Bazil Marian

Bazil Marian (7 November 1922 – 19 January 2008) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.

Club career Marian, nicknamed "Bombardierul" (The Bomber) because of his powerful shots, was born on 7 November 1922 in Uioara de Sus, Romania. He began playing junior-level football at age 11 at local club Solvay. He made his Divizia A debut playing for Victoria Cluj on 24 September 1947 in a 2–1 home victory against Venus București. In 1950 in a game against CFR Timișoara, Marian scored a goal with a powerful shot from 18 meters that broke the net and after the game the opponents goalkeeper, Dumitru Pavlovici said:"I am the happiest that Marian's bomb was a goal. Otherwise, if his kick would have hit me in full, I would have gone straight to the hospital". He scored his first goal for the national team in a 2–2 friendly draw against Slovakia.

Marian was the assistant coach of Traian Ionescu at Dinamo București in the first half of the 1967–68 season, becoming the team's head coach for the second half. He finished the season by winning the Cupa României after a 3–1 victory in the final against Rapid București, which was coached by his former Carmen București teammate Valentin Stănescu. Marian went to have some short spells at Farul Constanța and Argeș Pitești before going to Rapid. At Rapid, he also had his first European performances. In the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, the team reached the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien.

In 1973 he went to coach abroad in Algeria at Boufarik and JS Kabylie, afterwards returning for one season at Rapid București. From 1979 until his retirement at age 67 in 1989 he coached Romania's under 21 national team.

Death Marian, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease in the last years of his life, died on January 19, 2008, in Bucharest at the age of 85 and was buried in the town's Andronache cemetery.

Honours Player Locomotiva București Divizia B: 1952

Manager Jiul Petroșani Divizia B: 1960–61 Dinamo București Cupa României: 1967–68 Rapid București Cupa României: 1971–72