Flavius Virgil Domide (born 7 May 1946)[3] is a Romanian former football striker.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Flavius Virgil Domide | ||
Date of birth | (1946-05-07) 7 May 1946 (age 76) | ||
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 | ||
National team | |||
1968–1972 | Romania[lower-alpha 1] | 19 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
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 Domide started playing football as a child on the streets of the Pânceava neighborhood of Arad where he was born and raised.[4] He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad, a team where he would spend most of his senior career, having a total of 342 Divizia A appearances for the club in which he scored 75 goals, a competition in which he made his debut on 28 August 1966 in a 0–0 against Rapid București, also he appeared in 16 matches in which he scored 6 goals in European competitions.[3][4][5] He was part of UTA's team that in the 1970–71 European Cup season eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time.[3][4] Domide also won two consecutive league titles with the team, at the first contributing with 8 goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and scored 11 goals, also he helped the team reach the 1971–72 UEFA Cup quarter-finals by scoring 5 goals in 8 matches.[4][5][6] He spent the last year of his career playing for Vagonul Arad in the third division, helping them gain promotion to the second division.[4]
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][7]
Flavius Domide played 17 matches and scored 3 goals for Romania (19/3 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 6 November 1968 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him on the field in the 77th minute in order to replace Nicolae Dobrin in a friendly which ended 0–0 against England.[1][8] His following game was at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers in a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal, also he was selected by Angelo Niculescu to be part of Romania's squad at the final tournament where he didn't play.[1][3][4] He played 5 matches at 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 against Finland at 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.[9][10]
# | 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 |
UTA Arad
Vagonul Arad
Romania squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup | ||
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