Costică Toma
 Toma in 1961 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Constantin Toma | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Brăila, Kingdom of Romania | ||
| Date of death | 13 May 2008 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1940–1942 | Suter București | ||
| 1942–1948 | Capșa București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1951 | CS Armata Iași | ||
| 1951 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | ||
| 1951–1963 | Steaua București | 108 | (0) |
| Total | 108 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1953–1959 | Romania | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963–1964 | TUG București | ||
| 1964–1965 | Marina Mangalia | ||
| 1965–1966 | Unirea Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| 1971–1972 | UM Timișoara | ||
| 1972–1976 | FC Constanța (youth) | ||
| 1977 | FIL Orăștie | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.
Playing career
[edit]He was born in Brăila,[1] into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland.[2][better source needed] Toma began his football career in 1940, when he played for FC Suter as a striker. After a period when he played as a youth for Capșa București, he moved to Iași. He played only a season at CS ta, and after two months at Câmpulung Moldovenesc, he moved to Steaua București. He played twelve years for the Army club, and was a part of the Steaua Golden Team. He had at Steaua a famous and a fair-play rivalry with Ion Voinescu. It was said that Toma and Voinescu were the best couple of goalkeepers that a Romanian football club ever had.[3] Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.[4]
Toma retired from professional football in 1961.[5]
Coaching career
[edit]Despite being a great goalkeeper, Toma was not a successful manager. He managed only lower league sides and also a large number of youth teams.
Honours
[edit]- Steaua București
Personal life
[edit]Toma was married and had two children living today in Geneva, Switzerland. He died in Bucharest in 2008, and was buried in the city's Ghencea Military Cemetery.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "A încetat din viaţă fostul portar al CCA, Costică Toma!". www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 14 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Famille Toma : Dossier familial" [Famille Toma : Dossier familial] (in French). ge.ch. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Cea mai cruntă rivalitate din poarta Stelei: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma: "Unul cu reflexe și spectaculos, altul mai sobru, dar extrem de precis"" [The fiercest rivalry in Steaua's gate: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma:" One with reflexes and spectacular, the other more sober, but extremely precise "]. www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Costică Toma". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Costică Toma at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
External links
[edit]- Costică Toma at WorldFootball.net
- Costică Toma at National-Football-Teams.com