Marin Tufan

Marin Tufan (born 16 October 1942) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker, spending most of his career playing for Farul Constanța.

Club career

Tufan was born on 16 October 1942 in Istria, Constanța, Romania, growing up in Sinoe. He began playing football at age 18 as a junior at Cimentul Medgidia where his first coach was Kostas Choumis. In the 1968–69 season, he netted a career-best of 13 goals. His second game for the national team was a 1–1 friendly draw against Yugoslavia. For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

Managerial career After he ended his playing career, Tufan had a short managerial career at Granitul Babadag, helping the club earn promotion to Divizia C.