Gavril Both

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Gavril Both
Personal information
Date of birth(1947-09-06)6 September 1947 [1]
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania [1]
Date of death 17 April 2017(2017-04-17) (aged 69) [2]
Place of death Timișoara, Romania
Position(s) Forward [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968–1969 Olimpia Satu Mare 42 (7)
1970–1971 Dinamo București 21 (5)
1971–1972 UTA Arad 27 (5)
1972–1981 Olimpia Satu Mare 212 (49)
Total302(66)
Managerial career
Oașul Negrești-Oaș
1997–1998 Olimpia Satu Mare
1999 Olimpia Satu Mare
Someșul Satu Mare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gavril Both (6 September 1947 – 17 April 2017) was a Romanian football forward and manager. [2] [3] [4]

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Playing career

Both, nicknamed "Dobrin of Satu Mare" was born on 6 September 1947 in Satu Mare, Romania, starting his senior career at local club Olimpia during the 1968–69 Divizia C season, helping the team earn promotion to Divizia B by the end of it. [1] [2] [4]

After spending half of season in the second league, he was transferred from Olimpia to Dinamo București where on 8 March 1970 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Nicolae Dumitru in a 1–0 away loss to Jiul Petroșani. [1] [4] [5] The team reached the 1970 Cupa României final where Dumitru sent him on the field to replace Ion Haidu in the 64th minute of the eventual 2–1 loss to Steaua București. [6] In the following season, he helped The Red Dogs win the championship as coaches Dumitru and Traian Ionescu gave him 10 appearances in which he netted one goal. [1] [7] In the same season, Both made his debut in European competitions, playing in both legs of the 5–1 aggregate win over PAOK from the first round of the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. [1] [8]

Afterwards he went for the 1971–72 season at UTA Arad, scoring five goals which helped them finish runner-up in the league. [1] He also made an European performance with The Old Lady, playing eight games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu, scoring one goal in a 4–1 victory against Austria Salzburg, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who would eventually win the competition. [1] [2] [3] [4] [9]

In 1972 he returned to Olimpia in Divizia B, helping the team promote to the first league two years later. [1] [4] However, two seasons later, the team relegated but Both stayed with the club, helping it promote again after one year. [1] [4] In the 1977–78 season, he scored a personal record of 10 goals, also Olimpia reached the 1978 Cupa României final where coach Gheorghe Staicu used him as a starter in the 3–1 loss against Universitatea Craiova. [1] [2] [4] [10] On 25 May 1980, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 5–1 away loss to Politehnica Iași, The Yellow and Blues relegating once again, Both gaining a total of 178 matches with 36 goals netted in the Romanian top-league. [1] After one more season spent with Olimpia in the second league, Both retired. [1] [4]

Managerial career

His first coaching spell was at Oașul Negrești-Oaș. [4] His greatest achievement was at Olimpia Satu Mare which at the end of the 1997–98 Divizia B season earned promotion to Divizia A. [2] [3] [4] The team spent only one season in the first league, during which Both was replaced but brought back to the team before the end of it. [4] He has also coached Someșul Satu Mare several times. [4]

Honours

Player

Olimpia Satu Mare

Dinamo București

UTA Arad

Manager

Olimpia Satu Mare

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Gavril Both at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Fostul fotbalist Gavril Both a murit azi. A jucat la Olimpia Satu Mare și Dinamo. Era poreclit "Dobrin al Sătmarului"" [Former footballer Gavril Both died today. He played at Olimpia Satu Mare and Dinamo. He was nicknamed "Satmar's Dobrin"] (in Romanian). Specialarad.ro. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit Gavril Both, cel supranumit "Dobrin al Sătmarului"" [Mourning in Romanian football! Gavril Both died, he was nicknamed "Dobrin of Sătmarului"] (in Romanian). Informatia-zilei.ro. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "A decedat Both Gabi, legenda fotbalului satmarean" [Both Gabi, the legend of football in Satu Mare, died] (in Romanian). Informatia-zilei.ro. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1969–70". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Romanian Cup - Season 1969 - 1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Gavril Both. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970/1971". WorldFootball. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "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. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
    "Gavril Both. UEFA Cup 1970/1971". WorldFootball. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Romanian Cup - Season 1977 - 1978". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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