Ionel Augustin

Ionel Augustin

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-10-11) 11 October 1955
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position	Striker
Youth career
1966–1974	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1985	Dinamo București	267	(87)
1976–1977	→ Jiul Petroșani (loan)	30	(5)
1986–1988	Victoria București	78	(18)
1988–1989	Rapid București	8	(1)
1989	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	20	(6)
1989–1990	Unirea Slobozia	7	(1)
Total		410	(118)
International career
1978–1986	Romania	34	(3)
Managerial career
1995–1996	Dinamo București
1997–2002	ARO Câmpulung Muscel
2002–2003	Dacia Unirea Brăila
2003	Gloria Buzău
2004–2005	Unirea Focșani
2006–2007	Juventus București
2007	Unirea Focșani
2009–2010	Juventus București
2010	Dinamo București II
2010	Minerul Lupeni
2010–2011	Phoenix Ulmu
2011	CS Buftea
2011–2012	Viitorul Chirnogi
2013	Romania U19
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ionel Augustin (born 11 October 1955) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Augustin, nicknamed Oneață, was born on 11 October 1955 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1966 at Dinamo București. He made his Divizia A debut for the senior squad on 23 April 1975 in a 5–0 victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, winning the title in his first season spent at the club, coach Nicolae Dumitru giving him a total of five appearances. In the 1976–77 season he went to Jiul Petroșani in order to play more often.

Afterwards, Augustin returned to Dinamo where for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Gheorghe Mulțescu and Costel Orac, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names. From 1982 to 1984, he earned three consecutive Divizia A titles. In the first one, he played 31 matches under coach Valentin Stănescu, scoring seven goals. In the following two seasons, he worked once again with Dumitru who gave him 31 appearances each year, and Augustin scored 14 and 17 goals respectively, making these the most prolific seasons of his career. Augustin also won three Cupa României, but played in only one of the finals, the one in 1984 when coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București. Over the years he scored two goals in the derby against Steaua in two 1–1 draws in the league. He made some notable performances with The Red Dogs in European competitions, such as helping the club eliminate Inter Milan by scoring one goal in the 4–3 victory on aggregate in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. He also appeared in seven matches in the 1983–84 European Cup campaign, scoring one goal against Kuusysi Lahti, one in a 3–0 victory in the first leg that helped them eliminate title holders Hamburg and one against Dinamo Minsk, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.

In the middle of the 1985–86 season, Augustin went to play for Victoria București. In 1988 he joined Rapid București where on 11 December he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–0 victory against Argeș Pitești, having a total of 383 matches with 111 goals in the competition, also totaling 33 games with 10 goals in European competitions. Augustin ended his career in 1990 after playing two seasons in Divizia B for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea and Unirea Slobozia.

International career

Augustin played 34 matches and scored three goals for Romania, making his debut on 13 December 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovacs in a 2–1 friendly loss to Greece. He played two games in which he scored once in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. Subsequently, he appeared in the first leg of the 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Yugoslavia, and he also played two matches in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.

Augustin made six appearances during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, including a 1–0 victory against World Cup holders Italy. Afterwards he was selected by coach Mircea Lucescu to be part of the final tournament squad and played in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as the team did not get past the group stage. Then he played in a 3–2 loss to Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers. His last two games played for the national team were friendly draws, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq, Augustin scoring Romania's goal in the first one.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Augustin goal.

List of international goals scored by Ionel Augustin

#	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 May 1979	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	2	Cyprus	1–1	1–1	Euro 1980 qualifiers
2.	18 May 1982	Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile	15	Chile	3–0	3–2	Friendly
3.	14 March 1986	Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad, Iraq	33	Iraq	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
• Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86
• Trofeo Costa de Valencia: 1978

External links

• Ionel Augustin at WorldFootball.net
• Ionel Augustin at National-Football-Teams.com