Sorin Avram

Sorin Avram
Personal information
Full nameSorin Aristotel Avram
Date of birth29 March 1943
Place of birthBacău, Romania
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionStriker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19561959Letea Bacău
19591960Dinamo Bacău2(0)
19601961Steaua Roşie Bacău
19611962Dinamo Bacău16(3)
19621963Viitorul Bucureşti11(2)
19631969Steaua Bucureşti124(25)
19691970Farul Constanţa18(2)
19701973Sport Club Bacău55(6)
Total226(38)
National team
Romania U235(0)
19641967Romania12(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sorin Avram (born 29 March 1943 in Bacău) is a former Romanian football player and coach.

He started his career in 1956, by joining the youth team of Letea Bacău. From there he moved to Dinamo Bacău in 1959 and then to Viitorul Bucharest in 1962.

Viitorul Bucharest was a project of the Romanian Football Federation in which they gather the best young players and formed a team which played in the Romanian top division, Divizia A.

From Viitorul, Avram joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1963. Six years later he joined FC Farul Constanţa and then moved back to FCM Bacău in 1970, ended his career in 1973 at only 30.

He played a total of 226 games in Divizia A, scoring 38 goals. He was Romanian football champion with Steaua Bucureşti in 1968 and won the Romanian Cup, again with Steaua Bucureşti, in 1966 and 1967. He also won 12 caps for Romania, scoring one goal. He played for Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

As a coach he was head-coach of FCM Bacău for nine games during the 1991 - 92 season.

References

  1. "Sorin Avram Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-27.