Constantin Frățilă

Constantin Frățilă

Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	21 October 2016(2016-10-21) (aged 74)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1957–1958	Recolta București
1958–1960	Uzinele Vasile Roaită
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1970	Dinamo București	168	(74)
1970–1972	Argeș Pitești	46	(20)
1972–1973	Sportul Studențesc București	2	(0)
1973–1974	Omonia Nicosia
1974	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	5	(1)
1975	Sirena București
Total		219	(95)
International career
1966–1967[1]	Romania	7	(7)
Managerial career
1982	Dinamo Victoria București
1984–1985	FC Baia Mare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Frățilă (1 October 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a Romanian football striker and coach.

Club career

Constantin Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in Bucharest, Romania and he started to play football in 1957 at local club, Recolta, after one year moving to Uzinele Vasile Roaită.^[2] He started his senior career playing for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 16 April 1961 in a 6–0 victory against Minerul Lupeni in which he scored a hat-trick, having a total of seven goals in seven appearances until the end of his first season spent at the club.^[2] In the following four seasons he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965, in the first he worked with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru who gave him 19 appearances in which he scored five goals, in the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 15 matches in which he netted nine times in the first and in 26 with 19 goals scored in the second which made him the top-scorer of the league alongside Cornel Pavlovici and in the last one he played 23 games, scoring 11 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} Frățilă also won two Cupa României trophies with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him all the minutes in the 5–3 victory in which he scored a goal against rivals Steaua București from the 1964 final but in the one from 1968 Frățilă was not used by coach Bazil Marian in the 3–1 over Rapid București.^{[2][3][4][6][7][8][9][12]} He played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored seven goals and one game in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in the 1963–64 European Cup campaign, he helped Dinamo get pass East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid against whom he scored a goal in a 5–3 loss and also in the 1965–66 edition he scored two goals against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped the team advance to the next phase where they were eliminated by the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition, Inter Milan but he scored a goal in the historical 2–1 victory from the first leg, after which he said:"I scored a goal against Inter, can you believe it? I scored against the best defense in the world. It is the biggest satisfaction of my life".^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][13]} During his 10 seasons spent at Dinamo, Frățilă scored in the league six goals in the derby with Steaua, including a brace in a 3–2 victory but in a 1967 Bucharest Cup match against them he suffered an injury which kept him off the field for one year and a half.^[3][8][14]

In 1970 he went to play for Argeș Pitești where in his second season he helped the team win the Divizia A title, contributing with seven goals scored in the 17 matches coaches Titus Ozon and Florin Halagian used him.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][11]} After a season spent at Sportul Studențesc București, he went to play in Cyprus in the 1973–74 season alongside fellow Romanian Mihai Mocanu, winning the title and the cup.^[2][15] Frățilă returned to Romania at Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 November 1974 in a 1–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc, ending his career in 1975 at Divizia C team, Sirena București.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

International career

Constantin Frățilă played seven games in which he scored seven goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Ilie Oană on 2 November 1966 in a 4–2 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a hat-trick at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.^[16][17] He played two more games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he scored a double in a 5–1 win over Cyprus.^[16] Frățilă made his last appearance for the national team on 22 March 1967 in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against France in which he scored a goal.^[16]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Constantin Frățilă goal.^[16]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 November 1966	Stadionul Republicii, București, Romania	Switzerland	2–0	4–2	Euro 1968 qualifiers
2.				3–0
3.				4–0
4.	17 November 1966	Stadionul Petrolul, Ploiești, Romania	Poland	3–0	4–3	Friendly
5.	3 December 1966	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	3–1	5–1	Euro 1968 qualifiers
6.				4–1
7.	22 March 1967	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	France	1–0	2–1	Friendly

Managerial career

Constantin Frățilă started coaching in 1976 at Dinamo București's center of children and juniors, afterwards coaching senior teams Dinamo Victoria București which he helped earn promotion to Divizia B and FC Baia Mare which he coached in the 1984–85 Divizia A season.^{[4][7][9][18]}

Death

Constantin Frățilă died on 21 October 2016 at age 74.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65^[2]
• Cupa României: 1963–64, 1967–68^[2]

Argeș Pitești

• Divizia A: 1971–72^[2]

Omonia Nicosia

• Cypriot League: 1973–74^[2]
• Cypriot Cup: 1973–74^[2]

Individual

• Divizia A top scorer: 1963–64^[2]

Manager

Dinamo Victoria București

• Divizia C: 1981–82^[4]

References

1. "Constantin Fratila – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
2. Constantin Frățilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
3. "Constantin Frățilă a murit. "Nea Titi" a fost unul dintre cei mai mari dinamoviști din istorie" [Constantin Frațilă died. "Nea Titi" was one of the greatest Dinamo players in history] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
4. "Doliu in fotbalul romanesc: Constantin Fratila, unul dintre cei mai mari fotbalisti din istoria lui Dinamo, a murit la 74 de ani" [Mourning in Romanian football: Constantin Fratila, one of the greatest footballers in the history of Dinamo, died at the age of 74] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
5. "Din nou doliu la Dinamo! Pierdere grea pentru fotbalul românesc: s-a stins Constantin Frățilă" [Again mourning at Dinamo! Heavy loss for Romanian football: Constantin Frațilă died] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
6. "A murit Constantin Frățilă, omul care a luat 4 titluri la rând cu Dinamo" [Constantin Frațilă, the man who won 4 titles in a row with Dinamo, died] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
7. "Constantin Frățilă, fost campion al României cu Dinamo, a murit la 74 de ani" [Constantin Frațilă, former champion of Romania with Dinamo, died at the age of 74] (in Romanian). Huff.ro. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
8. "70 de ani și o dorință! Titi Frățilă speră să scape, în câteva săptămâni, de problemele de sănătate" [70 years and a wish! Titi Frațilă hopes to get rid of his health problems in a few weeks] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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11. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
12. "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1967–1968". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
    "Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
    "Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
13. "1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
    "Constantin Frățilă - Champions League 1965/1966". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
    "Constantin Frățilă - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
14. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1960–61". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
    "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1963–64". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
    "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1964–65". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
15. Constantin Frățilă at National-Football-Teams.com
    "Vezi ce-i aşteaptă pe cei de la Vaslui în returul cu Omonia: "Infern în tribune"" [See what awaits the people from Vaslui in the return leg with Omonia: "Hell in the stands"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
16. "Constantin Frățilă". European Football. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
17. "Romania 4-2 Switzerland". European Football. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
18. "Constantin Frățilă profile". Labtof. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

External links

• Constantin Frățilă at WorldFootball.net