Constantin Eftimescu
Romanian footballer (1952–2022)
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Constantin Eftimescu (15 June 1952 – 18 June 2022) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 June 1952[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 18 June 2022 (aged 70)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Obor București | |||
| 1964–1970 | Steaua București | ||
| 1971–1972 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1973 | Dinamo București | 1 | (0) |
| 1973–1976 | Dinamo Slatina[a] | 19 | (0) |
| 1976–1984 | Dinamo București | 81 | (0) |
| 1984–1986 | Victoria București | 17 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Delta Dinamo Tulcea | ||
| 1988 | CS Târgoviște | ||
| 1988–1989 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| Total | 118 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Eftimescu was born on 15 June 1952 in București, Romania and grew up in the Rahova neighborhood.[1][3] He began playing junior-level football at Dinamo Obor București.[1][3] In 1964, Eftimescu moved to Steaua București where he stayed until 1970 when he joined Dinamo București.[1][3][4][5] There, he made his Divizia A debut on 15 October 1972, keeping a clean sheet under coach Ion Nunweiller in a 1–0 home win over FC Brașov.[1][6] That was his single appearance of the season, as the club won the title.[1][4][5][7][8] Subsequently, from 1973 to 1976 he played for Dinamo Slatina in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]
In 1976, Eftimescu made a comeback to Dinamo București where in the 1976–77 season, he played three games under coach Nunweiller as the team won the championship.[1][4][5][7][8] Afterwards, he played in both legs of the 12–0 aggregate win over Alki Larnaca in the first round of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.[1][9] Eftimescu won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 to 1984.[1][4][5][7][8] In the first one, he played six matches under coach Valentin Stănescu.[1][8] In the second, he played six games once again and in the third he made four appearances, working with coach Nicolae Dumitru for both.[1][8] Eftimescu also won two Cupa României with The Red Dogs, but he did not play in either of the finals.[1][4][5][7][10] He replaced Dumitru Moraru for the last minutes of the 3–0 home victory against Kuusysi Lahti in the first round of the 1983–84 European Cup, a campaign in which Dinamo reached the semi-finals.[1][4][5][7][11]
In 1984, Eftimescu joined Divizia B club Victoria București, which he helped—alongside coach Florin Cheran—to earn first-league promotion after one year.[1][4][5][7][12] On 19 April 1986, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 loss to Universitatea Cluj, totaling 90 matches with 83 goals conceded in the competition.[1][13] Eftimescu retired in 1989 after spending the last years of his career playing for Delta Dinamo Tulcea, CS Târgoviște and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]
After retirement and death
After Eftimescu ended his playing career, he worked as a competition organizer and president of Dinamo București.[3]
He was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the Military Hospital in Bucharest and died on 18 June 2022 at the age of 70.[4][7][14]
Honours
Notes
- The statistics for the 1974–75 and 1975–76 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]