Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1951) should not be confused with Constantin Ștefan (footballer, born 1939).
| Constantin Ștefan | |
| Fullname: | Constantin Traian Ștefan |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Brașov, Romania |
| Height: | 1.89 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 1965–1969 |
| Youthclubs1: | Universitatea Cluj |
| Years1: | 1968–1974 |
| Caps1: | 85 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1974–1980 |
| Caps2: | 101 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1981–1982 |
| Clubs3: | Rapid București |
| Years4: | 1982–1984 |
| Clubs4: | Dinamo Victoria București |
| Totalcaps: | 186 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1979 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 24 January 2020 |
Constantin Traian Ștefan (born 8 January 1951) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]
Constantin Ștefan was born on 3 January 1951 in Brașov, Romania.[2] He started his career at the age of 14 at the junior squads of Universitatea Cluj with whom he won the national title in 1969, making his Divizia A debut at senior level on 23 September 1968 when coach Constantin Teașcă sent him on the field in the 88th minute in order to replace Cristian Ringheanu in a 3–0 win over Argeș Pitești.[2] [3] He spent six seasons in which he played 85 Divizia A matches for "U" Cluj, helping the club finish third in the 1971–72 season and appeared in both games from the 6–5 aggregate loss with Levski Sofia in the first round of the 1972–73 UEFA Cup.[2] [4]
In 1974 he was transferred to Dinamo București where in his first season he won the Divizia A title under coach Nicolae Dumitru, making only two appearances as the team's first choice for the goalkeeper position was Mircea Constantinescu, but he won another title in the 1976–77 season, this time making 31 appearances under coach Ion Nunweiller.[5] Ștefan made a total of 101 Divizia A appearances in his six seasons spent at The Red Dogs and played seven games in European competitions, including a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory against Real Madrid in the 1975–76 European Cup.[6] Constantin Ștefan ended his career by playing three seasons in Divizia B, one at Rapid București and the last two at Dinamo Victoria București, afterwards working as a mathematics teacher.[2]
Constantin Ștefan played one friendly game for Romania under coach Ștefan Kovács which ended with a 1–0 defeat in front of East Germany on Stadion der Weltjugend from Berlin.[7] [8]
Dinamo București