Costică Toma
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Costică Toma | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Brăila, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 13 May 2008 (aged 80) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1940–1942 | Suter Bucureşti | ||
| 1942–1948 | Capşa Bucureşti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1950–1951 | CS Armata Iaşi | ||
| 1951 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | ||
| 1951–1963 | Steaua Bucureşti | 108 | (0) |
| Total | 108 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1953–1959 | Romania | 16 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1963–1964 | TUG Bucureşti | ||
| 1964–1965 | Marina Mangalia | ||
| 1965–1966 | Unirea Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| 1971–1972 | UM Timişoara | ||
| 1972–1976 | FC Constanţa (youth) | ||
| 1977 | FIL Orăştie | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.
Player career
Toma began 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. Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.
Toma retired from professional football in 1963.
Achievements at Steaua
- 5 times Champion of Romania with Steaua (1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–1960, 1960–1961)
- 2 times Romanian Cup winner (1952, 1955)
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.