Florea Voinea

Florea Voinea (born 21 April 1941) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Florea Voinea
Florea Voinea with Steaua Bucharest in 1967
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-04-21) 21 April 1941
Place of birth Puchenii Moșneni, Prahova County
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1956 Rafinăria 1 Ploiești
1956–1959 Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Prahova Ploiești 50 (13)
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 17 (3)
Total 367 (150)
National team
Romania U-23 12 (4)
Romania B 2 (3)
1963–1967 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Voinea was born in Puchenii. He played for Prahova Ploiești, Petrolul Ploiești, Steaua București, Steaua București, CSM Reșița, Politehnica Timișoara, UM Timișoara and Nîmes Olympique in France.[3] He won one league title and five cups with Steaua București.[3] Voinea scored 13 goals in all competitions for Steaua in the Eternal derby against Dinamo, being the team's all-time top-goalscorer of the derby.[4] He played 251 Divizia A matches in which he scored 117 goals, also appearing in a total of 16 matches in which he scored 2 goals in European competitions.[3]

Transfer at Nîmes Olympique

During Romania's communist era, transfers of Romanian footballers outside the country were rarely allowed, but in June 1970 dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu went on a visit in Nîmes where he was invited by the communist mayor of the town Georges Pompidou.[5][6] At that meeting they also talked about football and Pompidou complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique so Ceaușescu told him that he was going to send two Romanian footballers to the club.[5][6] Some French people were sent to see the 1970 Cupa României final which was won with 2–1 by Steaua București against Dinamo București, both of Steaua București's goals being scored by Voinea, and they selected Voinea from Steaua and Ion Pârcălab from Dinamo to come and play for Nîmes Olympique, where in the 1971–72 season they helped the team finish second in the championship, each of them scoring 11 goals.[3][5][6][7]

International career

Florea Voinea played one friendly game at international level for Romania, appearing on 29 October 1967 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a 0–0 against Poland.[1][8] He also played for Romania's Olympic team in a 2–1 victory against Denmark at the 1964 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[2][9]

Honours

Steaua București

Nîmes

Romania

Notes
  1. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References
  1. "Florea Voinea". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. Florea Voinea at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Florea Voinea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  4. "Killer-ul "câinilor"" [The "dogs" killer] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. "EXCLUSIV / Generatia lui Ion Parcalab nu se regaseste in ceea ce arata Dinamo acum! Vezi cine l-a numit "Sageata Carpatilor" si cum a ajuns sa termine pe locul 2 in Franta!" [EXCLUSIVE / Ion Parcalab's generation does not like how Dinamo looks like now! See who called him the "Carpathian Arrow" and how he ended up in second place in France!] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. "Povestea fotbalistului al cărui transfer în Franţa a fost rodul negocierii între Nicolae Ceauşescu şi Georges Pompidou" [The story of the footballer whose transfer to France was the result of negotiations between Nicolae Ceausescu and Georges Pompidou] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  7. "Ion Pârcălab profile". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  8. "Poland 0-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. "Romania 2-1 Denmark". 11v11. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. "Poveste! Florea Voinea golgeter și campion european" [Story! Florea Voinea goal scorer and European champion] (in Romanian). Csasteaua.ro. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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