Ionel Augustin (born 11 October 1955) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n retired footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Ionel Augustin, nicknamed ''Oneață'' was born on 11 October 1955 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

and started to play football in 1966 at junior level at

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinb ...

, making his

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debut for the senior squad on 23 April 1975 in a 5–0 victory against

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. He spent eleven seasons with Dinamo, winning four

titles, in the first he played 5 games, in the second he played 31 games and scored 7 goals, in the third he made 31 appearances with 14 goals and in the last one he scored 17 goals in 31 matches, also winning three

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. He played a total of 33 games and scored 10 goals in European competitions, managing to reach the

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semi-finals with Dinamo, playing 7 games and scoring 3 goals in the campaign. Augustin also played for

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, Victoria București and Rapid București, having a total of 383

matches in which he scored 111 goals. Augustin ended his career in 1990 after playing two seasons in

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for

and Unirea Slobozia.

International career

Ionel Augustin played 34 matches and scored 3 goals for

, making his debut on 13 December 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovacs in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against

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. He played two games in which he scored one goal at the Euro 1980 qualifiers, he played in the first leg of the

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final, which ended with a 2–0 defeat against

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, he played two games 1982 World Cup qualifiers and he played 6 games at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, also being selected by coach

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to be part of the Euro 1984 squad, playing in a group game against

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which ended with a 1–0 loss. Augustin played in a 3–2 loss against

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at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, his last two games played for the national team being friendlies, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against

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, Augustin scoring

's goal in the first one.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Augustin goal''.

Honours

Dinamo București *

: 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 *

: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 *Trofeo Costa de Valencia: 1978

References

External links

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