Costică Toma

Costică Toma

Personal information
Full name	Costică Toma
Date of birth	1 January 1928(1928-01-01)
Place of birth	Brăila, Romania
Date of death	13 May 2008(2008-05-13) (aged 80)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1940–1942	Suter Bucureşti
1942–1948	Capşa Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1950–1951	CS Armata Iaşi
1951	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
1951–1963	Steaua Bucureşti	108	(0)
Total		108	(0)
National team
1953–1959	Romania	16	(0)
Teams managed
1963–1964	TUG Bucureşti
1964–1965	Marina Mangalia
1965–1966	Unirea Râmnicu Vâlcea
1971–1972	UM Timişoara
1972–1976	FC Constanţa (youth)
1977	FIL Orăştie
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.

Player career

Toma began his football career in 1940, when he played for FC Suter as a striker. After a period when he played as a youth for Capşa Bucureşti, he moved to Iaşi. He played only a season at CS Armata, and after two months at Câmpulung Moldovenesc, he moved to Steaua Bucureşti. He played twelve years for the Army Men, and was a part of the Steaua Golden Team. He had at Steaua a famous and a fair-play rivalry with Ion Voinescu. It was said that Toma and Voinescu were the best couple of goalkeepers that a Romanian football club ever had.^{[citation needed]} Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.

Toma retired from professional football in 1963.

Achievements at Steaua

• 5 times Champion of Romania with Steaua (1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–1960, 1960–1961)
• 2 times Romanian Cup winner (1952, 1955)

Manager career

Despite being a great goalkeeper, Toma was not a successful manager. He managed only inferior leagues teams and also a large number of youth teams.

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Toma, Costica
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1 January 1928
Place of birth	Brăila, Romania
Date of death	13 May 2008
Place of death