Dorel Zamfir

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Dorel Zamfir
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-09-30) 30 September 1961 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth Vișeu de Sus, Romania[1]
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)
National team
1981 Romania U20[2] 5 (1)
Teams managed
Flacăra Moreni (player-coach)
Honours
Representing  Romania
FIFA World Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place FIFA U-20 World Cup 1981
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dorel Zamfir (born 30 September 1961) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right midfielder.[1]

Club career[]

Dorel 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] He started playing football at age 7, at FC Constanța's youth center, 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 match which ended with a 1–0 loss against Steaua București.[1] In the beginning of 1980, he went to play for Dinamo București, a team with which he won the 1981–82 Divizia A, playing 9 games in the campaign and the Cupa României, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 3–0 victory against Levski Sofia in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.[3][4][5][6] In 1982 he played for Dinamo's rival, Steaua București, after which he went to play for six seasons at Argeș Pitești.[1] 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]

International career[]

Dorel Zamfir represented Romania U20 at the 1981 World Youth Championship from Australia, playing 5 games in which he scored one goal in a 1–1 against Brazil in the group stage, helping the team finish the tournament in the 3rd position, winning the bronze medal.[1][2][7] 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 back to the country.[8]

Honours[]

Dinamo București

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Meciul din 1977. Înainte de Enes Sali, a fost Dorel Zamfir! Povestea unui alt copil teribil al Farului, care a debutat la 15 ani, contra Stelei (galerie foto)" [The 1977 match. Before Enes Sali, it was Dorel Zamfir! The story of another terrible child of Farul, who debuted at the age of 15, against the Steaua] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Dorel Zamfir at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1979-80". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1981-82". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Dinamo București vs. Levski Sofia 3 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Romania U20 vs. Brazil U20 1 – 1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  8. ^ "VIDEO Acum 34 de ani România a fost mai aproape ca oricând de titlul mondial la fotbal. Povestea echipei care a obţinut cea mai mare performanţă pentru FRF" [VIDEO 34 years ago, Romania was closer than ever to the world football title. The story of the team that achieved the highest performance for FRF] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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