Marian Damaschin

Marian Damaschin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-05-01) 1 May 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Urziceni, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1980–1983	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Rapid București	25	(2)
1984–1985	Politehnica Iaşi	34	(9)
1985–1987	Dinamo București	48	(11)
1987–1989	Victoria București	42	(17)
1989–1991	Dinamo București	36	(16)
1991–1992	Feyenoord	29	(9)
1992–1994	Grenoble Isère
Total		214	(64)
International career
1986–1991	Romania	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marian Damaschin (born 1 May 1965) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Marian Damaschin was born on 1 May 1965 in Urziceni, Romania, starting to play football at Rapid București, including spending one season in Divizia A in which he scored two goals in 25 matches. ^{[1] [2] [3]} In 1984 he was transferred at fellow Divizia A club, Politehnica Iași where he spent one season in which scored nine goals in 34 appearances, at the end of it being transferred at Dinamo București. ^{[1] [2]} On 28 May 1986 he opened the score in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București, then on 25 June in the Cupa României final, coach Mircea Lucescu used him all the minutes as he scored the goal of the 1–0 victory against the same team, at the time of these both events, The Military Men were the recent winners of the European Cup. ^{[1] [2] [4]} In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred to Victoria București in exchange for Claudiu Vaișcovici, where in one year and a half he scored 17 goals in 42 league games and helped the club reach the quarter-finals of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup in which he played eight games in the campaign, afterwards returning at Dinamo. ^{[1] [5] [6]} In the 1989–90 season under the guidance of coach Lucescu, Dinamo won the title and the cup with Damaschin playing five league games in which he scored one goal, also the team reached the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals with him playing one game in the campaign. ^{[1] [2] [5] [7]}

In the following season he scored 15 goals in 31 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, including one in a 1–0 victory against Steaua which earned him a transfer in Netherlands at Feyenoord where he was colleague with fellow Romanian, Ioan Sabău. ^{[1] [2] [8] [9]} He spent one season with The Club on the Meuse , making his debut on 14 August 1991 when coach Hans Dorjee used him all the minutes in the 1–0 victory against PSV Eindhoven from the 1991 Dutch Supercup in which he scored the goal, three days later he made his Eredivise debut in a 1–0 win over Twente, making a total of 29 appearances with nine goals scored as the club finished third in the competition, also he played two games and scored one goal as the club won the 1991–92 Dutch Cup and he made five appearances in the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as they reached the semi-finals where he scored one goal against AS Monaco. ^{[1] [2] [8] [10] [11]} Marian Damaschin ended his career by spending one season in France at Championnat National club, Grenoble Isère. ^{[1] [2]} He has a total of 185 Divizia A matches in which he scored 55 goals, 29 appearances with nine goals in Eredivise and 22 matches with two goals scored in European competitions. ^{[1] [2] [12]}

International career

Marian Damaschin played five friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 2 March 1986 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him on the field in the 65th minute in order to replace Romulus Gabor in a 1–0 victory against Egypt. ^{[13] [14]} His following four games were a 1–1 and a 0–0 with Iraq and a 2–2 and a 1–0 loss with Norway, the last game being the only one in which he played as a starter. ^[13]

Personal life

His son, Mihai Damaschin was also a footballer. ^[15]

Honours

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1989–90 ^[2]
• Cupa României: 1985–86, 1989–90 ^[2]

Feyenoord

• Dutch Cup: 1991–92 ^[2]
• Dutch Supercup: 1991 ^[10]

References

1. "Profile". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
2. Marian Damaschin at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "Marian Damaschin". Dinamo.webstyler. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
4. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1985-86". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
   "Romanian Cup – Season 1985–1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
   "Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
5. "Cum au fost create marile echipe ale anilor '80?. Episodul 3: Dinamo - Show cu doar 14 "câini". Dar de rasă" [How were the great teams of the '80s created? Episode 3: Dinamo - Show with only 14 "dogs". But dogs of race] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
6. "Memorialul puterii, episodul 2: Victoria București" [The Memorial of Power, episode 2: Victoria Bucharest] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
   "Marian Damaschin - Europa League 1988/1989". WorldFootball. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
7. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
   "Marian Damaschin - Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
8. "Dennis Man, gata să doboare toate recordurile! Feyenoord a venit la București pentru el. Cât cere Becali + cât ar oferi olandezii" [Dennis Man, ready to break all records! Feyenoord came to Bucharest for him. How much is Becali asking + how much the Dutch would offer] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
9. "FCSB – DINAMO Cine domină duelurile jucate în luna octombrie: scorul e 9-5" [FCSB – DINAMO Who dominates the duels played in October: the score is 9-5]. Gsp.ro. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
10. "PSV Eindhoven 0:1 Feyenoord". WorldFootball. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
11. "Marian Damaschin - Eredivisie 1991/1992". WorldFootball. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
    "Marian Damaschin - Cup Winners Cup 1991/1992". WorldFootball. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
12. Marian Damaschin at WorldFootball.net
13. "Marian Damaschin profile". European Football. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
14. "Egypt 0-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
15. "Nostalgiile iesene ale lui Damaschin" [Damascene's Iași nostalgia] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 28 January 1999. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
    ""La Dinamo, cu noi, tinerii, nu se puteau face combinații. Fiecare acționar avea câte un jucător, doi. Aduceau străini cu salarii de 200.000 de euro și nu știau să dea o pasă"" ["At Dinamo, with us, the young people, no combinations could be made. Each shareholder had one player, two. They brought in foreigners with salaries of 200,000 euros and they didn't know how to give a pass"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.