Costică Toma

Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.

Playing career He was born in Brăila, into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland. Toma began his football career in 1940, when he played for FC Suter as a striker. After a period when he played as a youth for Capșa București, he moved to Iași. He played only a season at CS ta, and after two months at Câmpulung Moldovenesc, he moved to Steaua București. He played twelve years for the Army club, and was a part of the Steaua Golden Team. He had at Steaua a famous and a fair-play rivalry with Ion Voinescu. It was said that Toma and Voinescu were the best couple of goalkeepers that a Romanian football club ever had. Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.

Toma retired from professional football in 1961.

Coaching career Despite being a great goalkeeper, Toma was not a successful manager. He managed only lower league sides and also a large number of youth teams.

Honours Steaua București Divizia A: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61 Cupa României: 1952, 1955

Personal life Toma was married and had two children living today in Geneva, Switzerland. He died in Bucharest in 2008, and was buried in the city's Ghencea Military Cemetery.