Iuliu Năftănăilă

Iuliu Năftănăilă
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-08-25)25 August 1942[1]
Place of birth Făgăraș, Romania[1]
Date of death 28 August 1967(1967-08-28) (aged 25)[1]
Place of death Făgăraș, Romania[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Chimia Făgăraș
1961–1967 Steagul Roșu Brașov 150 (37)
International career
1962–1966 Romania U23[3] 12 (2)
1963–1965 Romania B[3] 2 (0)
1967 Romania 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iuliu Năftănăilă (25 August 1942 – 28 August 1967) was a Romanian football midfielder.[4][5]

Club career

Iuliu Năftănăilă was born on 25 August 1942 in Făgăraș, Romania and started to play football in 1959 at local club, Chimia in Divizia B.[1][6] Two years later he was brought to Steagul Roșu Brașov by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu who gave him his Divizia A debut on 20 August 1961 in a 3–1 victory against Știința Cluj in which he scored two goals, having a total of 11 by the end of the season as the club finished on the 4th position.[1][2][6] He remained at Steagul over the course of 7 seasons, the highlights of this period being another fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and the winning of the 1960–61 Balkans Cup.[1][6] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 27 August 1967 in a 0–0 against Argeș Pitești, having a total of 150 matches played and 37 goals scored in the competition, also he has a total of 5 matches and one goal scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 9 games and three goals scored in Cupa României and 11 games with three goals scored in the Balkans Cup.[1][2][6] Iuliu Năftănăilă died at age 25 while driving his car and crashing into a tree, on the side of the Brașov – Făgăraș road.[6][7]

International career

Iuliu Năftănăilă played three matches at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–1 friendly against Uruguay, which took place on 4 January 1947 in Montevideo on Estadio Gran Parque Central.[8][9] His second game was also a friendly which ended with a 2–1 away victory against Greece.[8][10] Năftănăilă's last appearance for the national team was in a 1–0 loss against Italy at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[8][11]

Honours

Steagul Roșu Brașov

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Iuliu Năftănăilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c "Steagu' XI – Mijlocaş central 1" [Steagu’ XI – Central midfielder 1] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Iuliu Năftănăilă profile". 11v11. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. ^ Iuliu Năftănăilă at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ Iuliu Năftănăilă at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Iuliu Năftănăilă" (in Romanian). Stegaru.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Accidentele rutiere au făcut victime şi în sportul românesc! Maria Cioncan, Ibrahim Dossey sau Cezar Dinu s-au stins la volan" [Road accidents have made victims in Romanian sport too! Maria Cioncan, Ibrahim Dossey or Cezar Dinu have gone behind the wheel] (in Romanian). fanatik.ro. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Iuliu Năftănăilă". European Football. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Uruguay – Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Greece – Romania 1:2". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania – Italy 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2020.