Costică Toma

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Costică Toma
Personal information
Full name Costică Toma
Date of birth January 1, 1928(1928-01-01)
Place of birth    Brăila, Romania
Date of death    May 13, 2008 (aged 80)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1950-1951
1951
1951-1963
CS Armata Iaşi
CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Steaua Bucureşti


108 0(0)   
National team
Romania 016 0(0)
Teams managed
1963-1964
1964-1965
1965-1966
1971 - 1972
1972-1976
1977
TUG Bucureşti
Marina Mangalia
Unirea Râmnicu Vâlcea
UM Timişoara
FC Constanţa youth
FIL Orăştie

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Costică Toma (January 1, 1928May 13, 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.

[edit] Player career

Toma begun his football career in 1940, when he played for FC Suter as a striker. After a period when he played as a youth for Capşa Bucureşti, he moved to Iaşi. He played only a season at CS Armata, and after two months at Câmpulung Moldovenesc, he moved to Steaua Bucureşti. He played twelve years for the Army Men, and was a part of the Steaua Golden Team. He had at Steaua a famous and a fair-play rivalry with Ion Voinescu. It was said that Toma and Voinescu were the best couple of goalkeepers that a Romanian football club ever had.[citation needed] Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.

Toma retired from professional football in 1963.

[edit] Achievements at Steaua

[edit] Manager career

Despite being a great goalkeeper, Toma was not a successful manager. He managed only inferior leagues teams and also a large number of youth teams.