Marin Andrei
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-10-22) 22 October 1940 (age 83)
Place of birth Târgoviște, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Metalul Târgoviște[a] 23 (0)
1962–1968 Rapid București 73 (0)
1968–1969 Steaua București 8 (0)
1969 Progresul București 8 (0)
1970–1972 Dinamo București 22 (0)
1972–1973 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 13 (0)
Total 147 (0)
International career
1964–1965 Romania 4[b] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marin Andrei (born 22 October 1940) is a Romanian former footballer.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

Club career

Marin Andrei started his senior career playing for Metalul Târgoviște in Divizia B and after two seasons he managed to promote to Divizia A, a competition where he made his debut on 20 August 1961 in a 3–1 victory against UTA Arad.[1] After one Divizia A season with Metalul he went to play together with coach Valentin Stănescu at Rapid București.[4] Andrei was an important player in the first three seasons spent with Giuleștenii as the team managed to be runner-up in all three years, also in the 1964–65 Divizia A season he set a competition record for goalkeepers of 770 minutes without receiving a goal.[1][4][5][6] In the 1966–67 Divizia A season he helped Rapid win the first title in the club's history, playing only three games, as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Rică Răducanu.[1][4][5][7] The next season, Andrei played four games in the league, after which he went to play for one season at Steaua București, where he made eight league appearances, having a hard competition with international goalkeepers Carol Haidu and Vasile Suciu, also managing to win the Cupa României.[1][5][8] He went to play for Progresul București in the second league for a half of year, after which he signed with Dinamo București, thus becoming the first player to play for Rapid, Steaua and Dinamo.[1][4][5] He won the 1970–71 Divizia A title with Dinamo in which he played four games, as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Mircea Constantinescu, also he made three appearances for the club in the 1971–72 European Cup.[1][7] Marin Andrei ended his career after playing one season in the second league for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea with whom he won the Cupa României.[1][8]

In 1967, Andrei was contacted by Peruvian champion Club Universitario de Deportes, who wanted a European goalkeeper, but was denied a transfer there because the Romania's communist regime did not allow it.[5]

International career

Marin Andrei played one game for Romania on 23 October 1965 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–1 loss against Turkey at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[2][9] Andrei also played for Romania's Olympic team in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against Yugoslavia, also playing two games at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, appearing in a 1–0 victory against Iran and in a 4–2 victory against Ghana, helping the team finish in the 5th place.[8][5][10][11][12]

Honours

Metalul Târgoviște

Rapid București

Steaua București

Progresul București

Dinamo București

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1959–60 and 1960–61 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. ^ Including 3 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Marin Andrei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Marin Andrei". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marin Andrei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Marin Andrei, omul care a stabilit cu Rapid un record acum 53 ani!" [Marin Andrei, the man who set a record with Rapid 53 years ago!] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f ""Am crescut un urs în vestiar!". GSP a redescoperit primul fotbalist care a jucat la Dinamo, Rapid și Steaua, deținătorul recordului all-time de minute la rând fără gol primit în Divizia A" ["I raised a bear in the locker room!". GSP rediscovered the first footballer to play for Dinamo, Rapid and Steaua, the holder of the all-time record of minutes in a row without a goal received in Division A] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Andrei Vlad, #1 în istoria FCSB! Locul 6 într-un top uriaș: peste Prunea și Duckadam" [Andrei Vlad, # 1 in the history of FCSB! 6th place in a huge top: over Prunea and Duckadam] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Marin Andrei at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ "Turkey 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Yugoslavia vs. Romania 1 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania vs. Iran 1 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Romania vs. Ghana 4 – 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

Romania football squad – 1964 Summer Olympics
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