Lazăr Sfera
Appearance
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![]() Sfera (left) tackling Vasile Naciu of Juventus in 1938 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1909 | ||
Place of birth | Sân Mihai, Austro-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 24 August 1992 (aged 83) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1923–1925 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1927–1929 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
1929 | Banatul Timișoara | ||
1929–1931 | România Cluj | ||
1931–1934 | Universitatea Cluj | 27 | (2) |
1934–1941 | Venus București | 132 | (3) |
International career | |||
1931–1941 | Romania | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lazăr Sfera (29 April 1909, in Sân Mihai, Austria-Hungary (today in Serbia) – 24 April 1992) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender.
Career
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He began his career at the youth team of Politehnica Timișoara from 1923 to 1925. He stayed at the club until 1929. He then left for Divizia A club Banatul Timișoara before signing for one season at Rômania Cluj. He then left for Universitatea Cluj until 1934. He ended his career at Venus București. He retired in 1941.[citation needed]
Sfera was a member of Romania's 1934 World Cup team in Italy, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after a 2–1 defeat to Czechoslovakia.[1]
He also represented his country at the 1938 World Cup in France.
Honours
[edit]- Venus București
References
[edit]- ^ Nicolae, Razvan (4 February 2018). "Italia, victorie finală pentru Mussolini! Tricolorii, la un pas să rateze Mondialul din 1934". Fanatik.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Lazăr Sfera at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Lazăr Sfera at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Alibunar
- Footballers from South Banat District
- People from the Kingdom of Hungary
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Liga I players
- FC Victoria Cluj players
- FC Universitatea Cluj players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- FC Venus București players
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Romanian Austro-Hungarians
- Serbian people of Romanian descent
- Romanians of Vojvodina
- Men's association football defenders
- Romanian football defender stubs