Florea Martinovici
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 April 1940[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Băilești, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 16 June 2011 (aged 71)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger[1][2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954–1959 | Metalul Bocșa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1960 | Șoimii Timișoara | ||
| 1960–1961 | Metalul Bocșa | ||
| 1961–1967 | Jiul Petroșani | 132 | (24) |
| 1967–1972 | Universitatea Craiova | 99 | (5) |
| 1972–1974 | Minerul Motru | 38 | (0) |
| Total | 269 | (29) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Romania | 2 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 January 2020 | |||
Florea Martinovici (19 April 1940 – 16 June 2011) was a Romanian footballer who played as a winger.[1][2]
Martinovici was born on 19 April 1940 in Băilești, Romania and began playing football in 1954 at local club Metalul.[1] In 1959 he moved to Șoimii Timișoara, but after one year he returned to Metalul.[1] In 1961 he joined Jiul Petroșani where he made his Divizia A debut on 27 August under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–0 away victory against UTA Arad in which he scored the goal.[1][3] The team was relegated at the end of his first season.[1] He stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league at the end of the 1965–66 season.[1] In 1967, Martinovici went to Universitatea Craiova.[1] There, he made his only two appearances in European competitions in the 4–2 aggregate loss to Pécsi Dózsa in the first round of the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[1][4] On 12 December 1971, he made his last Divizia A appearance in Craiova's 2–0 home win over Farul Constanța, totaling 142 matches with 13 goals in the competition.[1] In 1972 he joined Minerul Motru in Divizia C, helping them gain promotion to the second league after one year.[1] Subsequently, Martinovici ended his career after playing 12 games during the 1973–74 Divizia B season.[1]
International career
Martinovici was the first Universitatea Craiova player who played for Romania's national team.[2] He made his debut on 23 April 1967 under coach Ilie Oană in a 7–0 victory against Cyprus in the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he scored a goal.[2][5][6] Subsequently, he made one more appearance for the national team in a 2–0 victory against Switzerland during the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[2][5][7]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martinovici goal.[5]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 23 April 1967 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania |  Cyprus | 2–0 | 7–0 | Euro 1968 qualifiers |