Corneliu Robe (23 May 1908 – 4 January 1969) was a Romanian football player who was a member of the

Romania national football team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), al ...

which participated in the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nation ...

. He used to play as a midfielder.

Career

Club career

In his career as a football player, Corneliu Robe played for four clubs: Colțea,

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, Unirea Tricolor and Sportul Studențesc all teams from Bucharest, his hometown. He started his career in 1924, when he was sixteen, at Colțea București. He played for Olympia from 1925 until 1932, when he signed with Unirea Tricolor București, a club from Obor ( Colentina quarter). He retired from football in 1937, when he was only twenty-nine.

National Team

Corneliu Robe played for the

between 1930 and 1935. In 1930, despite not having any appearance for the national team, he was picked up for Romania's squad for the

in Uruguay. He played his first match for the national team at the

, a defeat against the winners of the competition, Uruguay. He gained fourteen caps for Romania, but he did not score a goal. His last match for the national team was a defeat against Yugoslavia, on 1 January 1935.

Honours

;Sportul Studențesc București * Liga II (1): 1936–37

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robe, Corneliu 1908 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1969 deaths Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Olympia București players Unirea Tricolor București players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Association football midfielders