Iuliu Năftănăilă

Iuliu Năftănăilă
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-08-25)25 August 1942[1]
Place of birth Făgăraș, Romania[1]
Date of death 28 August 1967(1967-08-28) (aged 25)[1]
Place of death Făgăraș, Romania[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Central midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 Chimia Făgăraș
1961–1967 Steagul Roșu Brașov 150 (37)
International career
1962–1966 Romania U23 12 (2)
1963–1965 Romania B 2 (0)
1967 Romania 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iuliu Năftănăilă (25 August 1942 – 28 August 1967) was a Romanian football midfielder.[3][4]

Club career

Năftănăilă was born on 25 August 1942 in Făgăraș, Romania and began playing football in 1959 at local club Chimia in Divizia B.[1][2][5][6] Two years later he was brought to Steagul Roșu Brașov by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu who gave him his Divizia A debut on 20 August 1961 in a 3–1 victory against Știința Cluj where he scored two goals.[1][2][5][6] He netted a total of 11 goals until the end of the season as the club finished in fourth place.[1][2][5] He remained at Steagul over the course of seven seasons, the highlights of this period included another fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and the winning of the 1960–61 Balkans Cup.[1][5] Năftănăilă made his last Divizia A appearance on 27 August 1967 in a 0–0 draw against Argeș Pitești, totaling 150 matches with 37 goals in the competition.[1][2][5][6] He also has a total of five matches and one goal scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, nine games with three goals in Cupa României and 11 appearances with three goals in the Balkans Cup.[1][2][5][6]

International career

Between 1962 and 1966, Năftănăilă made several appearances for Romania's under-23 and B squads.[7]

Năftănăilă played three matches for Romania, making his debut on 4 January 1947 under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–1 friendly draw against Uruguay in Montevideo at Estadio Gran Parque Central.[8][9] His second game was also a friendly which ended with a 2–1 away win over Greece.[8][10] Năftănăilă's last appearance for the national team was in a 1–0 loss to Italy in the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[8][11]

Death

Năftănăilă died on 28 August 1967 at age 25 while driving his car and crashing into a tree on the side of the Brașov – Făgăraș road.[5][6][12]

Honours

Steagul Roșu Brașov

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Iuliu Năftănăilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Steagu' XI – Mijlocaş central 1" [Steagu’ XI – Central midfielder 1] (in Romanian). Lastegaru.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ Iuliu Năftănăilă at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Iuliu Năftănăilă at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Iuliu Năftănăilă" (in Romanian). Stegaru.net. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Iuliu Năftănăilă, un destin frânt, ca și al lui Diogo Jota" [Iuliu Năftănăilă, a broken destiny, same as the one of Diogo Jota] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Iuliu Năftănăilă profile". 11v11. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Iuliu Năftănăilă". European Football. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Uruguay – Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Greece – Romania 1:2". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania – Italy 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Accidentele rutiere au făcut victime şi în sportul românesc! Maria Cioncan, Ibrahim Dossey sau Cezar Dinu s-au stins la volan" [Road accidents have made victims in Romanian sport too! Maria Cioncan, Ibrahim Dossey or Cezar Dinu have gone behind the wheel] (in Romanian). fanatik.ro. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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