Flavius Domide

Flavius Virgil Domide (7 May 1946 – 11 October 2025) was a Romanian professional football player and coach. He played as a striker in Divizia A for 14 years before retiring. Domide achieved success with his local club UTA, winning two domestic league titles. He also represented Romania at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Domide was born on 7 May 1946 in Arad, Romania and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood. He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad. He made his Divizia A debut on 28 August 1966 under coach Nicolae Dumitrescu in UTA's 0–0 draw against Rapid București. Under the guidance of Dumitrescu, Domide won two consecutive league titles with The Old Lady in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons. In the first one, he contributed with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals. On 9 December 1973, he scored the final goal for a 3–0 victory in the West derby against Politehnica Timișoara. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA's 1–0 home loss to Gloria Buzău, totaling 342 games with 75 goals in the competition and 16 matches with six goals in European competitions. His following game was a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal in the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers. Domide was selected by Niculescu to be part of the squad that went to the final tournament, but did not play a single match there.

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Domide goal. He led UTA to the Divizia B title in the 1992–93 season, earning the club promotion back to Divizia A. In 2023, Domide received the Honorary Citizen of Arad title.

Honours Player UTA Arad Divizia A: 1968–69, 1969–70 Vagonul Arad Divizia C: 1979–80

Manager UTA Arad Divizia B: 1992–93