Justin Apostol

Justin Apostol
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-09-14)14 September 1921[1]
Place of birth Galați, Romania[1]
Date of death 31 January 1991(1991-01-31) (aged 69)[1]
Position Goalkeeper[1]
Youth career
1931–1933 Fulgerul CFR Galați
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1944 Gloria CFR Galați[a] 45 (1)
1946–1947 ITA Arad 10 (0)
1947 Jiul Petroșani 1 (0)
1948–1949 CFR București 23 (0)
1950–1952 Locomotiva Galați
Total 79 (1)
International career
1940–1948 Romania 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Justin Apostol (14 September 1921 – 31 January 1991) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

Club career

Apostol was born on 14 September 1921 in Galați, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1931 at local club Fulgerul CFR.[1][3] In 1937, he began playing for Gloria CFR's senior squad in Divizia B.[1] Subsequently, he helped the team gain first-league promotion at the end of the 1938–39 season.[1] Apostol made his Divizia A debut on 27 August 1939 under coach Carol Weszter in a 6–0 away loss to Rapid București.[1][4] On 8 October, he scored a goal from a penalty in a 6–2 loss to Venus București.[1][5] In 1946, Apostol joined ITA Arad where he played 10 games in his single season as the club won its first title.[1][6] Afterwards, he went to play for Jiul Petroșani.[1] However, after making only one league appearance, Apostol moved to CFR București.[1] There, on 10 July 1949, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3–1 loss to ITA Arad, totaling 79 matches with one goal in the competition.[1] Apostol spent his final professional years at Locomotiva Galați, where he retired in 1952.[1]

International career

Apostol played three games for Romania, making his debut under coach Virgil Economu on 31 March 1940 in a 3–3 friendly draw against Yugoslavia.[7][8] Subsequently, he made two appearances during the 1948 Balkan Cup which were a 0–0 draw against Poland and a 5–1 loss to rivals Hungary.[7]

Death

Apostol died on 31 January 1991 at age 69.[1][3][7]

Honours

Gloria CFR Galați

UTA Arad

Notes

  1. ^ The 1940–41 Divizia A was the last season before World War II and the 1946–47 Divizia A was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Gloria CFR Galați are not official, also the statistics for the 1937–38 and 1938–39 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Justin Apostol at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Justin Apostol at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b "Justin Apostol profile". Labtof. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Rapid București vs Asociația Sportivă și Culturală Galați 6-0". Labtof. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Venus București vs Asociația Sportivă și Culturală Galați 6-2". Labtof. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
    "Imaginea uitată în arhivă » Dovada că Duckadam a marcat din penalty la câteva zile după ce apărase patru la Sevilla" [Forgotten archived image »Proof that Duckadam scored from a penalty just days after defending four in Sevilla] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
    "Cine sunt portarii care au marcat în Liga 1 Betano! De la cine s-a inspirat Mirko Pigliacelli" [Who are the goalkeepers that scored in Betano League 1! From whom Mirko Pigliacelli was inspired] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b c "Justin Apostol". European Football. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Romania 3-3 Yugoslavia". European Football. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.