Martin Tudor (footballer)

Martin Tudor
Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Martin Tudor
Date of birth	10 June 1975
Place of birth	Avrig, Romania
Date of death	30 March 2020 (aged 44)
Place of death	Reșița, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Jiul Petroșani
1997–1999	Olimpia Satu Mare
1999–2005	Steaua București
2005–2007	CFR Cluj
2007–2008	Universitatea Cluj
2009–2010	Steaua II București
Total
Managerial career
2008–2010	Steaua București (GK coach)
2010–2011	FC U Craiova (GK coach)
2011	Romania (GK coach)
2015–2017	Ittihad FC (GK coach)
2017	Juventus București (GK coach)
2017–2018	CSMȘ Reșița (GK coach)
2018	Voluntari (GK coach)
2019	Sportul Snagov (GK coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Gheorghe Martin Tudor (10 June 1976 – 30 March 2020) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Tudor was known as one of the best goalkeepers of Steaua București and FCSB in the 2000s.

Martin Tudor signed his first professional contract with Jiul Petroșani in 1996, aged 20. From there he was transferred to Olimpia Satu Mare in 1997 and then to Steaua București two years later.

Tudor played for six years in Bucharest at Steaua București and FCSB, but in 2005 he left Bucharest to join CFR 1907 Cluj. From 2007 to 2008 he played at U Cluj. He retired in June 2008. In January 2010 he returned to professional football and retired again in the same year.

After retirement, he started a new career as a goalkeeping coach, working for Steaua București, FCSB, FC U Craiova, Romania national football team, Ittihad FC or FC Voluntari, among others.

On 30 March 2020, around 10 o'clock in the morning, Martin Tudor suffered a heart attack in the kitchen of his girlfriend's apartment, in Reșița. According to his former teammate Dorinel Munteanu, CSM Reșița manager at that time, "the ambulance arrived very quickly, but unfortunately, nothing could be done, all the resuscitation maneuvers were done, but the tragedy could not be avoided." Martin Tudor was declared deceased in the same day, at just 43 years.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Honours

Olimpia Satu Mare

Divizia B: 1997–98^[4]

Steaua București

Divizia A: 2000–01, 2004–05^[4]

References

^ "Martin Tudor a murit după un infarct! Fostul portar al Stelei avea 43 de ani" [Martin Tudor died of a heart attack! The former goalkeeper of Steaua was 43 years old]. gsp.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc! A murit Martin Tudor, fostul portar al Stelei" [Tragedy in the Romanian football! Martin Tudor, the former goalkeeper of Steaua, died]. digisport.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "A murit Martin Tudor, fostul portar al Stelei. Avea 43 de ani" [Martin Tudor, the former goalkeeper of Steaua, died. He was 43 years old]. mediafax.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Martin Tudor at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Martin Tudor at Soccerway

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[1] "Martin Tudor a murit după un infarct! Fostul portar al Stelei avea 43 de ani" [Martin Tudor died of a heart attack! The former goalkeeper of Steaua was 43 years old]. gsp.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[2] "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc! A murit Martin Tudor, fostul portar al Stelei" [Tragedy in the Romanian football! Martin Tudor, the former goalkeeper of Steaua, died]. digisport.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[3] "A murit Martin Tudor, fostul portar al Stelei. Avea 43 de ani" [Martin Tudor, the former goalkeeper of Steaua, died. He was 43 years old]. mediafax.ro. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[RS-4] Martin Tudor at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

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