Marin Tufan

Marin Tufan
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-10-16) 16 October 1942
Place of birth Istria, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
Cimentul Medgidia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1963 Cimentul Medgidia
1963–1973 Farul Constanța 230 (62)
1973–1977 SC Tulcea 62 (17)
Total 292 (79)
International career
1967 Romania B[1] 1 (0)
1969–1970 Romania 2 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1978 Granitul Babadag
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 July 2018

Marin Tufan (born 16 October 1942) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker, spending most of his career playing for Farul Constanța.[2][3]

Club career

Tufan was born on 16 October 1942 in Istria, Constanța, Romania, growing up in Sinoe.[2][3][4] He began playing football at age 18 as a junior at Cimentul Medgidia where his first coach was Kostas Choumis.[2][3] Shortly afterwards he started to play for the senior squad of Cimentul in Divizia C.[2][3][4] He was noticed in a friendly against Farul Constanța by the opponent's coach Petre Steinbach, who brought him to the club, giving him his Divizia A debut on 15 September 1963 in the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to UTA Arad.[2][3][4] In the following game, a 4–0 home win over Știința Timișoara he scored a double, and his offensive partner, Constantin Dinulescu, also scored a brace.[2][3][4] Over the course of ten seasons, Tufan appeared in 230 Divizia A matches, being the all-time Divizia A top-scorer of Farul with 62 goals.[2][3][4] The highlight of this period was a fourth place while working with coach Virgil Mărdărescu at the end of the 1966–67 season.[2][3][4][5] In the 1968–69 season, he netted a career-best of 13 goals.[2][3][4] He made his last appearance in the competition on 13 May 1973 in a 0–0 draw against Petrolul Ploiești.[2][3][4] Tufan ended his career in 1977 after playing a few seasons in Divizia B at SC Tulcea.[2][3][4]

International career

Tufan played two games for Romania, both under coach Angelo Niculescu, making his debut on 14 May 1969 in a 1–0 away victory against Switzerland in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[6][7] His second game for the national team was a 1–1 friendly draw against Yugoslavia.[6]

Tufan was selected by Niculescu to be part of Romania's squad for the 1970 World Cup, but did not play there.[2][6][8] For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[9][10]

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Tufan had a short managerial career at Granitul Babadag, helping the club earn promotion to Divizia C.[2][3]

Personal life

Tufan's son, Sorin, was also a footballer who played in Divizia A for Farul Constanța and Steaua București.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Marin Tufan profile". 11v11. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Poveşti şi dezvăluiri ale golgeterului all-time al "marinarilor". Marin Tufan a înscris şase goluri în meciul care l-a adus la Farul" [Stories and revelations of the all-time goal scorer of the "sailors". Marin Tufan scored six goals in the match that brought him to Farul] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Atacul de vis. Marin Tufan, golgeterul all-time al FC Farul Constanța, a împlinit 78 de ani" [The dream attack. Marin Tufan, the all-time goal scorer of FC Farul Constanța, turned 78 years old] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Marin Tufan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ "Ce s-a ales din echipa de aur Farului de acum 45 de ani" [What happened to Farul's golden team from 45 years ago] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Marin Tufan". European Football. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Switzerland 0-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ^ "România la CM 1970. Enigma Dobrin" [România la WC 1970. The Dobrin enigma] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  9. ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Fostul jucător de la Farul și Steaua, reprofilat marinar, a decedat în tragedia din Portul Midia" [The former Farul and Steaua player, re-profiled as a sailor, died in the tragedy in Portul Midia] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
    "Căpitanul remorcherului "Astana" nu trebuia să fie pe vas în ziua scufundării: fostul fotbalist Sorin Tufan, printre victimele naufragiului" [The captain of the tugboat "Astana" was not supposed to be on the ship on the day of the sinking: former football player Sorin Tufan, among the victims of the shipwreck] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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