Francisc Zavoda

Francisc Zavoda
Personal information
Full nameFrancisc Zavoda
Date of birth14 April 1927
Place of birthRodna Veche, Bistriţa, Romania
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1938–1947Phoenix Baia Mare
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1947–1948Phoenix Baia Mare
1948–1949CFR Bucureşti26(6)
1950–1960Steaua Bucureşti174(33)
1960–1961Academia Militară Bucureşti
Total200(39)
National team
1951–1959Romania8(0)
Teams managed
1964–1965Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach)
1979-1986ASA Târgu Mureş (assistant coach)
1986Progresul Brăila
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francisc Zavoda, (born 14 April 1927 in Rodna Veche, Bistriţa), also known as Zavoda I is a Romanian football player. He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda, who also played professional football.

Career as football player

Zavoda played as striker for Phoenix Baia Mare (1947–1948), CFR Bucureşti (1948–1949) and then Steaua Bucureşti (1950–1960).

He played a total of 200 games in Divizia A and scored 43 goals. He was champion of Romania in five occasions and won four Romanian Cups.

He won eight caps for Romania.

Career as coach

Zavoda was assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti (1964–1966) and ASA Târgu Mureş (1979–1986) and head coach at Progresul Brăila (1986).

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