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Gavrilă Birău (also known as Gabor Biro; born 10 February 1945) is a Romanian former football right defender and manager.[1][3] He was part of UTA's team that in the 1970–1971 European Cup season eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time.[4] A book about him was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Gabi Birău – povestea fundașului de fier (Gabi Birău – the story of the iron defender), which was released with the occasion of his 73rd birthday.[4][5]

Gavrilă Birău

Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-08-11) 11 August 1945 (age 76)[1]
Place of birth	Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right back[1]
Youth career
1958–1964	Textila Sfântu Gheorghe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1976	UTA Arad	319	(3)
1976–1977	Aurul Brad
National team
1966	Romania U23[2]	1	(0)
Teams managed
1981–1982	Strungul Arad
1982–1983	UTA Arad
1987–1988	UTA Arad
1989–1990	UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

UTA Arad

• Divizia A: 1968–69, 1969–70[1]
• Cupa României runner-up: 1965–66[6]

References

External links

• Gavrilă Birău at WorldFootball.net
• Gavrilă Birău at Labtof.ro

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