Vasile Zavoda
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Vasile Zavoda, known as Zavoda II or Tigrul Akbar (26 July 1929 – 14 July 2014), was a Romanian football player and manager. A defender, he played 20 matches for Romania between 1951 and 1962, including one at the 1952 Olympics.[1] Domestically he competed through 1964 in the Divizia A, accumulating 257 games. After retiring from competition he worked as an assistant coach for Steaua București in 1977–81.[2]
Overview
Zavoda played for Metalul Baia Mare between 1947 and 1951, before joining Steaua București. In 1964, aged 35, Zavoda played his last season, for ASA Târgu Mureş. Zavoda played 257 games in Romania's Divizia A and scored two goals. He also won 20 caps for Romania, the first in 1951 against Czechoslovakia, the last one in 1962 against East Germany. He played for Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
He was the younger brother of Francisc Zavoda.[3][4][5] Until his death he lived in Bucharest, in the same block of flats with his great friend and former teammate Ion Voinescu. The couple met every day to discuss football and Steaua București.
Honours
Steaua București
- Romanian League (6): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61
- Romanian Cup: 1951, 1952, 1955, 1961–62
References
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- 1929 births
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- CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players
- Footballers from Bistrița-Năsăud County
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FCSB players
- ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players
- FCSB non-playing staff
- Olympic footballers for Romania
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football defenders
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen