Florea Voinea (born 21 April 1941) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.
.jpg) Florea Voinea with Steaua Bucharest in 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 April 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Puchenii Moșneni, Prahova County | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1956 | Rafinăria 1 Ploiești | ||
| 1956–1959 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1961 | Prahova Ploiești | ||
| 1961 | Petrolul Ploiești | 5 | (2) |
| 1961–1970 | Steaua București | 182 | (103) |
| 1970–1972 | Nîmes Olympique | 50 | (18) |
| 1972–1973 | Steaua București | 15 | (3) |
| 1973–1974 | CSM Reșița | 27 | (6) |
| 1974–1975 | Politehnica Timișoara | 21 | (2) |
| 1975–1976 | UM Timișoara | ||
| Total | 300 | (134) | |
| International career | |||
| Romania U-23 | 12 | (4) | |
| Romania B | 2 | (3) | |
| 1963–1967 | Romania[a] | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Florea Voinea was born on 21 April 1941 in Puchenii Moșneni, Prahova County and started to play football at junior level at Rafinăria 1 Ploiești and Petrolul Ploiești.[3] He started to play at senior level in Divizia B at Prahova Ploiești, after two seasons he returned to Petrolul, where he made his Divizia A debut on 20 August 1961 in a 6–2 away victory against CCA București in which he scored a goal.[3] He went to play for Steaua București where he won the 1967–68 Divizia A, being the team's top-goalscorer with 13 goals scored in the 25 matches he was used by coach Ștefan Kovács and he also won five Cupa României, scoring in all the finals, in the last two scoring a double in each.[3][4] After a period of two years spent in France at Nîmes Olympique, Voinea came back in Romania, having a second spell at Steaua București, afterwards spending a season at CSM Reșița and one at Politehnica Timișoara where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 25 May 1975 in a 2–2 against Steagul Roșu Brașov, retiring after playing one season in Divizia B at UM Timișoara.[3] Florea Voinea played 251 Divizia A matches in which he scored 117 goals, appeared in a total of 16 matches in which he scored 2 goals in European competitions, scored 13 goals in all competitions for Steaua in the derby against Dinamo, being the team's all-time top-goalscorer of the derby and scored a total of 40 goals in Cupa României.[3][5][6][7][8]
Transfer at Nîmes Olympique edit
During Romania's communist era, transfers of Romanian footballers outside the country were rarely allowed, but in June 1970 dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu went on a visit in France where he was invited by president Georges Pompidou.[9][10] Pampidou took him to see Nîmes, a town where the communists were constantly winning the elections, there Ceaușescu talked to the mayor who complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique so Ceaușescu told him that he was going to send two Romanian footballers to the club.[9][10] Some French people were sent to see the 1970 Cupa României final which was won with 2–1 by Steaua București against Dinamo București, both of Steaua București's goals being scored by Voinea, and they selected Voinea from Steaua and Ion Pârcălab from Dinamo to come and play for Nîmes Olympique, where in the 1971–72 season they helped the team finish second in the championship, each of them scoring 11 goals.[3][9][10][11]
International career edit
Florea Voinea played one friendly game at international level for Romania, appearing on 29 October 1967 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a 0–0 against Poland.[1][12] He also played for Romania's Olympic team in a 2–1 victory against Denmark at the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[2][13]
Honours edit
Steaua București
Nîmes
- French Division 1 runner-up: 1971–72[3]
Romania
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Florea Voinea". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b Florea Voinea at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Florea Voinea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1961–1962". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1965–1966". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1966–1967". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1969–1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 August 2022. - ^ "Killer-ul "câinilor"" [The "dogs" killer] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Muresanu, Catalin; Toma, Razvan (22 April 2011). "La trântă cu recordurile și în Cupă!". ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Dănciulescu, cel mai bun marcator pentru Dinamo în Cupă" [Danciulescu, the best scorer for Dinamo in the Cup] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Dănciulescu, cel mai bun marcator pentru Dinamo în Cupă" [Danciulescu, the best scorer for Dinamo in the Cup] (in Romanian). Click.ro. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "EXCLUSIV / Generatia lui Ion Parcalab nu se regaseste in ceea ce arata Dinamo acum! Vezi cine l-a numit "Sageata Carpatilor" si cum a ajuns sa termine pe locul 2 in Franta!" [EXCLUSIVE / Ion Parcalab's generation does not like how Dinamo looks like now! See who called him the "Carpathian Arrow" and how he ended up in second place in France!] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Povestea fotbalistului al cărui transfer în Franţa a fost rodul negocierii între Nicolae Ceauşescu şi Georges Pompidou" [The story of the footballer whose transfer to France was the result of negotiations between Nicolae Ceausescu and Georges Pompidou] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Ion Pârcălab profile". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Poland 0-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania 2-1 Denmark". 11v11. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Poveste! Florea Voinea golgeter și campion european" [Story! Florea Voinea goal scorer and European champion] (in Romanian). Csasteaua.ro. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
External links edit
- Florea Voinea at WorldFootball.net