Vasile Maftei

Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right back.

Vasile Maftei

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981
Place of birth	Fălticeni, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Rapid București (youth center director)
Youth career
1988–1996	CSȘ Fălticeni
1996–2000	Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2009	Rapid București	211	(9)
2000	→ Tractorul Brașov (loan)	6	(1)
2009–2010	Unirea Urziceni	45	(3)
2011–2014	CFR Cluj	62	(7)
2014–2015	Concordia Chiajna	25	(3)
2015–2017	Voluntari	66	(1)
2017–2018	Rapid București	22	(2)
Total		437	(26)
International career
2000–2003	Romania U21	10	(0)
2006–2011	Romania	12	(1)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2020–2021	Voluntari (assistant)
2021–	Rapid București (youth center director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Maftei was formed at Rapid București, where he became a key part of the team, winning one league title in 2003, one Romanian Cup and one Super Cup in 2002. In 2004, following the departure of Adrian Iencsi, he was appointed captain and won two Romanian Cups in a row in 2006 and 2007 and one Super Cup in 2007. He also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Rapid in 2006, where they were eliminated by Steaua București.

On 26 February 2006, Maftei was called up to the Romania team for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Dorin Goian. Two days later, he scored on his Romania debut against Armenia from a header, in a 2–0 win for his country. Overall, he managed 12 caps for Romania.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tractorul Brașov (loan)	2000–01	6	1	?	?	-		-		-		6	1
Rapid București	2000–01	8	0	?	?	-		-		-		8	0
	2001–02	5	0	?	?	-		-		-		9	0
	2002–03	29	3	2	0	-		4	0	1	0	36	3
	2003–04	25	0	2	0	-		2	0	0	0	29	0
	2004–05	25	1	1	0	-		-		-		26	1
	2005–06	29	1	5	0	-		13	0	-		47	1
	2006–07	28	1	4	0	-		10	0	-		42	1
	2007–08	33	2	2	0	-		2	0	1	0	38	2
	2008–09	29	1	1	0	-		2	1	-		32	2
Total		211	9	17	0	-	-	33	1	2	0	263	10
Unirea Urziceni	2009–10	30	1	1	0	-		7	0	1	0	39	1
	2010–11	15	2	1	0	-		4	0	1	0	21	2
Total		45	3	2	0	-	-	11	0	2	0	60	3
CFR Cluj	2010–11	3	0	-		-		-		-		3	0
	2011–12	15	2	0	0	-		-		-		15	2
	2012–13	20	2	4	0	-		2	0	1	0	27	2
	2013–14	24	3	1	0	-		-		-		25	3
Total		62	7	5	0	-	-	2	0	1	0	70	7
Concordia Chiajna	2014–15	25	3	0	0	1	0	-		-		26	3
Voluntari	2015–16	29	1	0	0	1	0	-		2	0	32	1
	2016–17	28	0	6	0	0	0	-		-		34	0
	2017–18	9	0	0	0	0	0	-		1	0	10	0
Total		66	1	6	0	1	0	-	-	3	0	76	1
Rapid București	2017–18	22	2	?	?	-		-		-		22	2
Career Total		437	26	30	0	2	0	46	1	8	0	523	27

International career

• He made his international debut on 28 February 2006.

International stats

Romania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	4	1
2007	1	0
2008	0	0
2009	3	0
2010	3	0
2011	1	0
Total	12	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 February 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Armenia	1-0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 2002–03
• Cupa României: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Supercupa României: 2002, 2003, 2007
• Liga IV – Bucharest: 2017–18

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2011–12
• Cupa României runner-up: 2012–13
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2012

Voluntari

• Cupa României: 2016–17
• Supercupa României: 2017

External links

• Vasile Maftei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Vasile Maftei at Soccerway
• Vasile Maftei at National-Football-Teams.com