Flavius Domide

Flavius Domide

Personal information
Full name	Flavius Virgil Domide
Date of birth	(1946-05-07) 7 May 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Arad, Romania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1959–1966	UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1979	UTA Arad	342	(75)
1979–1980	Vagonul Arad
International career
1968–1972	Romania [a]	19	(3)
Managerial career
1981–1983	Carpați Mârșa
1983–1984	UTA Arad
1984–1987	UTA Arad (juniors)
1987–1989	Oțelul Ștei
1989–1991	Strungul Arad
1991–1992	Békéscsaba
1992–1993	UTA Arad
1994–1999	UTA Arad (juniors)
1999	Politehnica Timișoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Flavius Virgil Domide (born 7 May 1946) ^[3] is a Romanian former football striker.

Club career

Flavius Domide started playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood of Arad where he was born and raised. ^[4] He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad, a team where he would spend most of his senior career, having a total of 342 Divizia A appearances for the club in which he scored 75 goals, a competition in which he made his debut on 28 August 1966 in a 0–0 against Rapid București, also he appeared in 16 matches in which he scored 6 goals in European competitions. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He was part of UTA's team that in the 1970–71 European Cup season eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time. ^{[3] [4]} Domide, under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu also won two consecutive league titles with the team, at the first contributing with 8 goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and scored 11 goals, also he helped the team reach the 1971–72 UEFA Cup quarter-finals in which he played 8 matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against Austria Salzburg, one against Zagłębie Wałbrzych, one against Vitória Setúbal and his team's only goal in the 3–1 loss on aggregate against Tottenham Hotspur who would eventually win the competition. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} He spent the last year of his career playing for Vagonul Arad in the third division, helping them gain promotion to the second division. ^[4]

A book about Domide was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean(The terrible child of Arad football), which was released with the occasion of his 70th birthday. ^{[4] [9]}

International career

Flavius Domide played 17 matches and scored 3 goals for Romania (19/3 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 6 November 1968 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him on the field in the 77th minute in order to replace Nicolae Dobrin in a friendly which ended 0–0 against England. ^{[1] [10]} His following game was at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers in a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal, also he was selected by Angelo Niculescu to be part of Romania's squad at the final tournament where he didn't play. ^{[1] [3] [4]} He played 5 matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament. ^[1] Domide's last game for the national team was a 1–1 against Finland at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers. ^[1]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Domide was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III. ^{[11] [12]}

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal. ^[1]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 November 1968	23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Switzerland	2–0	2–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	30 January 1972	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Morocco	4–2	4–2	Friendly
3.	17 June 1972	23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Italy	2–2	3–3	Friendly

Honours

UTA Arad

• Divizia A: 1968–69, 1969–70 ^[5]

Vagonul Arad

• Divizia C: 1979–80 ^[4]

Notes

1. Including two appearances for Romania's Olympic team. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Flavius Domide". European Football. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
2. Flavius Domide at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "RETRO GSP. Interviu de colecție cu Flavius Domide. Simbolul Aradului dezvăluie cum a ajuns să fie operat pe creier, de ce nu-i poartă pică lui Angelo Niculescu, deși n-a jucat în Mexic '70" [RETRO GSP. Collection interview with Flavius Domide. The symbol of Arad reveals how he ended up being operated on his brain, why he does not hate Angelo Niculescu, even if he didn't play in Mexico '70] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
4. "La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! "Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean" împlinește 74 de ani" [Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! "The terrible child of Arad football" turns 74 years old] (in Romanian). Sportularadean.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
5. Flavius Domide at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
6. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
7. "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
8. "Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
9. ""Roșcovanul", sârbătorit prin vorbe și cuvinte așternute în cartea: "Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean"" ["The redhead", celebrated by phrases and words laid out in the book: "Flavius Domide - the terrible child of Arad football".] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
10. "Romania 0-0 England". European Football. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
11. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
12. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

External links

• Flavius Domide at WorldFootball.net
• Romania National Team 1960–1969 – Details
• Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details