Constantin Tabarcea

Constantin Tabarcea (8 February 1937 – 14 July 1963) was a Romanian footballer belonging to the team Petrolul Ploieşti.

Constantin Tabarcea
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-02-08)8 February 1937[1]
Place of birth Romania[1]
Date of death 14 July 1963(1963-07-14) (aged 26)[2]
Place of death Ploiești, Romania[2]
Position(s) Midfielder / Winger[3][4]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1963 Petrolul Ploiești[2] 162 (25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

On 14 July 1963 he collapsed and died during a match Divizia A match against Dinamo Bacău.[5][2][3] Death was attributed to unusual activity of the thymus.[6] He was 26 years old.[2][3] One week later after his death Petrolul won the 1962–63 Cupa României and before the game, at the team photo, the place from the down row in front of goalkeeper Mihai Ionescu was left free in his memory.[3][7] In 2013, in his honor, at the initiative of his former teammates, the authorities mounted a commemorative plaque at the entrance of the Ilie Oană Stadium that says: "He was a delicate, sensitive boy with a special sense of the rules of life. (...) As a footballer he was a great talent, a ball tamer who listened to him in submission, doing with the ball whatever he wanted. At Petrolul he played the role of the "wanderer winger" who processed most of the balls recovered from the defense to be transmitted to the attackers. (...) He had all the qualities of a great player, the eye, the speed of thought, dedication, shot well placed".[8] The footballer Adrian Tabarcea Petre and his father are named Tabarcea because his grandfather was a friend of Constantin.[4][9]

Honours
Petrolul Ploiești

References
  1. Constantin Tabarcea at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Așii Petrolului, Gazeta reconstituie portretele idolilor din trecut, din arhive și prin ochii cronicarilor acelor vremuri" [Aces of Petrolul, Gazeta reconstructs portraits of idols from the past, from archives and through the eyes of the chroniclers of those times] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. "Marile echipe ale Petrolului din anii '50–'60, 6 povești spectaculoase despre performanțele generațiilor de aur ale ploieștenilor" [The great Petrolul teams from the 50s–60s, 6 spectacular stories about the performances of the golden generations of the people of Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. "INTERVIU Adrian Petre, atacantul naționalei de tineret: "Voi ajunge titular în Serie A"" [INTERVIEW Adrian Petre, the youth national striker: "I will become a starter in Serie A"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. "Foe the latest name on sport's tragic list". Sports Illustrated. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  6. "Andrei Mutulescu şi alţi fotbalişti care au murit pe teren". Libertatea. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  7. "Fostele glorii ale Petrolului şi suporteri ai echipei au comemorat 50 de ani de la dispariţia din viaţă a lui Constantin Tabarcea" [Former Petrolul glory players and team supporters commemorate 50 years since Constantin Tabarcea's disappearance] (in Romanian). Gazetaph.ro. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  8. "Constantin Tabarcea are o placă comemorativă la stadionul "Ilie Oană" din Ploieşti" [Constantin Tabarcea has a commemorative plaque at the "Ilie Oană" stadium in Ploieşti] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  9. "ROMÂNIA U21 – BOSNIA U21 Mutare genială a lui Rădoi pentru meciul cu Bosnia Fotbalistul care l-a înlocuit pe Ivan a înscris" [ROMANIA U21 – BOSNIA U21 Rădoi's brilliant move for the match with Bosnia The football player who replaced Ivan scored] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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