Costică Toma
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Costică Toma | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Costică Toma | |
Date of birth | January 1, 1928 | |
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) |
National team | ||
Romania | 16 (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 |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Costică Toma (January 1, 1928 – May 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
- 5 times Champion of Romania with Steaua (1952, 1953, 1956, 1959-1960, 1960-1961)
- 2 times Romanian Cup winner (1952, 1955)
[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.
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