Constantin Frățilă

Constantin Frățilă (1 October 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a Romanian football player and coach who played as a striker.

Club career Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1957 at local club Recolta, and after one year, he moved to Uzinele Vasile Roaită. He started his senior career playing for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 16 April 1961 under coach Traian Ionescu in a 6–0 victory against Minerul Lupeni in which he scored a hat-trick. He scored a total of seven goals in seven appearances until the end of his first season spent at the club. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 19 appearances in which he scored five goals. In the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 15 matches in which he netted nine times in the first and in 26 games with 19 goals scored in the second which made him the league top-scorer alongside Cornel Pavlovici. In the last one he played 23 matches, finding the net 11 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.

Frățilă also won two Cupa României with Dinamo. Frățilă played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored seven goals and one game in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1965–66 edition he scored two goals against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped Dinamo advance to the next round. There, they were eliminated by the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition, Inter Milan, but he scored a goal in the historical 2–1 victory in the first leg, after which he said:"I scored a goal against Inter, can you believe it? I scored against the best defense in the world. It is the biggest satisfaction of my life". During his 10 seasons spent at Dinamo, Frățilă scored six league goals in the derby against Steaua, including a brace in a 3–2 victory. However, in a 1967 Bucharest Cup match against them he suffered an injury which kept him off the field for a year and a half. Frățilă returned to Romania at Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 November 1974 in a 1–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc, totaling 221 matches with 95 goals in the competition. He played two more games in the same qualifiers, scoring a double in a 5–1 win over Cyprus.

Death Frățilă died on 21 October 2016 at age 74.

Playing statistics Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Constantin Frățilă goal. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 2 November 1966 Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania 2–0 4–2 Euro 1968 qualifiers2. 3–03. 4–04. 17 November 1966 Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești, Romania 3–0 4–3 Friendly5. 3 December 1966 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 3–1 5–1 Euro 1968 qualifiers6. 4–17. 22 March 1967 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1–0 2–1 Friendly

Honours Player Dinamo București Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64, 1967–68 Argeș Pitești Divizia A: 1971–72 Omonia Nicosia Cypriot League: 1973–74 Cypriot Cup: 1973–74 Individual Divizia A top scorer: 1963–64 (joint with Cornel Pavlovici)

Manager Dinamo Victoria București Divizia C: 1981–82