Vasile Sfetcu

Last updated

Vasile Sfetcu
Personal information
Date of birth(1937-05-10)10 May 1937 [1]
Place of birth Ploiești, Romania [2]
Date of death 16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 79) [2]
Place of death Constanța, Romania [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper [2]
Youth career
1951–1953 Metalul Ploiești
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1955 Petrolul Ploiești 1 (0)
1956 Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești
1957–1969 Petrolul Ploiești [lower-alpha 1] 160 (0)
1970–1973 Metalul Plopeni 7 (0)
Total168(0)
International career
1962 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
IMU Medgidia
Șoimii Cernavodă
CFR Constanța
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Sfetcu (10 May 1937 - 16 September 2016) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Club career

Vasile Sfetcu was born on 10 May 1937 in Ploiești, Romania, starting to play football at junior level in 1951 at local club, Metalul, afterwards going to play for Petrolul Ploiești where he made his Divizia A debut on 24 November 1954 in a 3–1 away loss against Metalul Hunedoara. [2] He went to play one season for Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești in Divizia B, afterwards he returned at Petrolul where in the first two seasons he won two consecutive Divizia A titles in 1957–58 and 1958–59, being used by coach Ilie Oană in 17 matches in the first one and in 20 in the second one. [2] [6] Sfetcu was used as a starter by Oană for The Yellow Wolves in the 6–1 victory against Siderurgistul Galați from the 1963 Cupa României Final until he was replaced by Mihai Ionescu in the 85th minute and won another Divizia A title with the team in the 1965–66 season, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 5 games. [2] [6] [7] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 26 March 1969 in a 2–0 away loss against UTA Arad, having a total of 161 appearances in the competition, also he has a total of 16 matches in Cupa României and 14 matches in European competitions (including 7 games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). [2] After three more seasons spent at Metalul Plopeni in the Romanian lower leagues, Sfetcu retired from his playing career and started his coaching career at the junior teams of Petrolul and other clubs from the county, afterwards he settled in Constanța, where he trained several other teams from the area: IMU Medgidia, Șoimii Cernavodă and CFR Constanța. [2] [3] [4] Vasile Sfetcu died on 16 September 2016 in Constanța at age 79. [2] [3] [4]

International career

Vasile Sfetcu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 30 September 1962 when coach Constantin Teașcă send him on the field in the 80th minute in order to replace Gheorghe Dungu in a friendly which ended with a 4–0 victory against Morocco. [8] [9] His second game was a 6–0 away loss against Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers and his last appearance was also a friendly against Morocco which took place on 23 December 1962 and it ended with a 3–1 away loss, coach Silviu Ploeșteanu sending him on the field in the 40th minute in order to replace Ion Voinescu. [8] [10]

Honours

Player

Petrolul Ploiești

Metalul Plopeni

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances at that competition for Petrolul Ploiești are not official. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mihai Mocanu</span> Romanian footballer

Mihai Mocanu was a Romanian football defender.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valentin Stănescu</span> Romanian footballer and manager

Valentin Stănescu was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Traian Ionescu</span> Romanian footballer and manager

Traian Ionescu was a Romanian football goalkeeper and coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mihai Ionescu</span> Romanian footballer

Mihai Ionescu was a Romanian footballer who played at both international and professional levels as a goalkeeper.

Constantin Tabarcea was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Ilie Oană was a football player and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexandru Boc</span> Romanian footballer and actor

Alexandru "Sandu" Boc is a retired Romanian footballer, who played as a defender.

The 1963 Cupa României Final was the 25th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Petrolul Ploiești and Siderurgistul Galați, and was won by Petrolul Ploiești after a game with 7 goals. It was the 1st cup for Petrolul Ploiești. One week ago in a championship match against Dinamo Bacău, Petrolul's player Constantin Tabarcea died on the field. In his memory before the Cup final, at the team photo, the place from the down row in front of goalkeeper Mihai Ionescu was left free.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FC Petrolul Ploiești</span> Association football club in Ploiești

Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly known as Petrolul Ploiești or simply as Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, that competes in the Liga I.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mircea Dridea</span> Romanian former footballer and manager

Mircea Dridea is a Romanian former football player and manager, who is the current honorary president of Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virgil Dridea</span> Romanian footballer and manager (1949–2022)

Virgil Dridea, also known as Puiu Dridea, was a Romanian football player and manager.

Dumitru Munteanu was a Romanian footballer.

Anton Munteanu was a Romanian footballer.

Alexandru Badea was a Romanian footballer.

Ion Neacșu was a Romanian footballer.

Vasile Anghel was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.

Ion Zaharia was a Romanian former football right midfielder and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gheorghe Pahonțu</span> Romanian footballer and manager

Gheorghe Pahonțu was a Romanian football right defender and manager.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Constantin Moldoveanu</span> Romanian footballer, manager, and referee

Constantin Moldoveanu was a Romanian football forward, manager and referee.

Gheorghe Dungu was a Romanian football manager and footballer.

References

  1. ↑ Vasile Sfetcu at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Vasile Sfetcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Doliu în tabăra "lupilor" » A murit unul dintre jucătorii generației care a învins-o pe Liverpool la Ploiești" [Mourning in the camp of the "wolves" » One of the players of the generation who defeated Liverpool at Ploiești has died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Așii Petrolului, Gazeta reconstituie portretele idolilor din trecut, din arhive și prin ochii cronicarilor acelor vremuri" [Aces of Petrolul, Gazeta reconstructs portraits of idols from the past, from archives and through the eyes of the chroniclers of those times] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Marile echipe ale Petrolului din anii '50-'60, 6 povești spectaculoase despre performanțele generațiilor de aur ale ploieștenilor" [The great Petrolul teams from the 50s-60s, 6 spectacular stories about the performances of the golden generations of the people of Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Vasile Sfetcu". European Football. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Romania 4-0 Morocco". European Football. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Morocco 3-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.