Teofil Codreanu (1 February 1941 – 10 January 2016) was a Romanian

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who played as an

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Club career

Teofil Codreanu, nicknamed ''Parpală'' was born on 1 February 1941 in

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, Romania and started to play football in 1956 at junior level at

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. In 1959 he went to play for

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where on 18 March 1962 he made his

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debut under coach

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in a 1–1 against

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. He spent all of his career at

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, which consisted of 12 seasons in which he helped the club win the

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which was the first title in the club's history, being used by coach

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in 23 matches in which he scored two goals. He also won the

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, playing four games in the campaign, including the

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. Codreanu played 14 games and scored 3 goals in European competitions, taking part in the

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campaign in which he helped

eliminate

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by scoring two goals in the second leg, being eliminated by

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in the following round, also playing 5 games in the

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campaign as the team reached the eight-finals, eliminating Napoli and

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, being eliminated by the team who would eventually win the competition,

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and took part in the

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campaign, playing two games, helping the team reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien, being eliminated by Leeds United who reached the final. He made his last

appearance on 20 June 1973 in a 2–1 away loss against SC Bacău, having a total of 258 appearances and 39 goals scored in the competition and 33 matches with 7 goals scored in

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. Teofil Codreanu died on 10 January 2016 at age 74 in his native

International career

Teofil Codreanu made one appearance at international level for

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, playing on 23 October 1965 under coach

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in a 2–1 away loss against

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at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career

Teofil Codreanu was also a

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who coached mostly in the Romanian lower leagues at Mecanică Fină București, Unirea Răcari,

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and Metalul Rădăuți, having only a single

experience which consisted of 7 games at

, also coaching for many years at the team's center of children and juniors.

Honours

Rapid București *

: 1966–67 *

: 1971–72

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Codreanu, Teofil 1941 births 2016 deaths Olympic footballers for Romania Romania men's international footballers Romanian men's footballers Footballers from Bucharest Liga I players FC Rapid București players Men's association football midfielders Romanian football managers FC Rapid București managers FC Rapid București non-playing staff