two Cupa României, being used all the minutes by Ionescu in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București in the 1964 final, then in the one from 1968 he played again the whole match which was a 3–1 over Rapid București, being coached by Bazil Marian.[1][6] He won another Divizia A title in the last season of his career in which Dumitru and Ionescu gave him eight appearances, his last taking place on 20 June 1971 in a 2–2 against Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][5] Ștefan played a total of 189 Divizia A matches and 11 games in European competitions, including a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965–66 European Cup who were the winners of the last two editions of the competition, earning all these performances while playing for Dinamo București.[1][2][7]

Death

Constantin Ștefan died on 12 September 2012 at age 73 in his native Bucharest.[2]

Honours

Dinamo Obor București

Dinamo București

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1959–60 and 1960–61 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Constantin Ștefan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Fostul fotbalist dinamovist Constantin Ștefan a decedat!" [Dinamo's former footballer Constantin Stefan has died!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ Constantin Ștefan at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1959–1960". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
    "Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
    "Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. ^ "1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.