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Constantin Cârstea
Personal information
Date of birth	22 February 1949
Place of birth	Moșoaia, Romania
Date of death	16 November 2009 (aged 60)
Place of death	Smeura, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1961–1970	Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1982	Argeș Pitești
International career
1979	Romania
Managerial career
1982–1985	Argeș Pitești (assistant)
1985	Argeș Pitești
1986–1987	Dacia Pitești
1987–1988	Olt Scornicești
1988–1989	IPA Aluminiu Slatina
1990–1991	Argeș Pitești
1991–1992	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
1992–1993	Gloria Bistrița
1994–1995	Gloria Bistrița
1995–1996	Argeș Pitești
1997–2002	Gloria Bistrița
2004–2005	Gloria Bistrița
2006	Unirea Alba Iulia
2007	Argeș Pitești
2007	Mioveni
2009	Gloria Buzău
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Cârstea (22 February 1949 – 16 November 2009) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender.^[1] He was also a football coach.^[2]^[3] As a player he spent his entire professional career with Argeș Pitești.^[3]

Club career

Constantin Cârstea was born on 22 February 1949 in Moșoaia, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1961 at Argeș Pitești.^[1]^[2] He made his Divizia A debut on 8 March 1970 in a 2–1 away loss in front of Bihor Oradea.^[1]^[2]^[3] In the following two seasons he was in the team's squad but did not play a single league game, this being a period in which the team won the 1971–72 title.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He made his debut in European competitions in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition when he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round with a 5–1 aggregate victory.^[1]^[6] In the following one they were defeated with 6–4 on aggregate by Valencia, however Cârstea did not play in either game.^[1]^[6]^[7] In the same season he helped the club win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 31 games.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.^[1]^[8] He scored his only goal in European competitions in a 4–0 win over APOEL Nicosia from the 1981–82 UEFA Cup season.^[1]^[9] Cârstea's last Divizia A appearance took place on 13 November 1982 in a 3–0 home victory over SC Bacău in which he scored once, having a total of 244 matches with eight goals scored in the competition, also playing a total of 11 games with one goal in European competitions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

International career

Constantin Cârstea made one appearance at international level for Romania, playing on 13 May 1979 under coach Florin Halagian in a 1–1 with Cyprus at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.^[10]^[11]

Managerial career

Constantin Cârstea started coaching in 1983 when he was the assistant of former teammate and good friend Nicolae Dobrin at Argeș Pitești until 1985 when he became head coach.^[2]^[3] He spent most of his managerial career coaching in several spells each of Argeș and Gloria Bistrița but also worked for Dacia Pitești, Olt Scornicești, IPA Aluminiu Slatina, Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, Unirea Alba Iulia, Mioveni and Gloria Buzău.^[2]^[3] His highest achievements were with Gloria Bistrița, firstly when with the help of technical director Remus Vlad, the club won the first trophy in its history, the 1993–94 Cupa României, after a 1–0 over Universitatea Craiova in the final.^[12]^[13] He also guided Gloria in the first round of the 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup, obtaining a 2–1 home victory in the first leg with Real Zaragoza but losing the second one with 4–0, Zaragoza ending up being the winner of the competition.^[14]

Constantin Cârstea has a total of 428 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 170 victories, 69 draws and 189 losses.^[15]

Death

Constantin Cârstea died on 16 November 2009 at age 60 in the Smeura village, part of his native commune, Moșoaia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[16]

Honours

Player

Argeș Pitești

Divizia A: 1978–79^[1]

Manager

Gloria Bistrița

Cupa României: 1993–94^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Constantin Cârstea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "S-a stins din viaţă Constantin Cârstea" [Constantin Cârstea died] (in Romanian). jurnalul.ro. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Antrenorul Constantin Cârstea a încetat din viaţă" [Coach Constantin Carstea has died] (in Romanian). mediafax.ro. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Piteşti:Constantin Cârstea, colegul de cameră al lui Nicolae Dobrin" [Pitești: Constantin Cârstea, Nicolae Dobrin's roommate] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Constantin Cârstea. Europa League 1978/1979". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"Ziua în care Kempes s-a înclinat în fața lui Dobrin" [The day Kempes bowed to Dobrin] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "43 de ani de la meciul dintre FC Argeș și Nottingham Forest" [43 years since the match between FC Argeș and Nottingham Forest] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"24 octombrie 1979: Argeșul a dat piept cu Nottingham Forest, campioana Europei" [October 24, 1979: Argeș played against Nottingham Forest, the European champions] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"FC Argeș – Nottingham Forest 1-2 (Cupa Campionilor Europeni, 7 noiembrie 1979)" [FC Arges – Nottingham Forest 1-2 (European Champions Cup, November 7, 1979)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"Constantin Cârstea. Champions League 1979/1980". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Acum 41 de ani spulberam pe APOEL Nicosia" [41 years ago we destroyed APOEL Nicosia] (in Romanian). Argesfc.ro. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"Constantin Cârstea. Europa League 1981/1982". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Constantin Cârstea". European Football. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Cyprus 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup – Season 1993–1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "După 20 de ani! Astăzi se împlinesc exact două decenii de când Gloria a câștigat Cupa României!" [After 20 years! Today marks exactly two decades since Gloria won the Romanian Cup!] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Constantin Cârstea ar fi împlinit astăzi 74 de ani" [Constantin Cârstea would have turned 74 today] (in Romanian). Argesfc.ro. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"14 ani de la dispariția lui Constantin Cârstea" [14 years since the disappearance of Constantin Cârstea] (in Romanian). Argesfc.ro. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"Gloria Bistrita - Real Zaragoza". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
"Real Zaragoza - Gloria Bistrita". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "Fostul antrenor Constantin Cârstea a murit, răpus de cancer la vârsta de 60 de ani" [The former coach Constantin Cârstea died of cancer at the age of 60] (in Romanian). Antena3.ro. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2024.