Lazăr Sfera ''( sr, Lazar Sfera)'' (29 April 1909, in Sân Mihai,

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(today in

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) – 24 April 1992) was a

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n footballer who played as a defender.

Biography

At club level, he began his career at the youth team of Politehnica Timișoara from 1923 to 1925. He stayed at the club until 1929. He then left for

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team

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before signing for one season at Rômania Cluj. He then left for

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

until 1934. He ended his career at

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. He retired in 1941. With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches

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and Costel Rădulescu to take part in the

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. The team were eliminated in the first round after a 2–1 defeat to

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Honours

;Venus București *

(3): 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40

Notes and references

* * 1909 births 1992 deaths People from Alibunar People from the Kingdom of Hungary 20th-century Romanian people Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Victoria Cluj players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Politehnica Timișoara players Venus București players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Romanian Austro-Hungarians Serbian people of Romanian descent Romanians of Vojvodina Association football defenders {{Romania-bio-stub