Csaba Györffy (9 July 1943 – 18 October 2018) was a
Romania
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n footballer who played as a
winger.
Career
Csaba Györffy was the one who influenced
Steagul Roșu Brașov to change its official colors from white and blue to black and yellow.
The change came after in December 1966 Györffy went on a tournament with Romania's Olympic football team in
Uruguay
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.
[ After a match with ]Peñarol
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, Györffy received from captain Alberto Spencer
Alberto Pedro Spencer Herrera (6 December 1937 – 3 November 2006) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played as a forward, and is widely regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time He is probably best known for his still-standi ...
the shirt with which he played.[ Györffy was fascinated by the combination of yellow and black stripes and decided at the return in the country to wear the shirt during his training sessions with the team.][ The decision to change the colors of the club was taken by coach ]Silviu Ploeşteanu Silviu may refer to:
*Silviu Bălace (born 1978), Romanian football player
* Silviu Berejan (1927–2007), Bessarabian writer from Moldova and member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova
* Silviu Bindea (1912–1992), Romanian football player
*Sil ...
, who considered that, in the new colors, the team will be seen better on the field. Since January 1967, the team from Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County.
According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a pop ...
has yellow-black as official colors, recalling the Uruguayan Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
team. After he retired from his playing career he continued to work at Steagul Roșu Brașov as a manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities ...
, assistant and youth coach in different periods. In 2013 he was named Citizen of Honor in Brașov.[
]
International career
Csaba Györffy played one game for Romania's national team under coach Bazil Marian
Bazil Marian (7 November 1922 – 19 January 2008) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.
Club career
Bazil Marian nicknamed "Bombardierul" (The Bomber) because of his powerful shots was born on 7 November 1922 in Uioara de Sus, Rom ...
in a 1–1 friendly against Uruguay
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, which took place in Montevideo on Estadio Gran Parque Central
The Estadio Gran Parque Central is the stadium of Club Nacional de Football. It is located in Montevideo, Uruguay, near Nacional headquarters (exactly between the streets Carlos Anaya, Jaime Cibils, General Urquiza and Comandante Braga), in the ...
.[ He also played one game for Romania's Olympic team in which he scored in a 3–2 loss against ]Denmark
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at the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers. He was selected to be in Romania's 1970 World Cup squad, but because he got ill of bronchitis
Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis usually begins as an infection in the nose, ears, throat, or sinuses. The infection then makes its way down to the bronchi. ...
, Györffy missed the tournament.[
]
Honours
Steagul Roșu Brașov
*Divizia B
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 ...
: 1968–69
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References
External links
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Csaba Györffy
at Labtof.ro
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1943 births
2018 deaths
People from Harghita County
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Székely people
Romanian footballers
Romania international footballers
Association football forwards
Liga I players
Liga II players
ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players
FC Brașov (1936) players
Romanian football managers
FC Brașov (1936) managers