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Bazil Marian

Bazil Marian
Personal information
Date of birth (1922-11-07)7 November 1922
Place of birth Uioara de Sus, Romania
Date of death 19 January 2008(2008-01-19) (aged 85)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Position Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
1934–1938 Solvay Uioara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1940 Victoria Cluj 14 (2)
1940–1941 Mica Brad 22 (5)
1941–1947 Carmen București[a] 34 (22)
1947–1954 Locomotiva București[b] 96 (54)
1960–1961 Jiul Petroșani 14 (2)
Total 180 (85)
International career‡
1942–1949 Romania 18 (2)
Managerial career
1954–1960 Rapid București (assistant)
1961–1962 Jiul Petroșani
1962–1963 Viitorul București
1963–1967 Romania U-21
1967 Romania
1967–1969 Dinamo București
1969 Farul Constanța
1970 Argeș Pitești
1971–1972 Rapid București
1973–1974 Boufarik
1974 JS Kabylie
1977–1978 Rapid București
1979–1989 Romania U-21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 March 2018

Bazil Marian (7 November 1922 – 19 January 2008) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.

Club career

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Marian, nicknamed "Bombardierul" (The Bomber) because of his powerful shots, was born on 7 November 1922 in Uioara de Sus, Romania.[1][3][4][5] He began playing junior-level football at age 11 at local club Solvay.[4][5][6][7][8] He made his Divizia A debut playing for Victoria Cluj on 24 September 1947 in a 2–1 home victory against Venus București.[1][3][7] Victoria was relegated by the end of the season, but he stayed in Divizia A, playing one season for Mica Brad before moving to Carmen București.[1][3][5][7][8]

At Carmen in December 1946 during a game against Ciocanul București when they were leading 4–0, he ran alone towards the opposite goal, dribbled the goalkeeper, after which he sat down with his bottom on the ball and his hand over his eyes, as if looking for his opponents, before pushing the ball into the net.[3][4][5][6][8] At the end of the season, following another victory against Ciocanul with 6–0 in which he scored two goals, the Carmen team was dissolved by the Communist regime that just took over the country.[3][4][5][6][8] He and teammate Valentin Stănescu attempted to flee to Italy by boarding a ship in the Port of Constanța.[3][4][5][6][8] However, the authorities apprehended them, offering a choice between imprisonment or playing for a working-class team like Locomotiva București, and they both chose the latter option.[3][4][5][6][8]

At Locomotiva he managed to score 32 goals in 24 appearances in the 1947–48 Divizia A season, but did not win the top-scorer of the league as ITA Arad's Ladislau Bonyhádi scored a record of 49 goals.[1][8][9] In 1950 in a game against CFR Timișoara, Marian scored a goal with a powerful shot from 18 meters that broke the net and after the game the opponents goalkeeper, Dumitru Pavlovici said:"I am the happiest that Marian's bomb was a goal. Otherwise, if his kick would have hit me in full, I would have gone straight to the hospital".[3][4][5][6][8] At the end of the 1951 Divizia A season, Locomotiva was relegated to Divizia B, but Marian stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after one season.[1][3] During a match played in cold weather against Metalul București, he scored a goal that the referee disallowed.[3][4][5][6][8] He then ran to the fence near the stands, where boiled țuică was sold, and drank a cup before returning to the pitch.[3][4][5][6][8] Upon scoring another goal, which the referee again cancelled, he drank another cup of țuică.[3][4][5][6][8] Marian then shook the referee's hand, asked to be replaced, and left the pitch, stating that if he scored another goal and it was cancelled, he'd have to drink another cup and would get drunk.[3][4][5][6][8] He retired after playing for Locomotiva on 14 November 1954 in a Divizia A match which ended with a 3–2 loss against Progresul Oradea.[1][6] However, six years later at age 39, Marian came out of retirement after he, as a coach, gained promotion with Jiul Petroșani to the first league because the squad's quality was insufficient for the top-division.[6] He played 14 games in which he scored two goals for The Miners during the 1961–62 Divizia A season.[6]

International career

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Marian played 18 games and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1941 under coach Virgil Economu in a 4–1 friendly loss to Germany.[10][11] He scored his first goal for the national team in a 2–2 friendly draw against Slovakia.[10] Afterwards he made two appearances in the 1946 Balkan Cup and played four games in which he scored a goal in a 3–2 away win over Bulgaria during the 1947 Balkan Cup.[10] He also made two appearances in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[10] Marian's last appearance for the national team took place on 8 May 1949 in a home friendly that ended with a 2–1 victory against Poland.[10]

