Constantin Varga

Club career Early career Varga, nicknamed "Piticul" (The Dwarf), was born on 18 September 1964 in Timișoara, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Politehnica under the guidance of coach Bodo Carol. At age 14, he went to Luceafărul București where he was teammates with Gheorghe Hagi and Miodrag Belodedici. He helped the club reach the 1992 Cupa României final, coach Ion Ionescu using him the entire match in the loss at the penalty shoot-out to Steaua București, Varga netting Politehnica's first spot kick. He then participated with the club in the 1992–93 UEFA Cup edition where in the first round they faced Real Madrid, obtaining a 1–1 draw at Timișoara and losing with 4–0 at Santiago Bernabéu. During his years spent with The White-Purples, Varga was known for his ability of scoring from free kicks, most notably scoring with a long-distance shot in a historical victory in 1987 against Dinamo București.

Győri ETO and return to Politehnica In 1994, Varga had his only experience outside Romania at Hungarian team Győri ETO where he played alongside compatriot and former Politehnica teammate Lucian Popescu. Varga scored his only goal for Győri in a 1–1 draw against Debrecen, making his fourth and last Nemzeti Bajnokság I appearance on 28 May in a 3–0 away loss to BVSC. He then returned to Politehnica for the first half of the 1994–95 Divizia B season, leaving for the second half to join Dinamo, but Politehnica managed to gain first-league promotion without him. Afterwards he played in both legs of the 2–1 aggregate loss to Levski Sofia in the preliminary round of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 April 1996 in Dinamo's 1–1 home draw against Rapid București, totaling 238 matches with 50 goals in the competition.

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 26 August 1992 Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours Politehnica Timișoara Divizia B: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1994–95 Cupa României runner-up: 1991–92