Stere Adamache

Stere "Sterică" Adamache (17 August 1941 – 9 July 1978) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career Adamache, nicknamed "Baronul" (The Baron), was born on 17 August 1941 in Galați, Romania. He began playing junior-level football as a field player in 1955 at Energia Galați. Shortly afterwards, the club dissolved and he had offers to play for Steaua București and Steagul Roșu Brașov and after a talk with the latter's coach, Silviu Ploeșteanu, he chose Steagul because he would have had more opportunities to play. He played his last Divizia A match on 29 June 1975 in Steagul's 2–1 home victory against Dinamo București, totaling 253 appearances in the competition. After one year of absence, he came out of retirement to play again for Steagul in the 1976–77 Divizia B season, trying to help them get promoted to Divizia A, but failing to do so. Between 1962 and 1967, he played several games for Romania's under-23 and B squads. He was selected by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of Romania's Olympic team for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Adamache played seven games for Romania, making his debut on 28 April 1970 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him at halftime to replace Rică Răducanu in a 2–0 friendly loss to France. His following two games were a 2–2 draw against Peru and a 2–0 loss against the Soviet Union. Adamache was a member of Steagul Roșu Brașov's "Mexican trio", as together with Mihai Ivăncescu and Nicolae Pescaru they were part of Romania's 1970 Mexico World Cup squad. He was used by coach Niculescu in all three games which were a win against Czechoslovakia and losses to England and Brazil, as his side failed to progress from their group. His last game for the national team was a 2–0 victory against Albania in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.

Death Adamache drowned and died at age 36 while swimming in the Danube on 9 July 1978.

Honours Steagul Roșu Brașov Divizia B: 1968–69 Romania U18 UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1962 Individual Romanian Footballer of the Year (fourth place): 1972