Vasile Maftei

Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right back.

Vasile Maftei
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-01-01) 1 January 1981
Place of birth Fălticeni, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
Youth career
1988–1996 CSS Fălticeni
1996–2000 Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Rapid București 211 (9)
2000–2001 → Tractorul Brașov (loan) 6 (1)
2009–2010 Unirea Urziceni 45 (3)
2010–2014 CFR Cluj 62 (7)
2014–2015 Concordia Chiajna 25 (3)
2015–2017 Voluntari 66 (1)
2017–2018 Rapid București 22 (2)
Total 437 (26)
National team‡
2006–2011 Romania 12 (1)
Teams managed
2019– Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 February 2011

Maftei was formed at Rapid București, where he became a key part of the team, winning one league title in 2003, one Romanian Cup and one Super Cup in 2002. In 2004, following the departure of Adrian Iencsi, he was appointed captain and won two Romanian Cups in a row in 2006 and 2007 and one Super Cup in 2007. He also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Rapid in 2006, where they were eliminated by Steaua București.

On 26 February 2006, Maftei was called up to the Romania team for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Dorin Goian. Two days later, he scored on his Romania debut against Armenia from a header, in a 2–0 win for his country. Overall, he managed 12 caps for Romania.

Club statistics

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Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tractorul Brașov (loan) 2000–01 61??---61
Total 6 1 0 0 - - - - - - 6 1
Rapid București 2000–01 80??---80
2001–02 50??---90
2002–03 29320-4010363
2003–04 25020-2000290
2004–05 25110---261
2005–06 29150-130-471
2006–07 28140-100-421
2007–08 33220-2010382
2008–09 29110-21-322
Total 211 9 17 0 - - 33 1 2 0 263 10
Unirea Urziceni 2009–10 30110-7010391
2010–11 15210-4010212
Total 45 3 2 0 - - 11 0 2 0 60 3
CFR Cluj 2010–11 30----30
2011–12 15200---152
2012–13 20240-2010272
2013–14 24310---253
Total 62 7 5 0 - - 2 0 1 0 70 7
Concordia Chiajna 2014–15 2530010--263
Total 25 3 0 0 1 0 - - - - 26 3
Voluntari 2015–16 2910010-20321
2016–17 2806000--340
2017–18 900000-10100
Total 66 1 6 0 1 0 - - 3 0 76 1
Career Total 415 24 30 0 2 0 46 1 8 0 501 25

International goals
  • He made his international debut on 28 February 2006.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
128 February 2006GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Armenia1-02-0Friendly

Honours

Club
Rapid București
CFR Cluj
FC Voluntari

References
  1. Vasile Maftei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
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