Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1939)

Not to be confused with Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1951).

Constantin Ștefan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-06-03)3 June 1939
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	12 September 2012(2012-09-12) (aged 73)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1953–1957	Voința București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1959	CPCS București
1959–1961	Dinamo Obor București	8	(3)
1961–1971	Dinamo București	189	(0)
Total		197	(3)
Managerial career
1971–1972	Dinamo Obor București (youth coach)
1972–1973	Dinamo București (youth coach)
1973–1974	Dinamo Slatina
1974–1975	Corvinul Hunedoara
1975–1976	Dacia Orăștie
1976–1977	Dinamo Slatina
1977–1979	Muscelul Câmpulung
1979–1981	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
1981–1982	Gloria Buzău
1982–1983	Progresul Vulcan București
1983–1984	ROVA Roșiori
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2020

Constantin Ștefan (3 June 1939 – 12 September 2012) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left back.

Career

Constantin Ștefan was born on 3 June 1939 in Bucharest, Romania. He started his career playing at the junior squads of Voința București in 1953, starting his senior career in 1957 by playing two years at CPCS București in Divizia B and Divizia C. Afterwards, he went to play for Divizia B team, Dinamo Obor București for two seasons and a half, reaching the 1960 Cupa României final which was lost with 2–0 in front of Progresul București.

He made his Divizia A debut on 11 November 1961, playing for Dinamo București in a 4–1 away victory against Progresul, making a total of 16 appearances during his first season, as the club won the Divizia A title, working with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru. In the following three seasons Ștefan helped the club win three more titles, in the first two he was coached by Dumitru and Ionescu who used him in 25 games in the first and in 19 matches in the second, while in the last one he played in 22 matches under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu. During his period spent with The Red Dogs, he also won two Cupa României, being used all the minutes by Ionescu in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București in the 1964 final, then in the one from 1968 he played again the whole match which was a 3–1 over Rapid București, being coached by Bazil Marian. He won another Divizia A title in the last season of his career in which Dumitru and Ionescu gave him eight appearances, his last taking place on 20 June 1971 in a 2–2 against Universitatea Cluj. Ștefan played a total of 189 Divizia A matches and 11 games in European competitions, including a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965–66 European Cup who were the winners of the last two editions of the competition, earning all these performances while playing for Dinamo București.

Death

Constantin Ștefan died on 12 September 2012 at age 73 in his native Bucharest.

Honours

Dinamo Obor București

• Cupa României runner-up: 1959–60

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71
• Cupa României: 1963–64, 1967–68