Full name Costica Toma Playing position Name Costica Toma Height 1.74 m | Place of birth Braila, Romania 1940–1942 Suter Bucuresti Role Football player Position Goalkeeper | |
Date of birth (1928-01-01)1 January 1928 Date of death 13 May 2008(2008-05-13) (aged 80) Died May 13, 2008, Bucharest, Romania | ||
Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager.
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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. Toma won also 16 caps for Romania.
Toma retired from professional football in 1963.
Achievements at Steaua
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.