Sterică Adamache
Personal information
Date of birth 17 August 1941
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Date of death 9 July 1978(1978-07-09) (aged 36)
Place of death Crișan, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1955–1957 Energia Galați
1958 Ancora Galați
1959 Știința Galați
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1962 Dinamo Galați
1962–1963 Viitorul București 5 (0)
1963–1975 Steagul Roșu Brașov 262 (0)
1976–1977 Steagul Roșu Brașov 22 (0)
Total 289 (0)
International career
1970–1972 Romania 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stere "Sterică" Adamache (17 August 1941 – 9 July 1978) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career

Stere Adamache, nicknamed "Baronul" (The Baron), was born on 17 August 1941 in Galați, Romania.[1][2][3][4] He started to play football at junior level as a field player in 1955 at Energia Galați, afterwards moving at Ancora Galați where he started to play as a goalkeeper, later at Știința Galați and started his senior career by playing two Divizia B seasons at Dinamo Galați.[1][2][3][4] He made his Divizia A debut on 9 September 1962, playing for Viitorul București in a 0–0 against Știința Cluj, shortly afterwards the club dissolved and he had offers to play for Steaua București and Steagul Roșu Brașov and after a talk with the latter's coach, Silviu Ploeșteanu, he chose Steagul on the considerations that he would have had more opportunities to play.[1][2][3][4] He remained at Steagul over the course of 13 seasons, the highlights of this period being a fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and 10 games played in European competitions, including a 4–2 against Espanyol Barcelona at the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 3–2 victory on aggregate against Beşiktaş at the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, also at end of the 1967–68 Divizia A season, the club relegated to Divizia B, but Adamache stayed with the club, promoting back to the first division after one year.[1][2][3][4] He played his last Divizia A match on 29 June 1975 in a 2–1 home victory against Dinamo București, a competition in which he has a total of 253 appearances and after one year of absence, he came out of retirement to play again for Steagul in the 1976–77 Divizia B, trying to help the team promote to Divizia A, but failing to do so.[1][3][5] Adamache drowned and died at age 36 while swimming in the Danube in July 1978.[2][3][4]

International career

Stere Adamache played 7 games at international level for Romania, making his debut in a friendly, under coach Angelo Niculescu, when he came as a substitute and replaced Rică Răducanu at half-time in a 2–0 loss against France.[6][7] His following two games were a 2–2 against Peru and a 2–0 loss against the Soviet Union.[6][8][9] Adamache was a member of Steagul Roșu Brașov's "Mexican trio", alongside Mihai Ivăncescu and Nicolae Pescaru who were part of Romania's 1970 Mexico World Cup squad, playing in all three games, including a 3–2 loss against Brazil in which he conceded two goals from Pelé and Jairzinho, being replaced in the 29th minute by Rică Răducanu.[6][10][11] His last game for the national team was a 2–0 victory against Albania at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[6][12] Adamache was also part of Romania's squad at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[13]

Honours

Steagul Roșu Brașov

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Stere Adamache at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Sfârşitul tragic al "Baronului" Stere Adamache, titularul din poarta României la Cupa Mondială din 1970, care s-a înecat în Dunăre la doar 37 de ani" [The tragic end of "Baron" Stere Adamache, the holder of Romania's goal at the 1970 World Cup, who drowned in the Danube at only 37 years old] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "13 momente din viața "Baronului" Stere Adamache: cum a refuzat Steaua și Dinamo, acte falsificate de FRF și premoniția avută înainte de a muri înecat" [13 moments from the life of the "Baron" Stere Adamache: how he refused Steaua and Dinamo, documents forged by the FRF and the premonition he had before he drowned] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "In memoriam. Stere Adamache. Legendă a fotbalului. Înecat în Dunăre. I se zicea Baronul. Doar se împăcase cu soția" [In memory. Stere Adamache. Football legend. Drowned in the Danube. He was called the Baron. He had just reconciled with his wife] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Apariţii" [Appearances] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Stere Adamache". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. ^ "France – Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Romania – Peru 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Soviet Union – Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Brazil – Romania 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. ^ "FC Braşov, echipa fanion a oraşului de sub Tâmpa, de 75 de ani" [FC Braşov, the flag team of the city under Tâmpa, for 75 years] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Romania – Albania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Stere Adamache". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

External links

Romania football squad – 1964 Summer Olympics
Romania squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup
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