Marin Andrei

Marin Andrei

Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-10-22) 22 October 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth	Târgoviște, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1962	Metalul Târgoviște [a]	23	(0)
1962–1968	Rapid București	73	(0)
1968–1969	Steaua București	8	(0)
1969	Progresul București	8	(0)
1970–1972	Dinamo București	22	(0)
1972–1973	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	13	(0)
Total		147	(0)
International career
1964–1965	Romania	4 [b]	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marin Andrei (born 22 October 1940) is a Romanian former footballer. ^[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. ^[3]

Club career

Marin Andrei started his senior career playing for Metalul Târgoviște in Divizia B and after two seasons he managed to promote to Divizia A, a competition where he made his debut on 20 August 1961 in a 3–1 victory against UTA Arad. ^[1] After one Divizia A season with Metalul he went to play under the guidance of coach Valentin Stănescu at Rapid București. ^[4] Andrei was an important player in the first three seasons spent with The Railwaymen as the team managed to be runner-up in all three years, also in the 1964–65 Divizia A season he set a competition record for goalkeepers of 770 minutes without receiving a goal. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6]} In the 1966–67 Divizia A season he helped Rapid win the first title in the club's history, playing only three games, as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Rică Răducanu. ^{[1] [4] [5] [7]} The next season, Andrei played four games in the league, after which he went to play for one season at Steaua București, where he made eight league appearances, having a hard competition with international goalkeepers Carol Haidu and Vasile Suciu, also managing to win the Cupa României. ^{[1] [5] [8]} He went to play for Progresul București in the second league for a half of year, after which he signed with Dinamo București, thus becoming the first player to play for Rapid, Steaua and Dinamo. ^{[1] [4] [5]} He won the 1970–71 Divizia A title with Dinamo in which he played four games, as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Mircea Constantinescu. ^{[1] [7]} Also he made three appearances for the club in the 1971–72 European Cup, helping the club pass Spartak Trnava in the first round, keeping a clean sheet in the first leg but they got eliminated in the following round by Feyenoord. ^{[1] [9] [10]} Marin Andrei ended his career after playing one season in the second league for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea with whom he won the Cupa României. ^{[1] [8]}

In 1967, Andrei was contacted by Peruvian champion Club Universitario de Deportes, who wanted a European goalkeeper, but was denied a transfer there because the Romania's communist regime did not allow it. ^[5]

International career

Marin Andrei played one game for Romania on 23 October 1965 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–1 loss against Turkey at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers. ^{[2] [11]} Andrei also played for Romania's Olympic team in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against Yugoslavia, also being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad from Tokyo, appearing in a 1–0 victory against Iran and in a 4–2 win over Ghana, helping the team finish on the fifth place. ^{[8] [5] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Honours

Metalul Târgoviște

• Divizia B: 1960–61 ^[1]

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 1966–67 ^{[1] [8]}
• Balkans Cup: 1963–64, 1964–66

Steaua București

• Cupa României: 1968–69 ^[8]

Progresul București

• Divizia B: 1969–70 ^[1]

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1970–71 ^{[1] [8]}

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea

• Cupa României: 1972–73 ^[8]

Notes

1. The statistics for the 1959–60 and 1960–61 Divizia B seasons are unavailable. ^[1]
2. Including 3 appearances for Romania's Olympic team. ^[2]

References

1. Marin Andrei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "Marin Andrei". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marin Andrei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
4. "Marin Andrei, omul care a stabilit cu Rapid un record acum 53 ani!" [Marin Andrei, the man who set a record with Rapid 53 years ago!] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
5. ""Am crescut un urs în vestiar!". GSP a redescoperit primul fotbalist care a jucat la Dinamo, Rapid și Steaua, deținătorul recordului all-time de minute la rând fără gol primit în Divizia A" ["I raised a bear in the locker room!". GSP rediscovered the first footballer to play for Dinamo, Rapid and Steaua, the holder of the all-time record of minutes in a row without a goal received in Division A] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
6. "Andrei Vlad, #1 în istoria FCSB! Locul 6 într-un top uriaș: peste Prunea și Duckadam" [Andrei Vlad, # 1 in the history of FCSB! 6th place in a huge top: over Prunea and Duckadam] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
7. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
8. Marin Andrei at National-Football-Teams.com
9. "Acum 50 de ani ne băteam cu cei mari" [50 years ago we were fighting with the big ones] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
10. "Marin Andrei. Champions League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
11. "Turkey 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
12. "Yugoslavia vs. Romania 1 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
13. "Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
14. "Romania vs. Iran 1 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
15. "Romania vs. Ghana 4 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• Marin Andrei at WorldFootball.net
• Marin Andrei at Olympics.com