Corneliu Robe (23 May 1908 – 4 January 1969) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

n football player who was a member of the Romania national football team which participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He used to play as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Club career

In his career as a football player, Corneliu Robe played for four clubs: Colțea, Olympia, Unirea Tricolor and Sportul Studențesc all teams from

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 ...

, his hometown. He started his career in 1924, when he was sixteen, at Colțea București. He played for Olympia from 1925 until 1932, when he signed with

Unirea Tricolor București Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football club from Bucharest, south-east Romania, founded in 1914 as Tricolor București. It was one of the most famous inter-war clubs in Romania. History Tricolor București Tricolor, first named Tei ...

, a club from

Obor Obor is the name of a square and the surrounding district of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. There is also a Bucharest Metro station (on the M1 line) named Obor, which lies in this area. The district is near the Colentina and Moșilor ...

( Colentina quarter). He retired from football in 1937, when he was only twenty-nine.

National Team

Corneliu Robe played for the Romania national football team between 1930 and 1935. In 1930, despite not having any appearance for the national team, he was picked up for

's squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. He played his first match for the national team at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, a defeat against the winners of the competition,

. He gained fourteen caps for

, but he did not score a goal. His last match for the national team was a defeat against

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, on 1 January 1935.

Honours

;Sportul Studențesc București *

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

(1): 1936–37

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robe, Corneliu 1908 births 1930 FIFA World Cup players 1969 deaths Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Olympia București players Unirea Tricolor București players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Association football midfielders