Marin Tufan

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Marin Tufan (born 16 October 1942) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker, spending most of his career playing for Farul Constanța.[1][2]

Club career

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Tufan (third from left) during a Farul training session in 1963
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Tufan (second from right, front row) with Farul Constanța in 1965
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Marin Tufan was born on 16 October 1942 in Istria, Constanța, Romania, growing up in Sinoe, starting to play football at age 18 as a junior at Cimentul Medgidia where his first coach was Kostas Choumis.[1][2][3] Shortly afterwards he started to play at the senior squad of Cimentul in Divizia C.[1][2][3] He was noticed in a friendly with Farul Constanța by the opponents team's coach, Petre Steinbach, who brought him to the club, giving him his Divizia A debut on 15 September 1963 in the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss against UTA Arad.[1][2][3] In the following game, a 4–0 home win over Știința Timișoara he played as a starter and scored a double as well as his partner from the offence, Constantin Dinulescu.[1][2][3] Over the course of ten seasons, Tufan appeared in 230 Divizia A matches, the highlights of this period being a fourth position while working with coach Virgil Mărdărescu at the end of the 1966–67 season and a personal record of 13 goals scored in the 1968–69 season, being the all-time Divizia A top-goalscorer of Farul with 62 goals.[1][2][3][4] He made his last appearance in the competition on 13 May 1973 in a 0–0 with Petrolul Ploiești.[1][2][3] Tufan ended his career by playing two seasons in Divizia B at SC Tulcea.[1][2][3]

International career

Tufan played two games for Romania, both under the guidance of coach Angelo Niculescu, making his debut on 14 May 1969 in a 1–0 away victory against Switzerland at the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[5][6] His second game for the national team was a friendly which ended 1–1 with Yugoslavia.[5]

Tufan was part of Romania's squad at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and for the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[7][8]

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Tufan had a short managerial career at Granitul Babadag, helping the club earn promotion to Divizia C.[1][2]

References

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External links

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