Dumitru Pavlovici

Dumitru Pavlovici

Personal information
Date of birth	(1912-04-26)26 April 1912
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania
Date of death	28 September 1993(1993-09-28) (aged 81)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1933	Dacia Timișoara
1933–1941	Ripensia Timișoara	124	(0)
1941–1946	CFR Turnu Severin[a]	0	(0)
1946–1951	CFR Timișoara	52	(0)
Total		176	(0)
International career
1936–1942	Romania	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dumitru Pavlovici (26 April 1912 – 28 September 1993) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Club career

Dumitru Pavlovici, nicknamed Pantera neagră (English: The Black Panther) was born on 26 April 1912 in Timișoara, Romania, growing up and starting to play football as a child in the Mehala neighborhood.^[1][3] He started playing organized football as a forward at local club, Dacia.^[1][3] He first played as a goalkeeper while he was still at Dacia in a game with AMEF.^[1][3]

In 1933, Pavlovici went at Ripensia Timișoara where he had to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Vilmos Zombori who was six years older than him.^[1][3] In his first season spent at the club, he won the Cupa României but did not play in the final as Zombori was preferred.^[3][4][5] In the 1934–35 season he won the title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer using him in 15 matches.^{[1][3][6][7][8]} Next season, Pavlovici helped Ripensia win The Double, being given 14 appearances by coaches Wetzer and Jenő Konrád, also playing in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final.^{[1][3][6][7][8][9]} In the 1937–38 season, Pavlovici played 19 games under the guidance of coach Sepp Pojar, helping Ripensia win another title.^[1][3][6][7] Afterwards he kept a clean sheet in Ripensia's 3–0 win over AC Milan in the first leg from the first round of the 1938 Mitropa Cup, helping the team getting past the Italians.^[10]

In 1941, Pavlovici signed with CFR Turnu Severin, winning the 1942–43 Cupa României, keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 win over Sportul Studențesc București from the final against Sportul Studențesc București, which helped the club win the first trophy in its history.^[1][3][11] Afterwards in 1946, Pavlovici went at CFR Timișoara for the last five years of his career, the highlights of this period being a runner-up position in the 1947–48 season and the reaching of a Cupa României final in the same season which was lost with 3–2 loss in front of ITA Arad in which he did not play, Aurel Boroș being preferred instead.^[1][3][12]

International career

Dumitru Pavlovici played 18 games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Constantin Rădulescu on 17 May 1936 in a 5–2 win over Greece at the 1936 Balkan Cup, also appearing in the 4–1 win with Bulgaria as the team won the cup.^{[13][14][15][16]} He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup.^[13][17] He played in the first game against Cuba which ended 3–3, his teammate Robert Sadowski playing in the replay which ended with a surprisingly 2–1 loss.^{[13][17][18][19]} Pavlovici captained the national team in his last two appearances from 1942 which were friendlies, a 1–0 loss with Slovakia and a 2–2 with Croatia.^[13]

Death

Dumitru Pavlovici died on 28 September 1993 at age 81.^[1][3][13]

Notes

1. The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for CFR Turnu Severin are not official.^[1]

Honours

Ripensia Timișoara

• Divizia A: 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38^[1][6]
• Cupa României: 1933–34, 1935–36^[1][4][9][5]

CFR Turnu Severin

• Cupa României: 1942–43^[1][11]

Romania

• Balkan Cup: 1936^[13][14]

References

1. Dumitru Pavlovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "1938 FIFA World Cup France, Romania squad". Fifa.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
3. ""Pantera neagră" din Mehala. Povestea lui Dumitru Pavlovici, portarul agil al Ripensiei" [The "Black Panther" of Mehala. The story of Dumitru Pavlovici, the agile goalkeeper of Ripensia] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
4. "Romanian Cup - 1933-1934". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
5. Dumitru Pavlovici at National-Football-Teams.com
6. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
7. "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
8. "CFR Cluj, ca Rapidul pe vremea lui "Il Luce"! Un record vechi de 20 de ani a fost egalat! Performanţa imposibilă realizată de clujeni" [CFR Cluj, like Rapid in the time of "Il Luce"! A 20-year-old record has been matched! The impossible performance achieved by the people from Cluj] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
9. "Romanian Cup - 1935-1936". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
10. ""Strămoșii" lui Poli au demonstrat că se poate: Ripensia a eliminat pe AC Milan!" [Poli's "ancestors" proved that it is possible: Ripensia eliminated AC Milan!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
    "Roș-galbenii, adversarii de seamă ai granzilor din Vest. Cum și-a câștigat Ripensia respectul în Europa" [The red-yellows, the main opponents of the giants from the West. How Ripensia gained respect in Europe] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
    "Când Ripensia era peste AC Milan" [When Ripensia was over AC Milan] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
    "Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Cupa Mitropa, 26 iunie 1938)" [Ripensia – AC Milan 3-0 (Mitropa Cup, June 26, 1938)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
11. "Romanian Cup – 1942–1943". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
12. "Romanian Cup – 1947–1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
13. "Dumitru Pavlovici". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
14. "Balkan Cup 1936". European Football. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
15. "Romania 5-2 Greece". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
16. "Romania 4-1 Bulgaria". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
17. "România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor"" [Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors"] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
18. "Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38)" [Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
19. "Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938" [World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

External links

• FIFA profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 April 2008)
• Dumitru Pavlovici at WorldFootball.net
• Dumitru Pavlovici at National-Football-Teams.com