- Rodion Cămătaru
Infobox Football biography
playername = Rodion Cămătaru
fullname = Rodion Doru Gorun Cămătaru
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|6|22
cityofbirth =Strehaia
countryofbirth =Romania
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position =Striker (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1972-1974
1974-1986
1986-1989
1989-1990
1991-1993
clubs =Progresul Strehaia Universitatea Craiova Dinamo Bucureşti R. Charleroi S.C. SC Heerenveen
Career
caps(goals) =
288 (122)
089 0(76)
029 00(6)
026 00(7)
432 (211)
nationalyears = 1978-1990
nationalteam = Romania
nationalcaps(goals) = 75 (22)Rodion Doru Gorun Cămătaru (born
22 June 1958 ) is a retiredRomania n football striker.He was born in
Strehaia and debuted in Divizia A withUniversitatea Craiova in 1974. He spent twelve seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1986 he was transferred toDinamo Bucureşti , where he became the Divizia A top goalscorer the first season with 44 goals in 33 games. He retired in 1993, having played in Belgium and the Netherlands since 1989. Cămătaru scored his last ever goal as a professional in the Dutch cup final, playing forSC Heerenveen , on may 20th 1993. The match was won byAjax Amsterdam .Cămătaru got 75 caps and scored 22 goals for the Romanian national team, and represented his country at Euro 1984 and the 1990 World Cup.
He controversially won the
European Golden Boot award as Europe's best goal scorer in1987 , after scoring 20 of his 44 goals in the last 6 games of the season. It is widely believed that this was due to manipulation, and so 20 years later the second placedToni Polster was also granted a Golden Boot. [http://sport.orf.at/080414-4791/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fsport.orf.at%2F080414-4791%2F4793bigstory_txt.html]External links
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/c/camataru.shtml RomanianSoccer.ro]
* [http://www.viplanet.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=14120&typeofpage=84137 Dutch league stats] - Voetbal International nl|icon
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