Vasile Zavoda

Vasile Zavoda, known as Zavoda II or Tigrul Akbar (26 July 1929 – 14 July 2014), was a Romanian football defender and manager. Between 1951 and 1962 he played 20 matches for Romania, including one at the 1952 Olympics. Domestically he competed through 1964 in the Romanian Divizia A, accumulating 257 games. After retiring from competitions he worked as an assistant coach for Steaua Bucureşti in 1977–81.[1]

Vasile Zavoda
Zavoda in 1955
Personal information
Full name Vasile Zavoda
Date of birth (1929-07-26)26 July 1929
Place of birth Rodna Veche, Romania[1]
Date of death 14 July 2014(2014-07-14) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death București, Romania
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1947–1948 FC Minaur Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950 FC Baia Mare
1951–1964 Steaua Bucureşti 257 (1)
1964–1965 ASA Târgu Mureş
Total 257 (1)
National team
Romania U23 2 (0)
1951–1962 Romania 20 (0)
Teams managed
1977–1981 Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Overview

Zavoda played for Metalul Baia Mare between 1947 and 1951, before joining Steaua Bucureşti. In 1964, aged 35, Zavoda played his last season, for ASA Târgu Mureş. Zavoda played 257 games in Romania's Divizia A and scored two goals. He also won 20 caps for Romania, the first in 1951 against Czechoslovakia, the last one in 1962 against East Germany. He played for Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was the younger brother of Francisc Zavoda.[3][4][5] Until his death he lived in Bucharest, in the same block of flats with his great friend and former teammate Ion Voinescu. The couple met every day to discuss football and Steaua Bucureşti.

Honours

Club
Steaua București

References
  1. "Vasile Zavoda Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. Vasile Zavoda's obituary (in Romanian)
  3. "Să ne-amintim de fraţii Zavoda! Celebrii fotbalişti din marea echipă CCA s-au născut la Rodna!" [Let us remember the Zavoda brothers! The football celebrities of the big CCA team were born at Rodna!] (in Romanian). sportulbistritean.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It's Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

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