Dorel Zamfir
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 30 September 1961||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vișeu de Sus, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right midfielder[2] | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
1968–1977 | FC Constanța | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1977–1979 | FC Constanța | 43 | (3) | ||||||||||
1980–1982 | Dinamo București | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||
1982 | Steaua București | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||
1983–1989 | Argeș Pitești | 196 | (17) | ||||||||||
Gloria Bistrița | |||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni | |||||||||||||
Total | 274 | (24) | |||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1981 | Romania U20[2] | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni (player-coach) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dorel Zamfir (born 30 September 1961) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right midfielder.[1]
Club career
Dorel Zamfir was born on 30 September 1961 in Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș County, but when he was two months old, his parents settled in his father's city, Constanța.[1] He started playing football at age 7, at FC Constanța's youth center, making his debut for the senior team when he played a full match at the age of 15 years, five months and 16 days on 16 March 1977 under coach Gheorghe Ola in a Divizia A home match which ended with a 1–0 loss against Steaua București.[1] In the beginning of 1980, he went to play for Dinamo București, a team with which he won the 1981–82 Divizia A, playing 9 games in the campaign and the Cupa României, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 3–0 victory against Levski Sofia in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.[3][4][5][6] In 1982 he played for Dinamo's rival, Steaua București, after which he went to play for six seasons at Argeș Pitești.[1] In the following years of his career, Zamfir went to play for Gloria Bistrița, also heaving some experiences playing abroad in Turkey and Israel, ending his career as a player-coach at Flacăra Moreni.[1]
International career
Dorel Zamfir represented Romania U20 at the 1981 World Youth Championship from Australia, playing 5 games in which he scored one goal in a 1–1 against Brazil in the group stage, helping the team finish the tournament in the 3rd position, winning the bronze medal.[1][2][7] After the tournament, Zamfir decided to remain in Australia, at that time defection from the Socialist Republic of Romania being illegal, but he willingly returned to back to the country.[8]
Honours
Dinamo București
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Meciul din 1977. Înainte de Enes Sali, a fost Dorel Zamfir! Povestea unui alt copil teribil al Farului, care a debutat la 15 ani, contra Stelei (galerie foto)" [The 1977 match. Before Enes Sali, it was Dorel Zamfir! The story of another terrible child of Farul, who debuted at the age of 15, against the Steaua] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Dorel Zamfir at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1979-80". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1981-82". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Dinamo București vs. Levski Sofia 3 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Romania U20 vs. Brazil U20 1 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "VIDEO Acum 34 de ani România a fost mai aproape ca oricând de titlul mondial la fotbal. Povestea echipei care a obţinut cea mai mare performanţă pentru FRF" [VIDEO 34 years ago, Romania was closer than ever to the world football title. The story of the team that achieved the highest performance for FRF] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Romanian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Romania youth international footballers
- Liga I players
- FCV Farul Constanța players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC Steaua București players
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- ACF Gloria Bistrița players
- CSM Flacăra Moreni players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Romanian football managers
- CSM Flacăra Moreni managers
- Romanian defectors
- People from Maramureș County
- 2023 deaths