Constantin Frățilă Explained

Constantin Frățilă
Birth Date:1 October 1942
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Death Place:Bucharest, Romania
Youthyears1:1957–1958
Youthyears2:1958–1960
Youthclubs1:Recolta București
Youthclubs2:Uzinele Vasile Roaită
Years1:1960–1970
Years2:1970–1972
Years3:1972–1973
Years4:1973–1974
Years5:1974
Years6:1975
Clubs1:Dinamo București
Clubs2:Argeș Pitești
Clubs3:Sportul Studențesc București
Clubs4:Omonia Nicosia
Clubs5:Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Clubs6:Sirena București
Caps1:168
Caps2:46
Caps3:2
Caps5:5
Goals1:74
Goals2:20
Goals3:0
Goals5:1
Totalcaps:219
Totalgoals:95
Nationalyears1:1966–1967[1]
Nationalteam1:Romania
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:7
Manageryears1:1982
Managerclubs1:Dinamo Victoria București
Manageryears2:1984–85
Managerclubs2:FC Baia Mare

Constantin Frățilă (1 October 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a Romanian football striker and coach.

Club career

Constantin Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play football in 1957, at junior level at Recolta București, after one year moving to Uzinele Vasile Roaită. He started his senior career playing for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 16 April 1961 in a 6–0 victory against Minerul Lupeni in which he scored a hat-trick, having a total of 7 goals in 7 appearances until the end of his first season spent at the club. In the following four seasons he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles, in the first he contributed with 5 goals scored in 19 matches, in the second he played 15 games and scored 9 goals, in the third he made 26 appearances with 19 goals scored, being also the top-scorer of the league alongside Cornel Pavlovici and in the last one he scored 11 goals in 23 matches.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He also won two Cupa României with The Red Dogs, scoring one goal in the 5–3 victory from the 1964 final against rival Steaua București and played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored 7 goals and one game in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, managing in the 1965–66 European Cup edition to score two goals against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped the team advance to the next phase where they were eliminated by Inter Milan against whom he also scored a goal after which he said:"I scored a goal against Inter, can you believe it? I scored against the best defense in the world. It is the biggest satisfaction of my life" and he also scored a goal in a 5–3 loss against Real Madrid in the 1963–64 European Cup edition.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [10] [11] [12] [13] In a 1967 Bucharest Cup match against Steaua he suffered an injury which kept him off the field for one year and a half.[2] [7] In 1970 he went to play for Argeș Pitești where in his second season he helped the team win the Divizia A title, contributing with 7 goals scored in 17 matches.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] After a season spent at Sportul Studențesc București, he went to play in Cyprus in the 1973–74 season alongside fellow Romanian Mihai Mocanu, winning the title and the cup.[14] He returned to Romania at Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 November 1974 in a 1–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc, ending his career in 1975 at Divizia C team, Sirena București.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Constantin Frățilă died on 21 October 2016 at age 74.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

International career

Constantin Frățilă played 7 games in which he scored 7 goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Ilie Oană on 2 November 1966 in a 4–2 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a hat-trick at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[15] [16] He played two more games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he scored a double in a 5–1 victory against Cyprus.[15] Frățilă made his last appearance for the national team on 22 March 1967 in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against France in which he scored a goal.[15]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Constantin Frățilă goal.[15]

Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 November 1966 2–0 4–2 Euro 1968 qualifiers
2. 3–0
3. 4–0
4. 17 November 19663–0 4–3 Friendly
5. 3 December 1966 3–1 5–1 Euro 1968 qualifiers
6. 4–1
7. 22 March 1967 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Managerial career

Constantin Frățilă started coaching in 1976 at Dinamo București's center of children and juniors, afterwards coaching senior teams Dinamo Victoria București which he helped earn promotion to Divizia B and FC Baia Mare which he coached in the 1984–85 Divizia A season.[3] [6] [8] [17]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65

1963–64, 1967–68Argeș Pitești

1971–72Omonia Nicosia

1973–74

1973–74Individual

Manager

Dinamo Victoria București

1981–82[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Constantin Fratila – Goals in International Matches. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Web site: Constantin Frățilă a murit. "Nea Titi" a fost unul dintre cei mai mari dinamoviști din istorie. Libertatea.ro. Romanian . Constantin Frațilă died. "Nea Titi" was one of the greatest Dinamo players in history. 21 October 2016 . 11 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Doliu in fotbalul romanesc: Constantin Fratila, unul dintre cei mai mari fotbalisti din istoria lui Dinamo, a murit la 74 de ani. Sport.ro. Romanian . Mourning in Romanian football: Constantin Fratila, one of the greatest footballers in the history of Dinamo, died at the age of 74. 21 October 2016 . 11 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Din nou doliu la Dinamo! Pierdere grea pentru fotbalul românesc: s-a stins Constantin Frățilă. Prosport.ro. Romanian . Again mourning at Dinamo! Heavy loss for Romanian football: Constantin Frațilă died. 21 October 2016 . 11 October 2022.
  5. Web site: A murit Constantin Frățilă, omul care a luat 4 titluri la rând cu Dinamo. Digisport.ro. Romanian . Constantin Frațilă, the man who won 4 titles in a row with Dinamo, died. 21 October 2016 . 11 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Constantin Frățilă, fost campion al României cu Dinamo, a murit la 74 de ani. Huff.ro. Romanian . Constantin Frațilă, former champion of Romania with Dinamo, died at the age of 74. 21 October 2016 . 11 October 2022.
  7. Web site: 70 de ani și o dorință! Titi Frățilă speră să scape, în câteva săptămâni, de problemele de sănătate. Prosport.ro. Romanian . 70 years and a wish! Titi Frațilă hopes to get rid of his health problems in a few weeks. 5 October 2012 . 11 October 2022.
  8. Web site: Constantin Fratila. Dinamo.webstyler.ro. Romanian . 11 October 2022.
  9. Web site: Top Scorers . www.romaniansoccer.ro . 11 October 2022 . Romanian.
  10. Web site: 1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii. Gsp.ro. Romanian . December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world. 1 December 2019 . 24 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964. RomanianSoccer. 11 October 2022.
  12. Web site: WorldFootball. Constantin Frățilă - Champions League 1965/1966. 11 October 2022.
  13. Web site: WorldFootball. Constantin Frățilă - Champions League 1963/1964. 11 October 2022.
  14. Web site: Vezi ce-i aşteaptă pe cei de la Vaslui în returul cu Omonia: "Infern în tribune". Gsp.ro. Romanian . See what awaits the people from Vaslui in the return leg with Omonia: "Hell in the stands". 31 July 2009 . 9 October 2022.
  15. Web site: Constantin Frățilă. European Football. 11 October 2022.
  16. Web site: Romania 4-2 Switzerland. European Football. 11 October 2022.
  17. Web site: Constantin Frățilă profile. Labtof. 11 October 2022.