Marin Voinea

Marin Voinea (11 September 1935 – 19 April 2021) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.^[3][4][5]

Marin Voinea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-09-11)11 September 1935[1]
Place of birth	Zătreni, Romania[2]
Date of death	19 April 2021(2021-04-19) (aged 85)[2]
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960	Granitul București
1961–1964	Progresul București	88	(29)
1965–1966	Siderurgistul Galați[a]	18	(11)
1966–1967	Metalurgistul București
Total		106	(40)
International career
1962	Romania	3	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Voinea, nicknamed "Cărămidă" (Brick) was born on 11 September 1935 in Zătreni, Romania, starting to play football in 1960 at Divizia C club, Granitul București.^[1][2][4][5] Shortly afterwards he moved to Progresul București where he made his Divizia A debut on 9 April 1961 in a 1–0 away loss to Minerul Lupeni.^[1] He scored a personal record of 14 goals which helped the club finish on the third place in the 1961–62 season.^[1] In the same season he played in both legs of the 2–1 aggregate loss to Leixões in the preliminary round of the European Cup Winners' Cup.^[1][6] In the middle of the 1964–65 season, Voinea left Progresul to go at Divizia B club, Siderurgistul Galați which he helped earn promotion to the first league.^[1] In the following season he made his last Divizia A appearance on 12 June 1966 in Siderurgistul's 4–1 away loss to Universitatea Cluj, gaining a total of 106 matches with 40 goals netted in the competition.^[1] Voinea ended his career one year later at Divizia B club, Metalurgistul București.^[1]

International career

Voinea played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 30 September 1962 under coach Constantin Teașcă scoring two goals in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against Morocco.^[7][8][9] His last appearance for the national team took place on 1 November 1962 in a 6–0 loss to Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.^[7][10][11]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Voinea goal.^[7][8]

List of international goals scored by Marin Voinea

#	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 September 1962	23 August Stadium, București, Romania	1	Morocco	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2					4–0

Personal life

His nephew, Marcel Răducanu was also a footballer.^[12][13]

Death

Voinea died on 19 April 2021 at the age of 85.^[4][5]

Honours

Siderurgistul Galați

• Divizia B: 1964–65^[1]

Notes

1. The statistics for the Divizia B 1964–65 season are unavailable.^[1]