Constantin Eftimescu

Constantin Eftimescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-06-15)15 June 1952[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[1]
Date of death 18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Bucharest, Romania[1]
Position Goalkeeper[1]
Youth career
Dinamo Obor București
1964–1970 Steaua București
1971–1972 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 Dinamo București 1 (0)
1973–1976 Dinamo Slatina[a] 19 (0)
1976–1984 Dinamo București 81 (0)
1984–1986 Victoria București 17 (0)
1986–1987 Delta Dinamo Tulcea
1988 CS Târgoviște
1988–1989 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Total 118 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Eftimescu (15 June 1952 – 18 June 2022) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

Career

Eftimescu was born on 15 June 1952 in București, Romania and grew up in the Rahova neighborhood.[1][3] He began playing junior-level football at Dinamo Obor București.[1][3] In 1964, Eftimescu moved to Steaua București where he stayed until 1970 when he joined Dinamo București.[1][3][4][5] There, he made his Divizia A debut on 15 October 1972, keeping a clean sheet under coach Ion Nunweiller in a 1–0 home win over FC Brașov.[1][6] That was his single appearance of the season, as the club won the title.[1][4][5][7][8] Subsequently, from 1973 to 1976 he played for Dinamo Slatina in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]

In 1976, Eftimescu made a comeback to Dinamo București where in the 1976–77 season, he played three games under coach Nunweiller as the team won the championship.[1][4][5][7][8] Afterwards, he played in both legs of the 12–0 aggregate win over Alki Larnaca in the first round of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.[1][9] Eftimescu won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 to 1984.[1][4][5][7][8] In the first one, he played six matches under coach Valentin Stănescu.[1][8] In the second, he played six games once again and in the third he made four appearances, working with coach Nicolae Dumitru for both.[1][8] Eftimescu also won two Cupa României with The Red Dogs, but he did not play in either of the finals.[1][4][5][7][10] He replaced Dumitru Moraru for the last minutes of the 3–0 home victory against Kuusysi Lahti in the first round of the 1983–84 European Cup, a campaign in which Dinamo reached the semi-finals.[1][4][5][7][11]

In 1984, Eftimescu joined Divizia B club Victoria București, which he helped—alongside coach Florin Cheran—to earn first-league promotion after one year.[1][4][5][7][12] On 19 April 1986, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 loss to Universitatea Cluj, totaling 90 matches with 83 goals conceded in the competition.[1][13] Eftimescu retired in 1989 after spending the last years of his career playing for Delta Dinamo Tulcea, CS Târgoviște and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]

After retirement and death

After Eftimescu ended his playing career, he worked as a competition organizer and president of Dinamo București.[3]

He was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the Military Hospital in Bucharest and died on 18 June 2022 at the age of 70.[4][7][14]

Honours

Dinamo București

Victoria București

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1974–75 and 1975–76 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Constantin Eftimescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Constantin Eftimescu at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 "A murit Constantin Eftimescu. Fostul fotbalist și conducător de la Dinamo avea mari probleme de sănătate" [Constantin Eftimescu has died. The former football player and leader of Dinamo had serious health problems] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Doliu la Dinamo! Constantin Eftimescu a murit! Fostul portar și conducător al roș-albilor avea mari probleme de sănătate" [Mourning at Dinamo! Constantin Eftimescu has died! The former goalkeeper and leader of the red-whites had major health problems] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc! Constantin Eftimescu a murit în această dimineață" [Tragedy in Romanian football! Constantin Eftimescu died this morning] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Dinamo București vs FC Brașov 1-0". Labtof. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Fostul portar de legendă a lui Dinamo, Constantin Eftimescu a decedat la 70 de ani" [Former Dinamo legendary goalkeeper, Constantin Eftimescu, died at the age of 70] (in Romanian). Eurosport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Constantin Eftimescu. UEFA Cup 1979/1980". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semifinal with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
    "Dinamo București 3:0 FC Kuusysi". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "Memorialul puterii, episodul 2: Victoria București" [The Memorial of Power, episode 2: Victoria Bucharest] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Constantin Eftimescu profile". Labtof. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Constantin Eftimescu a murit! Fostul jucător și oficial al "câinilor" s-a stins pe patul de spital" [Constantin Eftimescu has died! The former player and official of the "dogs" passed away in a hospital bed] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
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