Sorin Aristotel Avram (29 March 1943 – 29 September 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach.[3]

Sorin Avram
Personal information
Full nameSorin Aristotel Avram
Date of birth(1943-03-29)29 March 1943
Place of birthBacău, Romania
Date of death29 September 2015(2015-09-29) (aged 72)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1956–1959Letea Bacău
1959–1960Dinamo Bacău2(0)
1960–1961Steaua Roşie Bacău
1961–1962Dinamo Bacău16(3)
1962–1963Viitorul București11(2)
1963–1969Steaua București124(25)
1969–1970Farul Constanţa18(2)
1970–1973Sport Club Bacău55(6)
Total226(38)
International career
Romania U235(0)
1964–1967Romania[a]12(1)
Managerial career
1991FC Bacău
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his career in 1956, by joining the youth team of Letea Bacău. From there he moved to Dinamo Bacău in 1959 and then to Viitorul Bucharest in 1962.

Viitorul Bucharest was a project of the Romanian Football Federation in which they gather the best young players and formed a team which played in the Romanian top division, Divizia A.

From Viitorul, Avram joined Steaua București in 1963. Six years later he joined FC Farul Constanţa and then moved back to FCM Bacău in 1970, ended his career in 1973 at only 30.

He played a total of 226 games in Divizia A, scoring 38 goals. He was Romanian football champion with Steaua București in 1968 and won the Romanian Cup, again with Steaua București, in 1966 and 1967. He also won 12 caps for Romania, scoring one goal. He played for Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[4]

As a coach, he was head-coach of FCM Bacău for nine games during the 1991–92 season.

Honours

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Steaua București

Notes

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  1. ^ Including three appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sorin Avram". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ Sorin Avram at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Un fost atacant important al Stelei a decedat astăzi". GSP (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Sorin Avram Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
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