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Romanian footballer

Octavian Brânzei
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-09-28)28 September 1928
Place of birth Beba Veche, Romania
Date of death Unknown
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1949 Electrica Timișoara
1949–1958 Politehnica Timișoara 151 (6)
1958–1959 CFR Timișoara
1960–1962 Farul Constanța 34 (0)
1963 IMU Medgidia
Total 185 (6)
International career
1956–1957 Romania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Octavian Brânzei (born 28 September 1928) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. He was part of Politehnica Timișoara's team that won the 1957–1958 Cupa României, the first trophy in the club's history. In 2008 Brânzei received post-mortem the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title.

International career

Octavian Brânzei played two games at international level for Romania making his debut in a friendly against Bulgaria which ended with a 2–0 loss. He also played in a 3–0 victory against Greece at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers.

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara

Farul Constanța

Notes

  1. The statistics for the 1952 Divizia B season are unavailable, also the 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Politehnica Timișoara are not official.
  2. The statistics for the 1961–62 Divizia B season are unavailable.

References

  1. ^ Octavian Brânzei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Octavian Brânzei at WorldFootball.net
  3. Octavian Brânzei at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Întâlnire cu istoria, în Sala Polivalentă de la Centrul de Conferințe al Universității Politehnica Timișoara, pentru o dublă aniversare" [Meeting with history, in the Multipurpose Room at the Conference Center of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, for a double anniversary] (in Romanian). Ziarultimisoara.ro. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. "Istoria Politehnicii Timișoara – episodul 2: Două Cupe și sute de amintiri" [The history of Politehnica Timișoara – episode 2: Two Cups and hundreds of memories] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. "Cetățeni de onoare ai Timișoarei" [Honorary citizens of Timișoara] (PDF) (in Romanian). Primariatm.ro.
  7. "Titluri de Cetățeni de Onoare pentru foștii jucători ai Științei Timișoara din sezonul 1957–1958" [Titles of Honorary Citizens for former players of Timișoara Science from the 1957–1958 season] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. "Cîştigaţi Cupa!" [Win the cup!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Octavian Brânzei". European Football. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. "Bulgaria – Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. "Romania – Greece 3:0". European Football. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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