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Florea Văetuș
Personal information
Date of birth	23 November 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Hunedoara, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1971–1974	Constructorul Hunedoara
1974–1975	Corvinul Hunedoara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1976	Victoria Călan
1976	Mureșul Deva
1977–1981	Corvinul Hunedoara
1982–1983	Dinamo București
1983–1988	Corvinul Hunedoara
1990–1991	Metalurgistul Cugir
Total
International career
1982–1984	Romania
Managerial career
2008	Corvinul Hunedoara
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020

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

Club career

Florea Văetuș was born on 23 November 1956 in Hunedoara, Romania and started playing junior level football 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 five goals in the league, also being used all the minutes in the 3–2 victory over FC Baia Mare from the Cupa României final.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5] In the following season, he was coached by Nicolae Dumitru, winning another title, scoring seven goals in 31 matches, also appearing in five games from the 1982–83 European Cup season as the club got past Vålerenga and Dukla Prague in the first rounds, being eliminated by Aston Villa after a 6–2 aggregate loss.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[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 with 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
#	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 May 1982	Stadionul Corvinul, Hunedoara, Romania	1	Cyprus	1–0	3–1	Euro 1984 qualifiers

Honours

Corvinul Hunedoara

Divizia B: 1979–80^[1]

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83^[1]
Cupa României: 1981–82^[5]^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Florea Văetuș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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.
^ ^a ^b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ "Aston Villa – Dinamo 4-2 (Cupa Campionilor, 3 noiembrie 1982 – turul 2)" [Aston Villa – Dinamo 4-2 (Champions Cup, November 3, 1982 – round 2)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
"Florea Văetuș. Champions League Qual. 1982/1983". WorldFootball. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
"Florea Văetuș. Champions League. 1982/1983". WorldFootball. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Văetuș confirmat" [Văetuș confirmed] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
"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.
"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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Florea Văetuș". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Romania - Cyprus 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Romania - Israel 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ Florea Văetuș at National-Football-Teams.com