Teofil Codreanu

Teofil Codreanu (1 February 1941 – 10 January 2016) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Teofil Codreanu

Codreanu in 1965
Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-02-01)1 February 1941
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	10 January 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 74)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1956–1959	CCA București
1959–1961	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1973	Rapid București	258	(39)
International career
1962–1965	Romania U23	9	(0)
1964	Romania B	1	(0)
1964–1971	Romania Olympic	2	(0)
1965	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
1979–1981	Mecanică Fină București
1981–1983	Unirea Răcari
1983–1984	CSM Borzești
1984–1986	Metalul Rădăuți
1986	Rapid București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Codreanu, nicknamed Parpală was born on 1 February 1941 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1956 at CCA București.^[1][2][3] In 1959, he went to play for Rapid București where on 18 March 1962 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–1 draw against Minerul Lupeni.^[1][2][3][4] Codreanu spent all 12 seasons of his career at Rapid, helping the club win the 1966–67 Divizia A, which was the first title in its history, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in 23 matches in which he scored two goals.^[1][2][3][5] He also won the 1971–72 Cupa României, playing four games in the campaign, including being used by coach Bazil Marian as a starter in the 2–0 win over Jiul Petroșani in the final.^[1][2][3][6]

Codreanu (third from the right, bottom row) with Rapid in 1970.

Codreanu played 14 games and scored three goals in European competitions, taking part in the 1967–68 European Cup campaign in which he helped The Railwaymen get past Trakia Plovdiv in the first round by scoring a double in the second leg, being eliminated by Juventus in the following round.^[1][2][7] He played five games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup as the club reached the third round, eliminating Napoli and Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who eventually won the competition, Tottenham.^[2][3][8] He also took part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing two games, helping the team reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien, being eliminated by Leeds United who reached the final.^[2][3][9] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1973 in a 2–1 away loss to SC Bacău, having a total of 258 appearances with 39 goals scored in the competition, and also totaling 33 matches with seven goals netted in Cupa României.^[1][2][3]

International career

From 1962 until 1971, Codreanu made several appearances for Romania's under-23, B and Olympic teams.^[10]

He made one appearance at international level for Romania's main squad, playing on 23 October 1965 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–1 away loss against Turkey in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.^[11]

Managerial career

Codreanu was also a manager who coached mostly in the Romanian lower leagues at Mecanică Fină București, Unirea Răcari, CSM Borzești and Metalul Rădăuți.^[3] He had only a single Divizia A experience which consisted of seven games at Rapid București, and also coached for many years at the team's youth academy.^[3]

Death

He died on 10 January 2016, at the age of 74 in his native Bucharest.^{[1][2][3][12]}

Honours

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 1966–67^[1]
• Cupa României: 1971–72^[1]

See also

• List of one-club men in association football