Teofil Codreanu

Teofil Codreanu (1 February 1941 – 10 January 2016) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Teofil Codreanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-02-01)1 February 1941
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 10 January 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 74)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1956–1959 CCA București
1959–1961 Rapid București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1973 Rapid București 258 (39)
International career
1962–1965 Romania U23[1] 9 (0)
1964 Romania B[1] 1 (0)
1964–1971 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
Managerial career
1979–1981 Mecanică Fină București
1981–1983 Unirea Răcari
1983–1984 CSM Borzești
1984–1986 Metalul Rădăuți
1986 Rapid București
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Teofil Codreanu, nicknamed Parpală was born on 1 February 1941 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play football in 1956 at junior level at CCA București.[4][5][6] In 1959 he went to play for Rapid București where on 18 March 1962 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Mihăilescu in a 1–1 against Minerul Lupeni.[4][5][6][7] He spent all of his career at Rapid, which consisted of 12 seasons in which he helped the club win the 1966–67 Divizia A which was the first title in the club's history, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in 23 matches in which he scored two goals.[4][5][6][8] He also won the 1971–72 Cupa României, playing four games in the campaign, including the final.[4][5][6][9] Codreanu played 14 games and scored 3 goals in European competitions, taking part in the 1967–68 European Cup campaign in which he helped Rapid eliminate Trakia Plovdiv by scoring two goals in the second leg, being eliminated by Juventus in the following round, also playing 5 games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign as the team reached the eight-finals, eliminating Napoli and Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who would eventually win the competition, Tottenham and took part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup 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.[5][6][10][11][12][13][14][15] He made his last Divizia A 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 Cupa României.[4][5][6] Teofil Codreanu died on 10 January 2016 at age 74 in his native Bucharest.[4][5][6][16]

International career

Teofil Codreanu made one appearance at international level for Romania, playing on 23 October 1965 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–1 away loss against Turkey at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[2][17]

Managerial career

Teofil Codreanu was also a manager who coached mostly in the Romanian lower leagues at Mecanică Fină București, Unirea Răcari, CSM Borzești and Metalul Rădăuți, having only a single Divizia A experience which consisted of 7 games at Rapid București, also coaching for many years at the team's center of children and juniors.[6]

Honours

Rapid București

Notes
  1. Including 2 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]

References
  1. "Teofil Codreanu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. "Teofil Codreanu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. Teofil Codreanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. Teofil Codreanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. "Azi, "Parpală" ar fi împlinit 80 de ani. Teofil Codreanu a locuit în Ghencea, a început fotbalul la Steaua, a devenit legendă în Giulești și a ratat un transfer la Juventus" [Today, "Parpală" would have turned 80 years old. Teofil Codreanu lived in Ghencea, started football at Steaua, became a legend in Giulesti and missed a transfer to Juventus] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  6. "Povestea de viata a lui Teofil Codreanu" [The life story of Teofil Codreanu] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. "Minerul Lupeni vs. Rapid Bucuresti Liga1 1961–1962". Labtof. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  8. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  9. "Romanian Cup – Season 1971–1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  10. "49 de ani de când Rapid mătura pe jos cu Zoff și cu Altafini. Boc: "Așa ne-am câștigat dreptul să vedem un film aproape porno la Varșovia!"!" [49 years since Rapid swept on foot with Zoff and Altafini. Boc: "This is how we earned the right to see an almost pornographic film in Warsaw!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  11. "Acum o jumătate de veac, Rapid elimina pe Napoli" [Half a century ago, Rapid eliminated Napoli]. Wesport.ro. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  12. "Leeds United – Rapid 5-0 (7 martie 1973 – sferturi Cupa Cupelor)" [Leeds United – Rapid 5-0 (March 7, 1973 – Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals)]. Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. "Teofil Codreanu - Champions League 1967/1968". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  14. "Teofil Codreanu - Europa League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  15. "Teofil Codreanu - Cup Winners Cup 1972/1973". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  16. "Fostul fotbalist Teofil Codreanu a încetat din viaţă" [Former footballer Teofil Codreanu passed away] (in Romanian). Mediafax. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  17. "Turkey 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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