Ionel Augustin

Ionel Augustin (born 11 October 1955) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Ionel Augustin
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-10-11) 11 October 1955
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1966–1974 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1985 Dinamo București 267 (87)
1976–1977 → Jiul Petroşani (loan) 30 (5)
1986–1988 Victoria București 78 (18)
1988–1989 Rapid București 8 (1)
1989 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 20 (6)
1989–1990 Unirea Slobozia 7 (1)
Total 410 (118)
National team
1978–1986[1] Romania 34 (3)
Teams managed
1995–1996 Dinamo București
1997–2002 ARO Câmpulung Muscel
2002–2003 Dacia Unirea Brăila
2003 Gloria Buzău
2004–2005 Unirea Focșani
2006–2007 Juventus București
2007 Unirea Focșani
2009–2010 Juventus București
2010 Dinamo București II
2010 Minerul Lupeni
2010–2011 Phoenix Ulmu
2011 CS Buftea
2011–2012 Viitorul Chirnogi
2013 Romania U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He was born in Bucharest and made his debut in Divizia A on 23 April 1975, playing for Dinamo București in a 5–0 victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.[2] He spent eleven seasons with Dinamo, winning four Divizia A titles and three Cupa României.[2] He played a total of 33 games and scored 10 goals in European competitions, managing to reach the 1983–84 European Cup semi-finals with Dinamo.[2][3] Augustin also played for Jiul Petroşani, Victoria București and Rapid București, having a total of 383 Divizia A matches in which he scored 111 goals.[2][3] Augustin ended his career in 1990 after playing two seasons in Divizia B for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea and Unirea Slobozia.[2]

International career

Ionel Augustin played 34 matches and scored 3 goals for Romania, making his debut on 13 December 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovacs in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Greece.[4][5] He played two games in which he scored one goal at the Euro 1980 qualifiers, he played in the first leg of the 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, which ended with a 2–0 defeat against Yugoslavia, he played two games 1982 World Cup qualifiers and he played 6 games at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, also being part of the Euro 1984 squad, playing in a group game against Portugal which ended with a 1–0 loss.[4] Augustin played in a 3–2 loss against Northern Ireland at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, his last two games played for the national team being friendlies, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq, Augustin scoring Romania's goal in the first one.[4]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 May 1979Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus1–1DrawEuro 1980 qualifying
2.18 May 1982Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile Chile2–3WonFriendly
3.14 March 1986Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq Iraq1–1DrawFriendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015[4]

Honours

Dinamo București

References
  1. "Ionel Augustin – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Ionel Augustin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  3. ""Oneață" Augustin redivivus: "După ce-am pierdut campionatul în '79, m-am dus la șpriț cu Dobrin" Video" ["Oneață" Augustin redivivus: "After losing the championship in '79, I went to a spritz with Dobrin" Video] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  4. "Ionel Augustin". European Football. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. "Greece 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. "Trofeo Costa de Valencia". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.


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