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Mihai Adam
Romanian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mihai Adam (3 July 1940 – 11 December 2015) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.
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"He was among the greatest strikers in the history of our football, an extremely modest and serious man"
Adam was born on 3 July 1940 in Câmpia Turzii, Romania, being the 11th child of his parents, starting to play football in 1956 at local club, Industria Sârmei.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1962, he was transferred to Universitatea Cluj, where on 19 August he made his Divizia A debut under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 2–1 home victory against Politehnica Timișoara.[10][5][7][9][11] In the 1964–65 Divizia A season, Adam who formed a successful couple in the team's offence with Zoltán Ivansuc, won for the first time the top-scorer of the season title with 18 goals netted.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He also helped the club win the Cupa României, having been used by coach Andrei Sepci in the entire game of the 2–1 victory in the final against Argeș Pitești.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][12]
In the following season, Adam made his debut in European competitions, playing four games in which he scored a goal that helped "U" Cluj eliminate Austrian team, Wiener Neustadt in the first round of the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated in the following round by Atlético Madrid.[10][8][13] In the 1967–68 season he scored 15 goals in 26 league appearances, winning his second top-scorer title, seven of these being scored in two victories over Dinamo București.[1][10][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][14] In the next season he was selected to do his military service in Arad, so he played for local club, Vagonul.[10][2][9] Afterwards he returned to play for three more seasons at "U" Cluj.[10][9] In the last one, he scored 10 goals which helped the club finish in third position.[10][9]
Then he was given to CFR Cluj in exchange for Vasile Șoo where he reunited with coach Constantin Rădulescu, scoring just three weeks later since his transfer, the decisive goal in the 2–1 Cluj derby win against Universitatea.[1][10][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][15] In the 1973–74 season, he won for the third time and final time the top-scorer of the league title, with a personal record of 23 goals scored, as the team netted a total of 40.[1][10][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][15] That performance helped them avoid relegation, as they finished in 14th position out of 18 teams.[1][10][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][15] In his last season as a player, Adam scored nine goals in 25 appearances, being unable to save CFR from avoiding relegation this time, his last Divizia A appearance being on 20 June 1976 in a 1–0 loss to Steaua București, having a total of 160 goals scored in 353 matches in the competition.[1][10][2][5]
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International career
Between 1963 and 1965, Adam made several appearances for Romania's under-23 and B teams.[2][16] But he never played for Romania's senior team and on 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him in a first 11 of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team.[2][17][18]
Refereeing career
After he ended his playing career, Adam became a referee, officiating games including in Romania's top-league, Divizia A.[2][3][6][19]
Death
In the last years of his life, he lived in Cluj-Napoca, being ill of Alzheimer's disease and died on 11 December 2015 at age 75.[10][3][4][5][6][7] The Mihai Adam Stadium in Câmpia Turzii is named in his honor.[20]
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Universitatea Cluj
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