Vasile Maftei

Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender, currently youth center director at Liga I club Rapid București.

Vasile Maftei

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Fălticeni, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Rapid București (youth center director)
Youth career
1988–1996	CSȘ Fălticeni
1996–1999	Sporting Pitești
1999–2000	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2009	Rapid București	211	(9)
2000	→ Tractorul Brașov (loan)	6	(1)
2009–2010	Unirea Urziceni	45	(3)
2011–2014	CFR Cluj	62	(7)
2014–2015	Concordia Chiajna	25	(3)
2015–2017	Voluntari	66	(1)
2017–2018	Rapid București	22	(2)
Total		437	(26)
International career
2000–2003	Romania U21	10	(0)
2006–2011	Romania	12	(1)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2020–2021	Voluntari (assistant)
2021–	Rapid București (youth center director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right back.

Club career

Maftei was formed at Rapid București, where he became a key part of the team, winning one league title in 2003, one Romanian Cup and one Super Cup in 2002. In 2004, following the departure of Adrian Iencsi, he was appointed captain and won two Romanian Cups in a row in 2006 and 2007 and one Super Cup in 2007. He also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Rapid in 2006, where they were eliminated by Steaua București.

International career

On 26 February 2006, Maftei was called up to the Romania team for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Dorin Goian. Two days later, he scored on his Romania debut against Armenia from a header, in a 2–0 win for his country. Overall, he managed 12 caps for Romania.

Career statistics

Club

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Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tractorul Brașov (loan)	2000–01	6	1	?	?	-		-		-		6	1
Rapid București	2000–01	8	0	?	?	-		-		-		8	0
	2001–02	5	0	?	?	-		-		-		9	0
	2002–03	29	3	2	0	-		4	0	1	0	36	3
	2003–04	25	0	2	0	-		2	0	0	0	29	0
	2004–05	25	1	1	0	-		-		-		26	1
	2005–06	29	1	5	0	-		13	0	-		47	1
	2006–07	28	1	4	0	-		10	0	-		42	1
	2007–08	33	2	2	0	-		2	0	1	0	38	2
	2008–09	29	1	1	0	-		2	1	-		32	2
	Total	211	9	17	0	-	-	33	1	2	0	263	10
Unirea Urziceni	2009–10	30	1	1	0	-		7	0	1	0	39	1
	2010–11	15	2	1	0	-		4	0	1	0	21	2
	Total	45	3	2	0	-	-	11	0	2	0	60	3
CFR Cluj	2010–11	3	0	-		-		-		-		3	0
	2011–12	15	2	0	0	-		-		-		15	2
	2012–13	20	2	4	0	-		2	0	1	0	27	2
	2013–14	24	3	1	0	-		-		-		25	3
	Total	62	7	5	0	-	-	2	0	1	0	70	7
Concordia Chiajna	2014–15	25	3	0	0	1	0	-		-		26	3
Voluntari	2015–16	29	1	0	0	1	0	-		2	0	32	1
	2016–17	28	0	6	0	0	0	-		-		34	0
	2017–18	9	0	0	0	0	0	-		1	0	10	0
	Total	66	1	6	0	1	0	-	-	3	0	76	1
Rapid București	2017–18	22	2	?	?	-		-		-		22	2
Career Total		437	26	30	0	2	0	46	1	8	0	523	27

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2006	4	1
	2007	1	0
	2008	0	0
	2009	3	0
	2010	3	0
	2011	1	0
	Total	12	1

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 February 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Armenia	1-0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 2002–03
• Cupa României: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Supercupa României: 2002, 2003, 2007
• Liga IV – Bucharest: 2017–18

Unirea Urziceni

• Supercupa României runner-up: 2009, 2010

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2011–12
• Cupa României runner-up: 2012–13
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2012

Voluntari

• Cupa României: 2016–17
• Supercupa României: 2017