Flavius Domide
![]() Domide with UTA Arad | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Flavius Virgil Domide | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Arad, Romania | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1959–1966 | UTA Arad | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1979 | UTA Arad | 342 | (75) |
1979–1980 | Vagonul Arad | ||
International career | |||
1968–1972 | Romania[a] | 19 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1981–1983 | Carpați Mârșa | ||
1983–1984 | UTA Arad | ||
1984–1987 | UTA Arad (juniors) | ||
1987–1989 | Oțelul Ștei | ||
1989–1991 | Strungul Arad | ||
1991–1992 | Békéscsaba | ||
1992–1993 | UTA Arad | ||
1994–1999 | UTA Arad (juniors) | ||
1999 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Flavius Virgil Domide (born 7 May 1946)[3] is a Romanian former football striker.
Club career
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Domide was born on 7 May 1946 in Arad, Romania and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood.[4] He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad.[3][4][5] He made his Divizia A debut on 28 August 1966 in UTA's 0–0 draw against Rapid București.[3][4][5] Under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu, Domide won two consecutive league titles with The Old Lady in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons, at the first contributing with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals.[4][5][6] He also made some European performances with UTA, such as eliminating defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season.[3][4] In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Domide helped them reach the quarter-finals, playing eight matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against Austria Salzburg, one against Zagłębie Wałbrzych, one against Vitória Setúbal and his team's only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss to Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition.[4][5][7] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA's 1–0 home loss to Gloria Buzău, having a total of 342 games with 75 goals in the competition, and also totaling 16 matches with six goals in European competitions.[3][4][5] Domide retired in 1980, after he spent the last year of his career at Vagonul Arad in the third division, helping them gain promotion to the second division.[4]
International career
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Domide played 17 matches and scored three goals for Romania (19/3 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 6 November 1968 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him in the 77th minute to replace Nicolae Dobrin in a friendly that ended in a 0–0 draw against England.[1][8] His following game was a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal in the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][9] Domide was selected by Niculescu to be part of the squad that went to the final tournament, however he did not play a single match there.[1][3][4][9] He played five matches in the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1] Domide's last game for the national team was a 1–1 draw against Finland in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1]
For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Domide was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[10][11]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.[1]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 23 November 1968 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 30 January 1972 | Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco | ![]() |
4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly |
3. | 17 June 1972 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
2–2 | 3–3 | Friendly |
Personal life
[edit]A book about Domide was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean (The terrible child of Arad football), which was released with the occasion of his 70th birthday.[4][12]
Honours
[edit]UTA Arad
Vagonul Arad
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Flavius Domide". European Football. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Flavius Domide at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f "RETRO GSP. Interviu de colecție cu Flavius Domide. Simbolul Aradului dezvăluie cum a ajuns să fie operat pe creier, de ce nu-i poartă pică lui Angelo Niculescu, deși n-a jucat în Mexic '70" [RETRO GSP. Collection interview with Flavius Domide. The symbol of Arad reveals how he ended up being operated on his brain, why he does not hate Angelo Niculescu, even if he didn't play in Mexico '70] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! "Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean" împlinește 74 de ani" [Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! "The terrible child of Arad football" turns 74 years old] (in Romanian). Sportularadean.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Flavius Domide at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
"Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023. - ^ "Romania 0-0 England". European Football. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b "România la CM 1970. Enigma Dobrin" [România la WC 1970. The Dobrin enigma] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ ""Roșcovanul", sârbătorit prin vorbe și cuvinte așternute în cartea: "Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean"" ["The redhead", celebrated by phrases and words laid out in the book: "Flavius Domide - the terrible child of Arad football".] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Flavius Domide at WorldFootball.net
- Romania National Team 1960–1969 – Details
- Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Arad, Romania
- FC UTA Arad players
- Vagonul Arad players
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Olympic footballers for Romania
- Romania men's international footballers
- Liga I players
- Liga III players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Romanian football managers
- FC UTA Arad managers
- FC Politehnica Timișoara managers
- Békéscsaba 1912 Előre managers
- Romanian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Hungary
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen