Vasile Maftei
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-01-01) 1 January 1981
Place of birth Fălticeni, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Rapid București (youth center director)
Youth career
1988–1996 CSȘ Fălticeni
1996–2000 Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Rapid București 211 (9)
2000 → Tractorul Brașov (loan) 6 (1)
2009–2010 Unirea Urziceni 45 (3)
2011–2014 CFR Cluj 62 (7)
2014–2015 Concordia Chiajna 25 (3)
2015–2017 Voluntari 66 (1)
2017–2018 Rapid București 22 (2)
Total 437 (26)
International career
2000–2003 Romania U21 10 (0)
2006–2011 Romania 12 (1)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2020–2021 Voluntari (assistant)
2021– Rapid București (youth center director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right back.

Club career

Maftei was formed at Rapid București, where he became a key part of the team, winning one league title in 2003, one Romanian Cup and one Super Cup in 2002. In 2004, following the departure of Adrian Iencsi, he was appointed captain and won two Romanian Cups in a row in 2006 and 2007 and one Super Cup in 2007. He also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Rapid in 2006, where they were eliminated by Steaua București.

On 26 February 2006, Maftei was called up to the Romania team for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Dorin Goian. Two days later, he scored on his Romania debut against Armenia from a header, in a 2–0 win for his country. Overall, he managed 12 caps for Romania.

Club statistics

[1]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tractorul Brașov (loan) 2000–01 61??---61
Rapid București 2000–01 80??---80
2001–02 50??---90
2002–03 29320-4010363
2003–04 25020-2000290
2004–05 25110---261
2005–06 29150-130-471
2006–07 28140-100-421
2007–08 33220-2010382
2008–09 29110-21-322
Total 211 9 17 0 - - 33 1 2 0 263 10
Unirea Urziceni 2009–10 30110-7010391
2010–11 15210-4010212
Total 45 3 2 0 - - 11 0 2 0 60 3
CFR Cluj 2010–11 30----30
2011–12 15200---152
2012–13 20240-2010272
2013–14 24310---253
Total 62 7 5 0 - - 2 0 1 0 70 7
Concordia Chiajna 2014–15 2530010--263
Voluntari 2015–16 2910010-20321
2016–17 2806000--340
2017–18 900000-10100
Total 66 1 6 0 1 0 - - 3 0 76 1
Rapid București 2017–18 222??---222
Career Total 437 26 30 0 2 0 46 1 8 0 523 27

International career

  • He made his international debut on 28 February 2006.

International stats

Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
200641
200710
200800
200930
201030
201110
Total121

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 February 2006GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Armenia1-02–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Rapid București

CFR Cluj

Voluntari

References

  1. ↑ Vasile Maftei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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