Vasile Sfetcu

Club career Sfetcu was born on 10 May 1937 in Ploiești, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1951 at local club Metalul. Subsequently, he went to play one season for Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești in Divizia B. He was used by coach Oană in 17 matches in the first season and in 20 in the second one. He played seven matches in the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the team reaching the quarter-finals where they were defeated with 2–1 on aggregate by Ferencváros. In the 1965–66 season he won another title with The Yellow Wolves, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in five games. His second game was a 6–0 away loss against Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.

Coaching career Sfetcu coached the junior teams of Petrolul Ploiești and other clubs from the county. Afterwards he settled in Constanța, where he trained several other teams from the area: IMU Medgidia, Șoimii Cernavodă and CFR Constanța.

Death Sfetcu died on 16 September 2016 in Constanța at age 79.

Honours Player Petrolul Ploiești Divizia A: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66 Cupa României: 1962–63 Metalul Plopeni Divizia C: 1970–71