Marin Voinea (11 September 1935 – 19 April 2021) was a Romanian

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who played as a

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Club career

Voinea, nicknamed "Cărămidă" (

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) was born on 11 September 1935 in

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, Romania, starting to play football in 1960 at

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club, Granitul București. Shortly afterwards he moved to Progresul București where he made his

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debut on 9 April 1961 in a 1–0 away loss to

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. He scored a personal record of 14 goals which helped the club finish on the third place in the 1961–62 season. In the same season he played in both legs of the 2–1 aggregate loss to

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in the preliminary round of the

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. In the middle of the 1964–65 season, Voinea left Progresul to go at

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club,

Siderurgistul Galați Siderurgistul Galați was a football club based in Galaţi, Romania. It was founded in 1955 and dissolved in 1967. History The club was founded in 1955 as ''Dinamo Galați'' and in 1961 it was renamed to CSO Galați, and afterwards to Siderurg ...

which he helped earn promotion to the first league. In the following season he made his last Divizia A appearance on 12 June 1966 in Siderurgistul's 4–1 away loss to

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, gaining a total of 106 matches with 40 goals netted in the competition. Voinea ended his career one year later at Divizia B club, Metalurgistul București.

International career

Voinea played three games at international level for

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, making his debut on 30 September 1962 under coach

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scoring two goals in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against

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. His last appearance for the national team took place on 1 November 1962 in a 6–0 loss to

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at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.

International goals

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

Personal life

His nephew,

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was also a footballer.

Death

Voinea died on 19 April 2021 at the age of 85.

Honours

Siderurgistul Galați *

: 1964–65

Notes

References

External links

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