Constantin Eftimescu
Birth date15 June 1952[1]
Birth placeBucharest, Romania[1]
Death date18 June 2022 (aged 70)[1]
Death placeBucharest, Romania[1]
PositionGoalkeeper[1]
Youthclubs 1Dinamo Obor București
Youthyears 21964–1970
Youthclubs 2Steaua București
Youthyears 31971–1972
Youthclubs 3Dinamo București
Years 11972–1973
Clubs 1Dinamo București
Caps 11
Goals 10
Years 21973–1976
Clubs 2Dinamo Slatina[a]
Caps 219
Goals 20
Years 31976–1984
Clubs 3Dinamo București
Caps 381
Goals 30
Years 41984–1986
Clubs 4Victoria București
Caps 417
Goals 40
Years 51986–1987
Clubs 5Delta Dinamo Tulcea
Years 61988
Clubs 6CS Târgoviște
Years 71988–1989
Clubs 7Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Totalcaps118
Totalgoals0

Constantin Eftimescu (15 June 1952 – 18 June 2022) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

Career

Eftimescu was born on 15 June 1952 in București, Romania and grew up in the Rahova neighborhood.[1][3] He began playing junior-level football at Dinamo Obor București.[1][3] In 1964, Eftimescu moved to Steaua București where he stayed until 1970 when he joined Dinamo București.[1][3][4][5] There, he made his Divizia A debut on 15 October 1972, keeping a clean sheet under coach Ion Nunweiller in a 1–0 home win over FC Brașov.[1][6] That was his single appearance of the season, as the club won the title.[1][4][5][7][8] Subsequently, from 1973 to 1976 he played for Dinamo Slatina in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]

In 1976, Eftimescu made a comeback to Dinamo București where in the 1976–77 season, he played three games under coach Nunweiller as the team won the championship.[1][4][5][7][8] Afterwards, he played in both legs of the 12–0 aggregate win over Alki Larnaca in the first round of the 1979–80 UEFA Cup.[1][9] Eftimescu won three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 to 1984.[1][4][5][7][8] In the first one, he played six matches under coach Valentin Stănescu.[1][8] In the second, he played six games once again and in the third he made four appearances, working with coach Nicolae Dumitru for both.[1][8] Eftimescu also won two Cupa României with The Red Dogs, but he did not play in either of the finals.[1][4][5][7][10] He replaced Dumitru Moraru for the last minutes of the 3–0 home victory against Kuusysi Lahti in the first round of the 1983–84 European Cup, a campaign in which Dinamo reached the semi-finals.[1][4][5][7][11]

In 1984, Eftimescu joined Divizia B club Victoria București, which he helped—alongside coach Florin Cheran—to earn first-league promotion after one year.[1][4][5][7][12] On 19 April 1986, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 loss to Universitatea Cluj, totaling 90 matches with 83 goals conceded in the competition.[1][13] Eftimescu retired in 1989 after spending the last years of his career playing for Delta Dinamo Tulcea, CS Târgoviște and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea in Divizia B.[1][4][5][7]

After retirement and death

After Eftimescu ended his playing career, he worked as a competition organizer and president of Dinamo București.[3]

He was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the Military Hospital in Bucharest and died on 18 June 2022 at the age of 70.[4][7][14]

Honours

Dinamo București

Victoria București

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1974–75 and 1975–76 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

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  3. ^ "A murit Constantin Eftimescu. Fostul fotbalist și conducător de la Dinamo avea mari probleme de sănătate" [Constantin Eftimescu has died. The former football player and leader of Dinamo had serious health problems] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Doliu la Dinamo! Constantin Eftimescu a murit! Fostul portar și conducător al roș-albilor avea mari probleme de sănătate" [Mourning at Dinamo! Constantin Eftimescu has died! The former goalkeeper and leader of the red-whites had major health problems] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  5. ^ "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc! Constantin Eftimescu a murit în această dimineață" [Tragedy in Romanian football! Constantin Eftimescu died this morning] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  6. ^ "Dinamo București vs FC Brașov 1-0". Labtof. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Fostul portar de legendă a lui Dinamo, Constantin Eftimescu a decedat la 70 de ani" [Former Dinamo legendary goalkeeper, Constantin Eftimescu, died at the age of 70] (in Romanian). Eurosport.ro. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  8. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  9. ^ "Constantin Eftimescu. UEFA Cup 1979/1980". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  10. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  11. ^ "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semifinal with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
    "Dinamo București 3:0 FC Kuusysi". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  12. ^ "Memorialul puterii, episodul 2: Victoria București" [The Memorial of Power, episode 2: Victoria Bucharest] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  13. ^ "Constantin Eftimescu profile". Labtof. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  14. ^ "Constantin Eftimescu a murit! Fostul jucător și oficial al "câinilor" s-a stins pe patul de spital" [Constantin Eftimescu has died! The former player and official of the "dogs" passed away in a hospital bed] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. Retrieved 3 April 2026.