Ion Zaharia

Ion Zaharia (20 September 1929 – 5 November 1993) was a Romanian former football right midfielder and manager.^[1][2][3]

Ion Zaharia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-09-20)20 September 1929[1]
Place of birth	Drăgănești, Romania[1]
Date of death	5 November 1993(1993-11-05) (aged 64)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Right midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1950	Juventus București
1950–1955	Flacăra Poiana Câmpina
1955–1963	Petrolul Ploiești[a]	124	(45)
International career
1956	Romania	1	(1)
Managerial career
1964–1965	Știința Galați
1965–1966	Siderurgistul Galați
1966–1967	Știința Galați
1967–1968	CSMS Iași
1968–1971	I.M.U. Medgidia
1972–1977	CSU Galați
1978–1980	Tehnometal București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Ion Zaharia played one friendly game at international level for Romania, in which he opened the score in a 2–0 victory against Norway.^[4][5]

Honours

Player

Petrolul Ploiești

• Divizia A: 1957–58, 1958–59^[1]
• Cupa României: 1962–63^[1]

Manager

CSMS Iași

• Divizia B: 1967–68^[1]

CSU Galați

• Cupa României runner-up: 1975–76^[6]

Notes

1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Petrolul Ploiești are not official.^[1]