Constantin Stan (footballer)

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Constantin Stan
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 75) [1]
Place of birth Colceag, Romania [1]
Position(s) Forward [1]
Youth career
1965–1966 Colorom Codlea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966–1968 Colorom Codlea
1968–1969 Metrom Brașov 10 (2)
1969–1970 ASA Târgu Mureș 3 (0)
1970–1971 Chimica Târnăveni 29 (0)
1971–1980 Gloria Buzău 255 (90)
Total297(92)
International career
1978–1979 Romania 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Stan (born 20 October 1949) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward. [2] [3] [4]

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Club career

Stan was born on 20 October 1949 in Colceag, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1965 at Colorom Codlea. [1] [4] One year later he started to play for the club's senior team in the Romanian lower leagues. [1] [4] In January 1969, he arrived at Metrom Brașov in Divizia B. [1] [4] In 1970 he joined ASA Târgu Mureș, making his Divizia A debut on 14 June under coach Tiberiu Bone in a 2–0 away loss to Universitatea Cluj. [1] [4] [5] After half a year, Stan was sent by ASA to Chimica Târnăveni in exchange for László Bölöni. [1] [4] In 1971 he went to Gloria Buzău in Divizia C, helping the team gain promotion to the second league in his first season. [1] [4] In the 1977–78 season, Gloria earned promotion to the first league, Stan contributing with 16 goals. [1] [4] In the following season he netted 16 goals once again, being the league's second top-scorer with six goals behind Argeș Pitești's Marin Radu. [1] [4] [6] Among these goals were a double in a 4–1 victory against Steaua București and a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over his former side, ASA. [7] On 8 March 1980, Stan made his last Divizia A appearance in Gloria's 1–1 draw against ASA Târgu Mureș, having a total of 54 matches with 19 goals in the competition. [1] [4]

International career

Stan played three games for Romania, making his debut at age 29 on 13 December 1978, when coach Ștefan Kovács sent him in the 65th minute to replace Florin Grigore in a 2–1 friendly loss to Greece. [8] [9] In his following match, also a friendly, he scored his only goal for The Tricolours in a 1–1 draw against Israel. [8] [10] His last appearance for the national team was in a 1–1 draw against Cyprus in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. [8]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stan goal. [8] [10]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 December 1978 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, IsraelFlag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–11–1 Friendly

Legacy

The stadium in his native Colceag is named after him. [11]

Honours

Gloria Buzău

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Constantin Stan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Constantin Stan at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Constantin Stan at WorldFootball.net
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Constantin Stan: Golgheterul all-time al Gloriei Buzău" [Constantin Stan: Gloria Buzau's all-time goalscorer] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. "Universitatea Cluj vs FC ASA Targu Mures 2-0". Labtof. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  6. "Top Scorers" (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. "Tulpan si-a amintit de Gloria-Steaua (4-1) din 1978" [Tulpan remembered Gloria-Steaua (4-1) from 1978] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
    "Constatin Stan. 1978–79 Divizia A goals". Labtof. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Constantin Stan". European Football. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. "Greece - Romania 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Israel - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  11. "Din dragoste pentru fotbal și culori" [For the love of football and colors] (in Romanian). Liga2prosport.ro. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2025.