Francisc Zavoda

Francisc Zavoda
Personal information
Date of birth	14 April 1927
Place of birth	Rodna Veche, Bistriţa, Romania
Date of death	July 2011 (aged 84)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1938–1947	Phoenix Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years	Team
1947–1948	Phoenix Baia Mare
1948–1949	CFR București
1950–1960	Steaua București
1960–1961	Academia Militară București
Total
International career
1951–1959	Romania
Managerial career
1964–1965	Steaua București (assistant)
1979–1980	ASA Târgu Mureş (assistant)
1983	Progresul Brăila
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisc Zavoda (14 April 1927 – July 2011), also known as Zavoda I, was a Romanian footballer. He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda who was also an International footballer and they played together at Steaua București.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Career as football player

Zavoda played as striker for Phoenix Baia Mare (1947–1948), CFR București (1948–1949) and then Steaua București (1950–1960). He played a total of 200 games in Divizia A and scored 43 goals. He was champion of Romania in five occasions and won four Romanian Cups. He won eight caps for Romania. He was also part of Romania's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.^[4]

Career as coach

Zavoda was assistant coach at Steaua București (1964–1966) and ASA Târgu Mureş (1979–1980) and head coach at Progresul Brăila (1983).

Honours

Club

Steaua București

Romanian League (5): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60
Romanian Cup (4): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955

References

^ "Să ne-amintim de fraţii Zavoda! Celebrii fotbalişti din marea echipă CCA s-au născut la Rodna!" [Let us remember the Zavoda brothers! The football celebrities of the big CCA team were born at Rodna!] (in Romanian). sportulbistritean.ro. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It is Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Francisc Zavoda". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

Francisc Zavoda at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Francisc Zavoda at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Să ne-amintim de fraţii Zavoda! Celebrii fotbalişti din marea echipă CCA s-au născut la Rodna!" [Let us remember the Zavoda brothers! The football celebrities of the big CCA team were born at Rodna!] (in Romanian). sportulbistritean.ro. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[2] "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It is Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[3] "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

[4] "Francisc Zavoda". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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