Ionel Augustin
Romanian footballer
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Ionel Augustin (born 11 October 1955) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 11 October 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1974 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1985 | Dinamo București | 267 | (87) |
| 1976–1977 | → Jiul Petroșani (loan) | 30 | (5) |
| 1986–1988 | Victoria București | 78 | (18) |
| 1988–1989 | Rapid București | 8 | (1) |
| 1989 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 20 | (6) |
| 1989–1990 | Unirea Slobozia | 7 | (1) |
| Total | 410 | (118) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1986[1] | Romania | 34 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Dinamo București | ||
| 1997–2002 | ARO Câmpulung Muscel | ||
| 2002–2003 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | ||
| 2003 | Gloria Buzău | ||
| 2004–2005 | Unirea Focșani | ||
| 2006–2007 | Juventus București | ||
| 2007 | Unirea Focșani | ||
| 2009–2010 | Juventus București | ||
| 2010 | Dinamo București II | ||
| 2010 | Minerul Lupeni | ||
| 2010–2011 | Phoenix Ulmu | ||
| 2011 | CS Buftea | ||
| 2011–2012 | Viitorul Chirnogi | ||
| 2013 | Romania U19 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Augustin, nicknamed Oneață, was born on 11 October 1955 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1966 at Dinamo București.[2][3] He made his Divizia A debut for the senior squad on 23 April 1975 in a 5–0 victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, winning the title in his first season spent at the club, coach Nicolae Dumitru giving him a total of five appearances.[2][3][4] In the 1976–77 season he went to Jiul Petroșani in order to play more often.[2][5]
Afterwards, Augustin returned to Dinamo where for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Gheorghe Mulțescu and Costel Orac, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names.[6] From 1982 to 1984, he earned three consecutive Divizia A titles.[2][4] In the first one, he played 31 matches under coach Valentin Stănescu, scoring seven goals.[2][4] In the following two seasons, he worked once again with Dumitru who gave him 31 appearances each year, and Augustin scored 14 and 17 goals respectively, making these the most prolific seasons of his career.[2][4] Augustin also won three Cupa României, but played in only one of the finals, the one in 1984 when coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București.[2][7] Over the years he scored two goals in the derby against Steaua in two 1–1 draws in the league.[8] He made some notable performances with The Red Dogs in European competitions, such as helping the club eliminate Inter Milan by scoring one goal in the 4–3 victory on aggregate in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.[2][3][9] He also appeared in seven matches in the 1983–84 European Cup campaign, scoring one goal against Kuusysi Lahti, one in a 3–0 victory in the first leg that helped them eliminate title holders Hamburg and one against Dinamo Minsk, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.[2][3][10]
In the middle of the 1985–86 season, Augustin went to play for Victoria București.[2] In 1988 he joined Rapid București where on 11 December he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–0 victory against Argeș Pitești, totaling 383 matches with 111 goals in the competition and 33 games with 10 goals in European competitions.[2][3] Augustin ended his career in 1990 after playing two seasons in Divizia B for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea and Unirea Slobozia.[2]
International career
Augustin played 34 matches and scored three goals for Romania, making his debut on 13 December 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovacs in a 2–1 friendly loss to Greece.[11][12] He played two games in which he scored once in the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[11] Subsequently, he appeared in the first leg of the 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Yugoslavia, and he also played two matches in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.[11]
Augustin made six appearances during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, including a 1–0 victory against World Cup holders Italy.[11][13] Afterwards he was selected by coach Mircea Lucescu to be part of the final tournament squad and played in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as the team did not get past the group stage.[11][14] Then he played in a 3–2 loss to Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers.[11] His last two games played for the national team were friendly draws, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq, Augustin scoring Romania's goal in the first one.[11]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Augustin goal.[11]
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 13 May 1979 | Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus | 2 |  Cyprus | 1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 1980 qualifiers |
| 2. | 18 May 1982 | Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile | 15 |  Chile | 3–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 3. | 14 March 1986 | Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq | 33 |  Iraq | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |