Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 30 September 1961|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vișeu de Sus, Romania [1] | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 October 2023 | (aged 62)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right midfielder [2] | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1968–1977 | FC Constanța | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||
1977–1979 | FC Constanța | 43 | (3) | |||||||||||
1980–1982 | Dinamo București | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||
1982 | Steaua București | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
1983–1989 | Argeș Pitești | 196 | (17) | |||||||||||
Gloria Bistrița | ||||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni | ||||||||||||||
Total | 274 | (24) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Romania U20 [2] | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dorel Zamfir (30 September 1961 – 6 October 2023) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right midfielder. [1] [3] [4]
Zamfir was born on 30 September 1961 in Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș County, but when he was two months old, his parents settled in his father's city, Constanța. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] He started playing football at age 7, at FC Constanța's youth center where he worked with coach Iosif Bükössy, making his debut for the senior team when he played a full match at the age of 15 years, five months and 16 days on 16 March 1977 under coach Gheorghe Ola in a Divizia A home game which ended with a 1–0 loss against Steaua București. [1] [5] [6] In the beginning of 1980, he went to play for Dinamo București, a team with which he won The Double in the 1981–82 season, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in 9 league matches, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 3–0 victory against Levski Sofia in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. [1] [5] [6] [7] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 1982 he played for Dinamo București's rival, Steaua București, after which he went to play for six seasons at Argeș Pitești. [1] [5] [6] [7] In the following years of his career, Zamfir went to play for Gloria Bistrița, also heaving some experiences playing abroad in Turkey and Israel, ending his career as a player-coach at Flacăra Moreni. [1] [7]
Zamfir represented Romania U20 at the 1981 World Youth Championship in Australia, playing five games in which he scored one goal in a 1–1 against Brazil in the group stage, helping the team finish the tournament on the 3rd position, winning the bronze medal. [1] [2] [5] [7] [8] [13] After the tournament, Zamfir decided to remain in Australia, at that time defection from the Socialist Republic of Romania being illegal, but he willingly returned to the country. [14]
Zamfir died on 6 October 2023, at the age of 62. [5] [6] [7] [15] [16] [17]
Dinamo București
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 30 September 1961|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vișeu de Sus, Romania [1] | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 6 October 2023 | (aged 62)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right midfielder [2] | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1968–1977 | FC Constanța | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||
1977–1979 | FC Constanța | 43 | (3) | |||||||||||
1980–1982 | Dinamo București | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||
1982 | Steaua București | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
1983–1989 | Argeș Pitești | 196 | (17) | |||||||||||
Gloria Bistrița | ||||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni | ||||||||||||||
Total | 274 | (24) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Romania U20 [2] | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
Flacăra Moreni (player-coach) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dorel Zamfir (30 September 1961 – 6 October 2023) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right midfielder. [1] [3] [4]
Zamfir was born on 30 September 1961 in Vișeu de Sus, Maramureș County, but when he was two months old, his parents settled in his father's city, Constanța. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] He started playing football at age 7, at FC Constanța's youth center where he worked with coach Iosif Bükössy, making his debut for the senior team when he played a full match at the age of 15 years, five months and 16 days on 16 March 1977 under coach Gheorghe Ola in a Divizia A home game which ended with a 1–0 loss against Steaua București. [1] [5] [6] In the beginning of 1980, he went to play for Dinamo București, a team with which he won The Double in the 1981–82 season, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in 9 league matches, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 3–0 victory against Levski Sofia in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. [1] [5] [6] [7] [9] [10] [11] [12] In 1982 he played for Dinamo București's rival, Steaua București, after which he went to play for six seasons at Argeș Pitești. [1] [5] [6] [7] In the following years of his career, Zamfir went to play for Gloria Bistrița, also heaving some experiences playing abroad in Turkey and Israel, ending his career as a player-coach at Flacăra Moreni. [1] [7]
Zamfir represented Romania U20 at the 1981 World Youth Championship in Australia, playing five games in which he scored one goal in a 1–1 against Brazil in the group stage, helping the team finish the tournament on the 3rd position, winning the bronze medal. [1] [2] [5] [7] [8] [13] After the tournament, Zamfir decided to remain in Australia, at that time defection from the Socialist Republic of Romania being illegal, but he willingly returned to the country. [14]
Zamfir died on 6 October 2023, at the age of 62. [5] [6] [7] [15] [16] [17]
Dinamo București