Constantin Frățilă (1 October 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a Romanian football striker and coach.

Club career

Constantin Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, Romania and started to play football in 1957, at junior level at Recolta București, after one year moving to Uzinele Vasile Roaită. He started his senior career playing for

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

, making his

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debut on 16 April 1961 in a 6–0 victory against

Minerul Lupeni Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly known as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County which competes in Liga IV – Hunedoara County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. Estab ...

in which he scored a hat-trick, having a total of 7 goals in 7 appearances until the end of his first season spent at the club. In the following four seasons he helped the club win four consecutive

titles, in the first he contributed with 5 goals scored in 19 matches, in the second he played 15 games and scored 9 goals, in the third he made 26 appearances with 19 goals scored, being also the top-scorer of the league alongside

Cornel Pavlovici Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1942 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker. Death Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013. Career statistics *Total matches played in Romanian First League: 134 matches – 57 goals. *Topsco ...

and in the last one he scored 11 goals in 23 matches. He also won two

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with '' The Red Dogs'', scoring one goal in the 5–3 victory from the 1964 Cupa României Final against

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Steaua București and played in 11

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matches in which he scored 7 goals and one game in the

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, in the

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edition he scored two goals against Denmark's champion,

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which helped the team advance to the next phase where they were eliminated by

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against whom he also scored a goal after which he said:"I scored a goal against Inter, can you believe it? I scored against the best defense in the world. It is the biggest satisfaction of my life" and he also scored a goal in a 5–3 loss against

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in the

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edition. In a 1967 Bucharest Cup match against Steaua he suffered a injury which kept him off the field for one year and a half. In 1970 he went to play for Argeș Pitești where in his second season he helped the team win the

title, contributing with 7 goals scored in 17 matches. After a season spent at Sportul Studențesc București, he went to play in

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in the 1973–74 season alongside fellow Romanian

Mihai Mocanu Mihai Mocanu (24 February 1942 – 18 June 2009) was a Romanian football defender. Club career Mihai Mocanu was born on 24 February 1942 in Constanța, Romania, starting to play football in 1952 at local club, Locomotiva, afterwards going to p ...

, winning the title and the cup. He returned to Romania at

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea was a football club based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania. It was founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004. It won one Romanian Cup, in 1973. History In 1946 ''Vâlceana'' appeared in the Third Division. In ...

where he made his last

appearance on 20 November 1974 in a 1–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc, ending his career in 1975 at

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team, Sirena București. Constantin Frățilă died on 21 October 2016 at age 74.

International career

Constantin Frățilă played 7 games in which he scored 7 goals at international level for

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, making his debut under coach

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on 2 November 1966 in a 4–2 victory against

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in which he scored a hat-trick at the Euro 1968 qualifiers. He played two more games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he scored a double in a 5–1 victory against

. Frățilă made his last appearance for the national team on 22 March 1967 in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against

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in which he scored a goal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Constantin Frățilă goal.''

Managerial career

Constantin Frățilă started coaching in 1976 at

's center of children and juniors, afterwards coaching senior teams Dinamo Victoria București which he helped earn promotion to

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and

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

which he coached in the 1984–85 Divizia A season.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București *

: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

: 1963–64, 1967–68 Argeș Pitești *

: 1971–72 Omonia Nicosia *

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: 1973–74 *

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: 1973–74 Individual *

top scorer: 1963–64

Manager

Dinamo Victoria București *

: 1981–82

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fratila, Constantin 1942 births 2016 deaths Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Liga I players Cypriot First Division players FC Dinamo București players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Sportul Studențesc București players AC Omonia players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football forwards Romanian football managers Victoria București managers CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) managers