Marian Damaschin

Marian Damaschin (born 1 May 1965) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career Damaschin was born on 1 May 1965 in Urziceni, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1974 at local club FEROM. In 1980, he moved to Rapid București where he started his senior career during the 1982–83 Divizia B season, which concluded with the team earning promotion to the first division. In the following season he played 25 Divizia A matches for Rapid in which he scored two goals. Afterwards, on 25 June in the Cupa României final, coach Mircea Lucescu used him for the entire match, during which he scored the goal in the 1–0 victory against the same team. In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred to Victoria București in exchange for Claudiu Vaișcovici. Damaschin helped Victoria reach the quarter-finals in the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, playing eight games in the campaign. Afterwards he made a comeback to Dinamo where in the 1989–90 season, coach Lucescu gave him five league games in which he scored once, as the team won The Double. In the same season they reached the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals with him playing one game in the campaign. In the following season he scored 15 goals in 31 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, including one in a 1–0 victory against Steaua.

Afterwards, Damaschin went to play in Netherlands at Feyenoord where he was a colleague of fellow Romanian, Ioan Sabău. He made his debut on 14 August 1991 when coach Hans Dorjee played him for the entire game in the 1–0 victory against PSV Eindhoven in the 1991 Dutch Supercup in which he netted the goal. Three days later he made his Eredivise debut in a 1–0 win over Twente. He scored his first goal on 3 September 1991 in a 1–1 home draw against Roda JC. Damaschin ended his career in 1993, after spending one season in France at the Championnat National club, Grenoble.

International career Damaschin played five friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 2 March 1986 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 65th minute to replace Romulus Gabor in a 1–0 victory against Egypt. His following four games were two draws against Iraq and a 2–2 draw and a 1–0 loss against Norway, the last game being the only one in which he played as a starter.

Honours Rapid București Divizia B: 1982–83

Dinamo București Divizia A: 1989–90 Cupa României: 1985–86, 1989–90

Feyenoord Dutch Cup: 1991–92 Dutch Supercup: 1991