Iosif Damaschin (born 1 September 1963) is a
Romania
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n former footballer who played as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
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* Forward (association football)
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.
During his period spent at
Rapid București
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in a match from
Cupa României
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which ended with a 3–2 loss against
Steaua Bucureşti with Damaschin scoring his team's second goal,
Rapid's fans suspected that
Steaua was being helped to win by the referees because of the influence of
Valentin Ceaușescu
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Valentin Ceaușescu w ...
who was a fan of the team and son of the dictator
Nicolae Ceaușescu
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, so the fans started to chant: "Noi vi-l dăm pe Damaschin, voi ni-l dați pe Valentin!" ''( "We give you Damaschin, you give us Valentin!")''.
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Honours
Rapid Bucureşti
*Divizia B
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: 1989–90
References
1963 births
Living people
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Liga I players
Liga II players
AFC Unirea Slobozia players
FC Astra Giurgiu players
AFC Rocar București players
FC Rapid București players
Sportspeople from Ialomița County
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