Francisc Zavoda

Francisc Zavoda

Personal information
Full name	Francisc Zavoda
Date of birth	(1927-04-14)14 April 1927
Place of birth	Rodna Veche, Bistriţa, Romania
Date of death	July 16, 2012(2012-07-16) (aged 85)
Place of death	Baia Mare, Maramureş, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1938–1947	Phoenix Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1948	Phoenix Baia Mare
1948–1949	CFR Bucureşti	26	(6)
1950–1960	Steaua Bucureşti	174	(37)
1960–1961	Academia Militară Bucureşti
Total		200	(43)
International career
1951–1959	Romania	8	(0)
Managerial career
1964–1965	Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach)
1986	Progresul Brăila
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisc Zavoda, (born 14 April 1927 in Rodna Veche, Bistriţa - died 16 July 2012 in Baia Mare, Maramureş, Romania), also known as Zavoda I was a Romanian football player. He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda, who also played professional football.

Career as football player

Zavoda played as striker for Phoenix Baia Mare (1947–1948), CFR Bucureşti (1948–1949) and then Steaua Bucureşti (1950–1960).

He played a total of 200 games in Divizia A and scored 43 goals. He was champion of Romania in five occasions and won four Romanian Cups.

He won eight caps for Romania.

Career as coach

Zavoda was assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti (1964–1966) and ASA Târgu Mureş (1979–1986) and head coach at Progresul Braila (1986).

External links

• Francisc ZAVODA at romaniansoccer.ro