Sorin Avram

Sorin Avram

Personal information
Full name	Sorin Aristotel Avram
Date of birth	29 March 1943
Place of birth	Bacău, Romania
Date of death	29 September 2015 (aged 72)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1956–1959	Letea Bacău
1959–1960	Dinamo Bacău	2	(0)
1960–1961	Steaua Roşie Bacău
1961–1962	Dinamo Bacău	16	(3)
1962–1963	Viitorul Bucureşti	11	(2)
1963–1969	Steaua Bucureşti	124	(25)
1969–1970	Farul Constanţa	18	(2)
1970–1973	Sport Club Bacău	55	(6)
Total		226	(38)
National team
	Romania U23	5	(0)
1964–1967	Romania	12	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Sorin Avram (29 March 1943 – 29 September 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach.^[1]

He started his career in 1956, by joining the youth team of Letea Bacău. From there he moved to Dinamo Bacău in 1959 and then to Viitorul Bucharest in 1962.

Viitorul Bucharest was a project of the Romanian Football Federation in which they gather the best young players and formed a team which played in the Romanian top division, Divizia A.

From Viitorul, Avram joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1963. Six years later he joined FC Farul Constanţa and then moved back to FCM Bacău in 1970, ended his career in 1973 at only 30.

He played a total of 226 games in Divizia A, scoring 38 goals. He was Romanian football champion with Steaua Bucureşti in 1968 and won the Romanian Cup, again with Steaua Bucureşti, in 1966 and 1967. He also won 12 caps for Romania, scoring one goal. He played for Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2]

As a coach he was head-coach of FCM Bacău for nine games during the 1991 - 92 season.

References

1. http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/un-fost-atacant-important-al-stelei-a-decedat-astazi-459780.html
2. "Sorin Avram Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-27.