Dumitru Pavlovici Explained

Dumitru Pavlovici
Birth Date:26 April 1912
Birth Place:Timișoara, Romania
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1931–1933
Clubs1:Dacia Timișoara
Years2:1933–1941
Caps2:124
Goals2:0
Years3:1941–1946
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1946–1951
Caps4:52
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:176
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1936–1942
Nationalteam1:Romania
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:0

Dumitru Pavlovici (26 April 1912 – 28 September 1993) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Club career

Dumitru Pavlovici, nicknamed Pantera neagră (English: The Black Panther) was born on 26 April 1912 in Timișoara, Romania, growing up and starting to play football as a child in the Mehala neighborhood.[2] He started playing organized football as a forward at local club, Dacia.[2] He first played as a goalkeeper while he was still at Dacia in a game with AMEF.[2]

In 1933, Pavlovici went at Ripensia Timișoara where he had to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Vilmos Zombori who was six years older than him.[2] In his first season spent at the club, he won the Cupa României but did not play in the final as Zombori was preferred.[2] [3] In the 1934–35 season he won the title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer using him in 15 matches.[2] [4] [5] [6] Next season, Pavlovici helped Ripensia win The Double, being given 14 appearances by coaches Wetzer and Jenő Konrád, also playing in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final.[2] [4] [5] [6] [7] In the 1937–38 season, Pavlovici played 19 games under the guidance of coach Sepp Pojar, helping Ripensia win another title.[2] [4] [5]

In 1941, Pavlovici signed with CFR Turnu Severin, winning the 1942–43 Cupa României, keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 win over Sportul Studențesc București from the final against Sportul Studențesc București, which helped the club win the first trophy in the its history.[2] [8] Afterwards in 1946, Pavlovici went at CFR Timișoara for the last five years of his career, the highlights of this period being a runner-up position in the 1947–48 season and the reaching of a Cupa României final in the same season which was lost with 3–2 loss in front of ITA Arad in which he did not play, Aurel Boroș being preferred instead.[2] [9]

International career

Dumitru Pavlovici played 18 games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Constantin Rădulescu on 17 May 1936 in a 5–2 win over Greece at the 1936 Balkan Cup, also appearing in the 4–1 win with Bulgaria as the team won the cup.[10] [11] [12] [13] He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup.[10] [14] He played in the first game against Cuba which ended 3–3, his teammate Robert Sadowski playing in the replay which ended with a surprisingly 2–1 loss.[10] [14] [15] [16] Pavlovici captained the national team in his last two appearances from 1942 which were friendlies, a 1–0 loss with Slovakia and a 2–2 with Croatia.[10]

Death

Dumitru Pavlovici died on 28 September 1993 at age 81.[2] [10]

Honours

Ripensia Timișoara

1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38[4]

1933–34, 1935–36[3] [7] CFR Turnu Severin

1942–43[8] Romania

1936[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1938 FIFA World Cup France, Romania squad. Fifa.com. English . 23 March 2024.
  2. Web site: "Pantera neagră" din Mehala. Povestea lui Dumitru Pavlovici, portarul agil al Ripensiei. Pressalert.ro. Romanian . The "Black Panther" of Mehala. The story of Dumitru Pavlovici, the agile goalkeeper of Ripensia. 4 June 2018. 20 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Romanian Cup - 1933-1934. RomanianSoccer. 5 April 2024.
  4. Web site: Romania National Champions . RomanianSoccer. 5 April 2024.
  5. Web site: FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma... . Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro . Romanian . FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ... . 14 May 2017 . 29 May 2021 . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212623/https://www.vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro/sport/fotbal-noua-campioana-a-romaniei-ce-mai-vuiet-ce-mai-larma_18711?print . dead .
  6. Web site: CFR Cluj, ca Rapidul pe vremea lui "Il Luce"! Un record vechi de 20 de ani a fost egalat! Performanţa imposibilă realizată de clujeni. Fanatik.ro. Romanian . CFR Cluj, like Rapid in the time of "Il Luce"! A 20-year-old record has been matched! The impossible performance achieved by the people from Cluj. 13 May 2019 . 5 April 2024.
  7. Web site: Romanian Cup - 1935-1936. RomanianSoccer. 5 April 2024.
  8. Web site: Romanian Cup – 1942–1943. RomanianSoccer. 3 April 2020.
  9. Web site: Romanian Cup – 1947–1948. RomanianSoccer. 29 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Dumitru Pavlovici. European Football. 5 April 2024.
  11. Web site: Balkan Cup 1936 . European Football. 26 December 2022.
  12. Web site: Romania 5-2 Greece. European Football. 5 April 2024.
  13. Web site: Romania 4-1 Bulgaria. European Football. 5 April 2024.
  14. Web site: România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor". Theplaymaker.ro. Romanian . Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors". 18 March 2018. 20 March 2024.
  15. Web site: Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38). Tikitaka.ro. Romanian . Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38). 20 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938. Tikitaka.ro. Romanian . World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938. 20 March 2024.