Florea Văetuș

Florea Văetuș (born 23 November 1956) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker.[1][2]

Florea Văetuș
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-11-23) 23 November 1956[1]
Place of birth Hunedoara, Romania[1]
Position(s) Striker[1]
Youth career
1971–1974 Constructorul Hunedoara
1974–1975 Corvinul Hunedoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Victoria Călan
1976 Mureșul Deva
1977–1981 Corvinul Hunedoara 154 (47)
1982–1983 Dinamo București 44 (12)
1983–1988 Corvinul Hunedoara 142 (27)
1990–1991 Metalurgistul Cugir
Total 340 (86)
International career
1982–1984 Romania 7 (1)
Managerial career
2008 Corvinul Hunedoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020

Club career

Florea Văetuș was born on 23 November 1956 in Hunedoara, Romania and started playing football at junior level at local clubs Constructorul and Corvinul.[1] He started to play football at senior level in 1975 at Divizia B club Victoria Călan, after one year moving to play for Mureșul Deva.[1][3] He was supposed to make his Divizia A debut playing for Corvinul Hunedoara in a match against Sportul Studențesc București which was postponed because of the 1977 Vrancea earthquake, so on 20 March, coach Ladislau Vlad gave him his debut in a 2–2 against Jiul Petroșani.[1][3] He spent five seasons at Corvinul, staying with the club when it relegated to Divizia B, helping it promote back to the first division after one year under coach Mircea Lucescu and in the middle of the 1981–82 season he was transferred to Dinamo București.[1][3] In his first season spent at Dinamo, the club won The Double under coach Valentin Stănescu, Văetuș playing 13 matches and scoring 5 goals.[1][3][4] In the following season, he was coached by Nicolae Dumitru, winning another title, scoring 7 goals in 31 Divizia A matches, also appearing in 5 matches in the 1982–83 European Cup.[1][3][4] In the summer of 1983 Văetuș and teammates Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and other two players were transferred from Dinamo to Corvinul in exchange for Mircea Rednic and Ioan Andone.[5] He played five seasons for Corvinul in his second spell, making his last Divizia A appearance on 22 June 1988 in a 2–1 loss against Rapid București, having a total of 308 games with 71 goals scored in the competition.[1] After he ended his playing career in 1991 at Divizia B team, Metalurgistul Cugir, Văetuș worked as a manager at teams from the lower leagues of Romania.[6][7][8]

International career

Florea Văetuș played under coach Mircea Lucescu seven matches for Romania's national team, scoring one goal in his debut, at a 3–1 victory against Cyprus at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, without being part of the squad that went at the final tournament.[3][9][10] His following games were friendlies, his last appearance taking place on 11 April 1984 in a 0–0 against Israel, when he came as a substitute in order to replace Nicolae Ungureanu in the 79th minute of the game.[9][11]

International goals
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Văetuș goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Florea Văetuș
#DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 May 1982Stadionul Corvinul, Hunedoara, Romania1 Cyprus1–03–1Euro 1984 qualifiers

Honours

Corvinul Hunedoara

Dinamo București

References
  1. Florea Văetuș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Un fost tricolor a ajuns paznic la stadionul pe care a jucat!" [A former international became guard at the stadium where he played!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. "Campion cu Dinamo, internațional român, ajuns agent de pază la stadionul unde era idol pe vremuri: "Noaptea, când îmi fac rondul, mai pup pozele cu mine de pe hol"" [Champion with Dinamo, Romanian international, became a security guard at the stadium where he was an idol in the old days: "At night, when I do my rounds, I still kiss the pictures of me in the hallway"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. "Cum au fost create marile echipe ale anilor '80?. Episodul 3: Dinamo - Show cu doar 14 "câini". Dar de rasă" [How were the great teams of the '80s created? Episode 3: Dinamo - Show with only 14 "dogs". But dogs of race] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  6. "Văetuş confirmat" [Văetuş confirmed] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  7. "Florea Văetuș: "Fotbalul românesc este în cădere liberă" (I)" [Florea Văetuș: "Romanian football is going in a down fall" (I)] (in Romanian). Servuspress.ro. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. "Florea Văetuș: "Fotbalul românesc este în cădere liberă" (II)" [Florea Văetuș: "Romanian football is going in a down fall" (II)] (in Romanian). Servuspress.ro. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. "Florea Văetuș". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  10. "Romania - Cyprus 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. "Romania - Israel 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  12. Florea Văetuș at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. "Romanian Cup - Season 1981 - 1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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