Iulius Cezar Zamfir (born 27 October 1966) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iulius Cezar Zamfir | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1966[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania[1] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Progresul București | ||
| 1988–1989 | Inter Sibiu | 27 | (3) |
| 1989–1991 | Dinamo București | 39 | (6) |
| 1991–1998 | Rapid București | ||
| 1998–1999 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| Total | 66 | (9) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Sportul Studențesc (assistant) | ||
| 2003 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2006 | Sportul Studențesc (caretaker) | ||
| 2007 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2010–2011 | Astra Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | FCM Târgu Mureș (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Astra Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Astra Giurgiu (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | ASA Târgu Mureș (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Miercurea Ciuc (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sportul Snagov (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Metaloglobus București (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2022 | UTA Arad (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | UTA Arad (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Petrolul Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editCezar Zamfir was born on 27 October 1966 in Bucharest and started playing football in 1986 at Progresul București, after which he went to play for Inter Sibiu.[1][2] In 1989, Zamfir went to play for Dinamo București, where in his first season spent at the club, he won the title, the cup and reached the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals, also managing to score the third goal of a 3–0 league victory against rival Steaua București.[3][4][5][6] From 1991 until 1998, Zamfir played for Rapid București, reaching two cup finals, winning one.[7] He ended his playing career at Gloria Bistrița.[citation needed] Zamfir has a total of 23 matches played in European competitions.[1]
Managerial career
editCezar Zamfir started his managerial career in 1999, working as an assistant at Sportul Studențesc București until 2010, a period in which he also was the team's head coach on several occasions.[8][9] Afterwards he worked as Tibor Selymes's assistant at Astra Ploiești and FCM Târgu Mureș, after they previously worked together at Sportul Studențesc and he also worked as an assistant for Valentin Sinescu, Daniel Isăilă and Florin Marin at Astra Giurgiu.[8][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] From 2017 he started to work as László Balint's assistant coach at ASA Târgu Mureș, Miercurea Ciuc, Sportul Snagov, Metaloglobus București and UTA Arad.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Honours
editDinamo București
Rapid București
- Cupa României: 1997–98, runner-up 1994–95[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Cezar Zamfir at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Amintiri din fotbalul "Epocii de Aur": "Nicu Ceauşescu era turbat când jucam contra Stelei sau a lui Dinamo"" [Memories of "Golden Age" football: "Nicu Ceausescu was mad when we played against Steaua or Dinamo"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Cum au fost create marile echipe ale anilor '80?. Episodul 3: Dinamo - Show cu doar 14 "câini". Dar de rasă" [How were the great teams of the '80s created? Episode 3: Dinamo - Show with only 14 "dogs". But dogs of race] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "INTERVIU. Lucescu, faţă în faţă cu COŞMARUL Anderlecht: "O dramă!"" [INTERVIEW. Lucescu, face to face with the Anderlecht Nightmare: "A drama!"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1989-90". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "La Multi Ani, Cezar Zanfir!" [Happy Birthday, Caesar Zanfir!] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Pleacă și Cezar Zamfir! Tot la Astra" [Cezar Zamfir is leaving too! Also at Astra] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Cezar Zamfir e favorit" [Cezar Zamfir is the favorite] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Tibor Selymes e noul antrenor al echipei Sportul Studentesc" [Tibor Selymes is the new coach of Sportul Studentesc] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Petre Buduru: Astra se va muta la Giurgiu" [Petre Buduru: Astra will move to Giurgiu] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Manu, Zamfir si Liliac si-au reziliat contractele cu Astra" [Manu, Zamfir and Liliac terminated their contracts with Astra] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Alexandru Giurgiu, singurul jucator nou prezent la reunirea echipei Astra" [Alexandru Giurgiu, the only new player present at the reunion of Astra] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Amical: Astra Giurgiu - FC Saxon 11-0" [Friendly: Astra Giurgiu - FC Saxon 11-0] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Constantin Budescu: Victoria lui Dinamo e meritata" [Constantin Budescu: Dinamo's victory is deserved] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Retrospectiva Ligii 1: FCM Targu-Mures" [Liga 1 retrospective: FCM Targu-Mures] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Călăul Grig. Pandurii au provocat patru demiteri de antrenori în acest campionat. Cele mai multe!" [Călăul Grig. Pandurii caused four dismissals of coaches in this championship. The most!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Conducerea clubului ASA Târgu Mureș s-a decis în privința noului antrenor principal al echipei. "Îi acordăm toată încrederea"" [The management of the ASA Târgu Mureș club has decided on the new head coach of the team. "We give him our full confidence"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Gyuszi Balint, pe banca lui AFK Miercurea Ciuc" [Gyuszi Balint, on the bench of AFK Miercurea Ciuc] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Laszlo Balint a semnat cu AFK Miercurea Ciuc, după ce a scăpat de ASA Tg. Mureș" [Laszlo Balint signed with AFK Miercurea Ciuc, after getting rid of ASA Tg. Mures] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Start la Sportul Snagov. Laszlo Blaint incepe treaba" [Start at Sportul Snagov. Lazlo Blaint begins the work] (in Romanian). Ilfovsport.ro. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Laszlo Balint a lăsat liderul pentru Metaloglobus București" [Laszlo Balint left the leader for Metaloglobus Bucharest] (in Romanian). Frf.ro. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Laszlo Balint, antrenor la UTA din sezonul viitor" [Laszlo Balint, coach at UTA next season] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2021.