Mihai Zamfir was born on 22 January 1955 in Moșoaia, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1971 at Argeș Pitești.[1][2] He made his Divizia A debut on 30 September 1973 in a 2–1 home victory in front of Sportul Studențesc București.[1] In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory.[1][4] In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ending.[1][4][5] In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 33 games in which he scored two goals.[1][6] In the following season they passed AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest, Zamfir receiving a red card for repeated fouls in the 80th minute of the first leg.[1][7]
In 1984 he went to play for Olt Scornicești where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 17 December 1987 in a 0–0 with Dinamo București, having a total of 365 matches with 11 goals scored in the competition, also playing a total of 12 games in European competitions.[1] Zamfir ended his career in 1989, after playing in Divizia B for Inter Sibiu and Dacia Pitești, helping the first earn promotion to the first league.[1][2]
International career
Mihai Zamfir played 10 games for Romania, making his debut under coach Ștefan Kovács when he came as a substitute and replaced Florin Cheran in the 24th minute of a 2–0 victory against Bulgaria at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[8][9] He also played in the second leg with Bulgaria from the same competition which ended 1–1 and made three appearances at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[8][10] Zamfir's last appearance took place on 8 April 1981 in a 2–1 away loss in a friendly with Israel.[8]
