Cornel Pavlovici

Cornel Pavlovici
Pavlovici in 1965
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-04-02)2 April 1943
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 8 January 2013(2013-01-08) (aged 69)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1952–1958 Locomotiva București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960 Metalul București
1960 Recolta Carei
1961 Dinamo Baia Mare
1961 ASMD Satu Mare
1962 Jiul Petroșani 17 (10)
1962 Viitorul București 12 (7)
1963–1966 Steaua București 54 (35)
1966–1968 ASA Târgu Mureș[a] 14 (4)
1968 Argeș Pitești 2 (0)
1969 Petrolul Ploiești 11 (1)
1969–1970 Progresul București 17 (0)
1970–1972 Metalul Târgoviște 40 (11)
1972 Steagul Roșu Brașov 4 (0)
1972–1973 Metalul Turnu Severin 10 (0)
Total 181 (68)
International career
1962–1964 Romania U23 8 (0)
1964 Romania Olympic 4 (6)
1963 Romania 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1943 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Pavlovici, nicknamed Pavca, was born on 2 April 1943 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1952 at Locomotiva București.[1][2][3] He began his senior career in 1960 at Metalul București.[1][2] Afterwards, he went to play for Recolta Carei, Dinamo Baia Mare and ASMD Satu Mare.[1][2][3] In 1961, Pavlovici joined Jiul Petroșani, making his Divizia A debut under coach Bazil Marian on 15 October 1961 in a 5–2 away loss to Dinamo București.[1][2][4]

Subsequently, he played in the first half of the 1962–63 season for Viitorul București, moving for the second half to Steaua București.[1][2] In the following season, he became the top-scorer of the season alongside Constantin Frățilă, netting 19 goals, including a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over rivals Dinamo.[1][2][5] Afterwards, Pavlovici netted two goals in the 5–0 aggregate victory against Derry City in the first round of the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup.[1][6][7] In the 1965–66 season, he scored a brace in a 3–3 league draw against Dinamo and won the Cupa României, but coach Ilie Savu did not use him in the 4–0 victory against UTA Arad in the final.[8][9]

In 1966, Pavlovici joined ASA Târgu Mureș in Divizia B, scoring 15 goals in his first season to help them gain first-league promotion.[1][2] Two years later, he joined Argeș Pitești where he played in a 3–0 loss to Göztepe in the second round of the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[1][2][10] In the middle of the 1968–69 season, he went to play for Petrolul Ploiești.[1][2] Then Pavlovici returned to Divizia B football, signing with Progresul București which he helped gain promotion to the first league.[1][2] However, he remained in the second league, joining Metalul Târgoviște.[1][2]

In the middle of the 1971–72 season, Pavlovici went to Steagul Roșu Brașov where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 19 April 1972 in a 1–0 home win over Crișul Oradea, totaling 114 matches with 57 goals in the competition.[1] Pavlovici ended his career after playing for Metalul Turnu Severin during the 1972–73 Divizia B season.[1][2][3]

International career

From 1962 to 1964, Pavlovici made eight appearances for Romania's under-23 team.[1][11]

Pavlovici played two matches for Romania, making his debut on 12 May 1963 when coach Silviu Ploeșteanu sent him at halftime to replace Cicerone Manolache in a 3–2 friendly win over East Germany in which he scored a goal.[12][13][14] His second appearance occurred about a month later in a 1–1 friendly draw against Poland.[12]

Pavlovici also represented Romania's Olympic team, playing four games under coach Silviu Ploeșteanu during the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[11][15] He scored six goals, including one against East Germany in a draw, goals in wins over Iran and Yugoslavia, and a hat-trick in a 4–2 victory against Ghana, which contributed to his team's fifth-place finish in the tournament.[11][15]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Pavlovici goal.[11][12]
List of international goals scored by Cornel Pavlovici
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 May 1963 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  East Germany 1–2 3–2 Friendly
2. 13 October 1964 Komazawa Stadium, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan  East Germany 1–1 1–1 1964 Summer Olympics
3. 15 October 1964 Omiya Park Soccer Stadium, Omiya, Saitama, Japan  Iran 1–0 1–0
4. 20 October 1964 Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto, Japan  Ghana 1–0 4–2
5. 2–0
6. 4–2
7. 22 October 1964 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan  Yugoslavia 1–0 3–0

Personal life and death

Sports commentator Ilie Dobre wrote a book about him titled Cornel Pavlovici sau fascinația golului (Cornel Pavlovici or the fascination of the goal), which was released in 2004.[16]

Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013 at age 69.[3][6]

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1966–67 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

Honours

Club

Steaua București

ASA Târgu Mureș

Progresul București

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Cornel Pavlovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Odihnește-te în pace, Pavca! Cornel Pavlovici, fost golgheter al Stelei, a încetat din viață" [Rest in peace, Pavca! Cornel Pavlovici, former Stela top scorer, has passed away] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d "Un fost golgheter al Stelei a murit, la vârsta de 69 de ani" [A former Steaua top scorer has died at the age of 69] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Dinamo București vs Jiul Petrosani 5-2". Labtof. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Top Scorers" (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
    "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1963–64". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Odihneste-te in pace, "Pavca"!" [Rest in peace, "Pavca"!] (in Romanian). Steauafc.com. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Cornel Pavlovici. Cup Winners Cup 1964/1965". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1965-1966". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1965–66". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Cornel Pavlovici. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968/1969". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  11. ^ a b c d "Cornel Pavlovici profile". 11v11. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  12. ^ a b c "Cornel Pavlovici". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Romania 3-2 East Germany". European Football. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  14. ^ Cornel Pavlovici at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ^ a b "Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  16. ^ "Most books published by a Radio Sports commentator: world record set by Ilie Dobre". Worldrecordacademy.com. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
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