Romulus Gabor

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Romulus Gabor (born 14 October 1961) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a winger and as a forward.

Club career

Gabor was born on 14 October 1961 in Pui, Hunedoara County, Romania.[1][2][3] He started playing football at age 13 at Jiul Petroșani, where he stayed for a short while before moving to Corvinul Hunedoara where on 28 October 1978 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ilie Savu in a 2–0 loss to Argeș Pitești.[1][3][4] At the end of his first season spent at Corvinul, the club relegated to Divizia B, but Gabor stayed with the club, being used more often after coach Mircea Lucescu came to the club, promoting back to the first division after one year.[1][3] He helped the club finish third in the 1981–82 Divizia A season, also appearing in all four games from the 1982–83 UEFA Cup campaign, scoring once as they got past Grazer AK in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by FK Sarajevo.[1][3][5] For the way he played in 1981, Gabor was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.[6]

After 13 seasons spent with Corvinul, he was transferred at Hungarian club, Diósgyőr where he was teammate with compatriot and former Corvinul colleague, Ioan Petcu.[1][7][8][9][10] He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 15 September 1991 under coach Ladislau Vlad in a 2–1 home loss to Vasas.[8][9] Gabor scored his first and only goal for them on 26 October when he closed the score in a 2–1 victory over Győr.[8] He gained a total of 13 matches with one goal scored in the Hungarian league, his last appearance taking place on 20 June 1992 in a 2–0 home loss to Ferencváros.[1][8]

Afterwards he returned to play for Corvinul in Divizia B, then he went for a half of season to play for Universitatea Cluj where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 November 1993 in a 3–2 win against Gloria Bistrița.[1] In the following years he played for Unirea Alba Iulia, Corvinul and Inter Sibiu in Divizia B, ending his career in 1997 at Divizia C club, Viitorul Oradea.[1][4][11][12] Gabor has a total of 304 Divizia A appearances with 64 goals scored.[1][4][11][12]

International career

Gabor was part of Romania's under-20 squad at the 1981 World Youth Championship from Australia, appearing in six games in which he scored two goals in two 1–0 wins over Italy and England, helping the team finish the tournament on the third position, winning the bronze medal, also winning the Golden Ball award for the best player of the tournament and the Bronze shoe for the third top-scorer of the competition.[2][3][4][7][13]

He played 35 games and scored two goals for Romania, all under the guidance of coach Mircea Lucescu, being nicknamed "Lucescu's child", making his debut on 11 November 1981 in a 0–0 with Switzerland at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.[12][14][15] He played six games at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers.[14] He was used by Lucescu in two games at the Euro 1984 final tournament, in the first one which was a 1–1 against Spain he played as a starter until the 76th minute when he was replaced by Gheorghe Hagi and in the second he came as a substitute and replaced Mircea Irimescu in the 59th minute of the 1–0 loss to Portugal as Romania did not get past the group stage.[12][14][16] He scored his first goal for the national team from a free kick in a friendly against Turkey.[12][14] Afterwards, Gabor played two games at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, scored his second goal in a friendly against Egypt and made his last appearance for The Tricolours on 23 April 1986 in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against Soviet Union.[14]

For representing his country at Euro 1984, Gabor was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[2][17][18]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gabor goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Romulus Gabor
# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 January 1983 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 12 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Turkey flag alias = Flag of Turkey.svg link alias-naval = Turkish Naval Forces link alias-navy = Turkish Navy link alias-air force = Turkish Air Force link alias-army = Turkish Land Forces link alias-military = Turkish Armed Forces size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || align=center| 1–0 || align=center| 1–1 || Friendly

2 2 March 1986 Al-Iskandarīyah Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt 33 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Egypt flag alias = Flag of Egypt.svg flag alias-Ottoman = Flag of Egypt (1793-1844).svg flag alias-1882 = Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg flag alias-1922 = Flag of Egypt (1922–1958).svg flag alias-1952 = Flag of Egypt (1952-1958).svg flag alias-1958 = Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg flag alias-1972 = Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg link alias-military = Egyptian Armed Forces flag alias-army = Flag of the Army of Egypt.svg link alias-army = Egyptian Army flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Egypt.svg link alias-naval = Egyptian Navy flag alias-navy=Flag of the Egyptian Navy.svg link alias-navy=Egyptian Navy flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Egypt.svg link alias-air force = Egyptian Air Force flag alias-air defence force = Flag of the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.svg link alias-air defence force = Egyptian Air Defense Forces size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align=center| 1–0 || align=center| 1–0 || Friendly

Managerial career

After he ended his career, Gabor worked as a coach at clubs like Corvinul Hunedoara and Mureșul Deva.[19][20] In the 2007–08 season he was the assistant of Ioan Andone at CFR Cluj as the club won The Double.[19] His last coaching spell took place in 2019 at Cetate Deva.[20]

Honours

Corvinul Hunedoara

Individual

References

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