Costică Toma

Costică Toma
	Toma in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Constantin Toma
Date of birth	1 January 1928
Place of birth	Brăila, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	13 May 2008 (aged 80)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1940–1942	Suter București
1942–1948	Capșa București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1950–1951	CS Armata Iași
1951	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
1951–1963	Steaua București
Total
International career
1953–1959	Romania
Managerial career
1963–1964	TUG București
1964–1965	Marina Mangalia
1965–1966	Unirea Râmnicu Vâlcea
1971–1972	UM Timișoara
1972–1976	FC Constanța (youth)
1977	FIL Orăștie
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.

Playing career

He was born in Brăila,^[1] into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland.^[2]^{[better source needed]} Toma began his football career in 1940, when he played for FC Suter as a striker. After a period when he played as a youth for Capșa București, he moved to Iași. He played only a season at CS ta, and after two months at Câmpulung Moldovenesc, he moved to Steaua București. He played twelve years for the Army club, and was a part of the Steaua Golden Team. He had at Steaua a famous and a fair-play rivalry with Ion Voinescu. It was said that Toma and Voinescu were the best couple of goalkeepers that a Romanian football club ever had.^[3] Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.^[4]

Toma retired from professional football in 1961.^[5]

Coaching career

Despite being a great goalkeeper, Toma was not a successful manager. He managed only lower league sides and also a large number of youth teams.

Honours

Steaua București

Divizia A: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61
Cupa României: 1952, 1955

Personal life

Toma was married and had two children living today in Geneva, Switzerland. He died in Bucharest in 2008, and was buried in the city's Ghencea Military Cemetery.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "A încetat din viaţă fostul portar al CCA, Costică Toma!". www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 14 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ "Famille Toma : Dossier familial" [Famille Toma : Dossier familial] (in French). ge.ch. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "Cea mai cruntă rivalitate din poarta Stelei: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma: "Unul cu reflexe și spectaculos, altul mai sobru, dar extrem de precis"" [The fiercest rivalry in Steaua's gate: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma:" One with reflexes and spectacular, the other more sober, but extremely precise "]. www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ "Costică Toma". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ Costică Toma at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Costică Toma at WorldFootball.net
Costică Toma at National-Football-Teams.com

[gsp08-1] "A încetat din viaţă fostul portar al CCA, Costică Toma!". www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 14 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[2] "Famille Toma : Dossier familial" [Famille Toma : Dossier familial] (in French). ge.ch. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[3] "Cea mai cruntă rivalitate din poarta Stelei: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma: "Unul cu reflexe și spectaculos, altul mai sobru, dar extrem de precis"" [The fiercest rivalry in Steaua's gate: Ion Voinescu vs Costică Toma:" One with reflexes and spectacular, the other more sober, but extremely precise "]. www.gsp.ro (in Romanian). 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[4] "Costică Toma". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

[5] Costică Toma at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

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