Florea Voinea
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.jpg) Voinea with Steaua București in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 April 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puchenii Moșneni, Prahova County, Romania | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Rafinăria 1 Ploiești | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1959 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Prahova Ploiești | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Romania U18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1965 | Romania U23 | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | Romania B | 2 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Romania Olympic | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Romania | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Florea Voinea (born 21 April 1941) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.
Early career
Voinea was born on 21 April 1941 in Puchenii Moșneni, Prahova County, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1956 at Rafinăria 1 Ploiești and then for Petrolul Ploiești.[1] He started to play at senior level in 1959 at Divizia B club Prahova Ploiești.[1] After two seasons, Voinea returned to Petrolul, where he made his Divizia A debut on 20 August 1961 under coach Ilie Oană in a 6–2 away victory against CCA București in which he scored a goal.[1][2]
Steaua București
In 1961, Voinea joined Steaua București where he won the 1967–68 title, as the team's top-scorer with 13 goals in 25 matches under coach Ștefan Kovács.[1][3] He also won five Cupa României, scoring in all finals, including doubles in the last two, both 2–1 victories against rivals Dinamo București.[1][4] He is Steaua's top-scorer in the derby against Dinamo with 13 goals in all competitions.[1][5] During these years, Voinea represented The Military Men in 14 European competition matches, scoring two goals.[1]
Nîmes Olympique
During Romania's communist era, transfers of Romanian footballers outside the country were rarely allowed.[6][7] However, in June 1970, dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu visited France, where he was invited by president Georges Pompidou.[6][7] Pompidou took him to Nîmes, a town where communists consistently won elections.[6][7] There, Ceaușescu spoke with the mayor, who complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique.[6][7] Consequently, Ceaușescu promised to send two Romanian footballers to the club.[6][7] Subsequently, some French officials were dispatched to observe the 1970 Cupa României final, which Steaua București won 2–1 against Dinamo București.[6][7] From this match, they selected Voinea from Steaua and Ion Pârcălab from Dinamo to play for Nîmes.[6][7]
Voinea made his French Division 1 debut on 19 September 1970 under coach Kader Firoud in a 2–0 home victory against Bastia.[8][9] He scored his first goals on 3 October, netting a hat-trick in a 4–3 win over Sochaux.[8] In the following season he scored a brace in a 5–1 home victory against AS Monaco and a hat-trick in a 5–1 away win over Red Star.[10] Voinea and compatriot Pârcălab finished the 1971–72 season with each scoring 11 goals, which helped the team finish second in the championship.[1][6][7][10][11] He made his last French Division 1 appearance on 27 May 1972 in a 4–0 success over Saint-Étienne, totaling 50 matches with 18 goals in the competition.[1][10][12] Voinea also played for Nîmes in two UEFA Cup matches.[1]
Late career
After spending two years in France, Voinea came back to Romania, and had a second spell at Steaua București.[1] In 1973 he went to CSM Reșița for one season.[1] Subsequently, he joined Politehnica Timișoara where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 25 May 1975 in a 2–2 draw against Steagul Roșu Brașov, totaling 251 matches with 117 goals in the competition and 40 goals scored in the Cupa României.[1][13][14] Voinea ended his career in 1976, after playing one season in Divizia B for UM Timișoara.[1]
International career
Voinea was a member of Romania's under-18 national team which won the 1962 European Championship under coaches Nicolae Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Ola.[15] He was the nation's top-scorer in the tournament with four goals, including one in the 4–1 victory against Yugoslavia in the final.[15] Between 1962 and 1965, he made several appearances for Romania's under-23 and B sides.[16] He also played for the Olympic team in a 2–1 victory against Denmark in the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[16][17]
Voinea played one friendly game for Romania, appearing on 29 October 1967 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a 0–0 draw against Poland.[18]
For winning the 1962 European Under-18 Championship, Voinea was decorated by President of Romania, Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008, with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal of "Sportive Merit") Class III.[19]
