Paul Manta

Paul Manta
Personal information
Full name Paul Virgil Manta
Date of birth (1943-06-02)2 June 1943
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 9 August 2005(2005-08-09) (aged 62)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 Sportul Studențesc București
1967–1972 Progresul București 72 (0)
1972–1974 Universitatea Craiova 33 (0)
Total 105 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Manta (2 June 1943 – 9 August 2005) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Sportul Studențesc București, Progresul București and Universitatea Craiova.

Career

Manta was born on 2 June 1943 in Bucharest, Romania.[1] He began playing football in 1964 at Divizia B club Sportul Studențesc București.[1] In 1967 he moved to Progresul București where he made his Divizia A debut on 1 October 1967 when coach Petre Moldoveanu sent him in the 60th minute to replace Petre Mândru in a 3–1 away loss to Dinamo Bacău.[1][2] The team was relegated at the end of the 1968–69 season, but Manta stayed with the club, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one year.[1] However, after just one season, the team was once again relegated to the second league.[1] After spending the 1971–72 Divizia B season with Progresul, Manta left the club.[1]

He joined Universitatea Craiova where the team was close to winning the title in the 1972–73 season, but "U" finished in second place on equal points with Dinamo București, losing controversially on the goal difference.[1][3][4] This outcome led poet Adrian Păunescu to nickname Craiova as "Campioana unei mari iubiri" (The Champion of a great love).[4] Eventually, Manta helped the team win its first title in the following season, coach Constantin Cernăianu using him in 12 games.[1][3][5] That was also the last season of his career, making his last Divizia A appearance on 8 May 1974 in a 1–0 away loss to Dinamo București, having a total of 69 matches in the competition.[1][3][6]

Death

Manta died on 9 August 2005 at age 62.[3]

Honours

Progresul București

Universitatea Craiova

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Paul Manta at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "FCM Bacau vs Progresul București 3-1". Labtof. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Omagiu adus lui Paul Manta" [Tribute to Paul Manta] (in Romanian). Ucv1948.ro. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Craiova, campioana unei mari iubiri. O idee care a intrat în legendă" [Craiova, the champion of a great love. An idea that has become legendary] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
    "Campioana unei mari iubiri! Prima echipă de legendă a Universității Craiova s-a "născut" în anii 70!" [The champion of a great love! The first legendary team of the University of Craiova was "born" in the 70s!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Paul Manta". Labtof. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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