International goals

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Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marian goal.[10]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 June 1943 Stadionul Giulești, București, Romania  Slovakia 1–0 2–2 Friendly
2 6 July 1947 Yunak Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 3–1 3–2 1947 Balkan Cup

Managerial career

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Marian started coaching in 1954 at juniors and as an assistant for six years at Rapid București.[6][4][5][8] He started to work as head coach in the 1960–61 Divizia B season at Jiul Petroșani, helping it earn promotion to Divizia A, but the team was relegated after one season.[6][4][5][7][8] He went on to coach Viitorul București, shortly thereafter moved to Romania's under 21 national team, and in 1967, he coached Romania's senior team for one friendly game that ended in a 1–1 draw against Uruguay in Montevideo at Estadio Gran Parque Central.[6][4][7][8][12]

Marian won his first trophy as a coach in 1968 when he guided Dinamo București to win the 1967–68 Cupa României after a 3–1 victory in the final against Rapid București which was coached by his former Carmen București teammate Valentin Stănescu.[6][5][7][8][13] Marian went to have some short spells at Farul Constanța and Argeș Pitești before going to Rapid.[4][5][7][8] There, he won the 1971–72 Cupa României after a 2–0 victory in the final against Jiul Petroșani.[5][8][14] At Rapid he also had his first European performances.[4][8] They reached the round of 16 in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign after eliminating, for the first time in Romanian football history, an Italian team, Napoli, then getting past Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who eventually won the competition, Tottenham.[4][8][15] In the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign the team reached the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien.[16]

In 1973 he went to coach abroad in Algeria at Boufarik and JS Kabylie, afterwards returning for one season at Rapid București.[6][4][5] From 1979 until his retirement at age 67 in 1989 he coached Romania's under 21 national team.[6][4][7][8]

Death

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Marian, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease in the last years of his life, died on January 19, 2008, in Bucharest at the age of 85 and was buried in the town's Andronache cemetery.[4][5]

Honours

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Player

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Locomotiva București

Manager

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Jiul Petroșani

Dinamo București

Rapid București

Notes

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  1. ^ The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Carmen București are not official with the exception of the 1945–46 regional championship.[1]
  2. ^ The statistics for the 1952 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bazil Marian at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXIV – "Ultimul șut aduce promovarea"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXIV - "The Last Shot Gets the Promotion"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Enervat de arbitru, a "tras" o… ţuică fiartă la marginea terenului! I se spunea "Bombardierul din Giulești"…" [Annoyed by the referee, he "pulled" a... boiled brandy on the edge of the field! He was called "The Bomber from Giulești"...] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Din istoria sportului românesc – Povestea lui Bazil Marian, "Bombardierul din Giulești"" [From the history of Romanian sport – The story of Bazil Marian, "The Bombardier from Giulești"] (in Romanian). Independentaromana.ro. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s ""Bombardierul" Bazil Marian, omul-spectacol: A băut ţuică în timpul unui meci şi s-a aşezat cu fundul pe minge, după ce driblase portarul!" ["Bombardier" Bazil Marian, the showman: He drank brandy during a match and sat with his bottom on the ball, after the goalkeeper had dribbled!] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Centenarul "Bombardierului" Bazil Marian" [The centenary of the "Bombardier" Bazil Marian] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Legendele sportului Văii Jiului, centenar Bazil Marian" [The legends of the Jiu Valley sport, centenary Bazil Marian] (in Romanian). Cronicavj.ro. 6 November 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Născut în Ocna Mureș: Bazil Marian" [Born in Ocna Mureș: Bazil Marian] (in Romanian). Ocnamuresonline.ro. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Top Scorers". Romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Bazil Marian player profile". European Football. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Romania 1-4 Germany". European Football. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Bazil Marian manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1967–1968". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
    "Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1971–1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
    "Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  15. ^ "49 de ani de când Rapid mătura pe jos cu Zoff și cu Altafini. Boc: "Așa ne-am câștigat dreptul să vedem un film aproape porno la Varșovia!"!" [49 years since Rapid swept on foot with Zoff and Altafini. Boc: "This is how we earned the right to see an almost pornographic film in Warsaw!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
    "50 de ani de la un succes istoric al Rapidului în Europa: 4-0 cu Legia. Liță Dumitru a fost în rolul Nadiei!" [50 years since Rapid's historic success in Europe: 4-0 with Legia. Liță Dumitru was in the role of Nadia] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
    "Acum o jumătate de veac, Rapid elimina pe Napoli" [Half a century ago, Rapid eliminated Napoli]. Wesport.ro. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Leeds United – Rapid 5-0 (7 martie 1973 – sferturi Cupa Cupelor)" [Leeds United – Rapid 5-0 (March 7, 1973 – Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals)]. Tikitaka.ro. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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