Marin Tufan
Romanian footballer
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Marin Tufan (born 16 October 1942) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker, spending most of his career playing for Farul Constanța.[2][3]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 October 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Istria, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cimentul Medgidia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1963 | Cimentul Medgidia | ||
| 1963–1973 | Farul Constanța | 230 | (62) |
| 1973–1977 | SC Tulcea | 62 | (17) |
| Total | 292 | (79) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Romania B[1] | 1 | (0) |
| 1969–1970 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Granitul Babadag | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 July 2018 | |||
Club career
Tufan was born on 16 October 1942 in Istria, Constanța, Romania, growing up in Sinoe.[2][3][4] He began playing football at age 18 as a junior at Cimentul Medgidia where his first coach was Kostas Choumis.[2][3] Shortly afterwards he started to play for the senior squad of Cimentul in Divizia C.[2][3][4] He was noticed in a friendly against Farul Constanța by the opponent's coach Petre Steinbach, who brought him to the club, giving him his Divizia A debut on 15 September 1963 in the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to UTA Arad.[2][3][4] In the following game, a 4–0 home win over Știința Timișoara he scored a double, and his offensive partner, Constantin Dinulescu, also scored a brace.[2][3][4] Over the course of ten seasons, Tufan appeared in 230 Divizia A matches, being the all-time Divizia A top-scorer of Farul with 62 goals.[2][3][4] The highlight of this period was a fourth place while working with coach Virgil Mărdărescu at the end of the 1966–67 season.[2][3][4][5] In the 1968–69 season, he netted a career-best of 13 goals.[2][3][4] He made his last appearance in the competition on 13 May 1973 in a 0–0 draw against Petrolul Ploiești.[2][3][4] Tufan ended his career in 1977 after playing a few seasons in Divizia B at SC Tulcea.[2][3][4]
International career
Tufan played two games for Romania, both under coach Angelo Niculescu, making his debut on 14 May 1969 in a 1–0 away victory against Switzerland in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[6][7] His second game for the national team was a 1–1 friendly draw against Yugoslavia.[6]
Tufan was selected by Niculescu to be part of Romania's squad for the 1970 World Cup, but did not play there.[2][6][8] For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[9][10]
Managerial career
After he ended his playing career, Tufan had a short managerial career at Granitul Babadag, helping the club earn promotion to Divizia C.[2][3]
Personal life
Tufan's son, Sorin, was also a footballer who played in Divizia A for Farul Constanța and Steaua București.[11]