Doru Toma

Doru Toma
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-07-21)21 July 1957[1]
Place of birth Pitești, Romania[2]
Date of death 21 November 2025(2025-11-21) (aged 68)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Central midfielder[1]
Youth career
–1975 Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1986 Argeș Pitești 171 (7)
1987–1988 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea[a] 15 (0)
1988–1989 Dacia Pitești
Total 186 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doru Toma (21 July 1957 – 21 November 2025) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder.[1][3] Spending almost his entire career with Argeș Pitești, he won the Divizia A once.

Career

Toma was born in Pitești, Romania on 21 July 1957, and began playing junior-level football at local club Argeș.[1][2][4][5][6] He made his Divizia A debut on 7 December 1975 under coach Florin Halagian in a 2–1 home win over Dinamo București.[1][5][6][7] In the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition, he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round, scoring a goal in the 5–1 aggregate victory.[1][8] In the following round they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, but they lost the second one with 5–2 in which he scored once after an assist from Sevastian Iovănescu, thus the campaign ended.[1][8][9] In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Halagian in 32 games in which he scored once.[1][5][6][10] In the following season they got past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest.[1][11]

In 1987, Toma joined Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where on 25 June he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–0 away loss to Oțelul Galați, the team being relegated at the end of the season.[1][5][6] He stayed one season with Chimia in Divizia B, then moved to Dacia Pitești in the same league, retiring in 1989.[1][5][6] Toma has a total of 186 matches with seven goals in Divizia A and six games with two goals in European competitions.[1][5][6]

Death

Toma died on 21 November 2025, at the age of 68.[12]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1987–88 Divizia B are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Doru Toma at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Doru Toma". Labtof. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. ^ Doru Toma at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "FC Argeș bifează o lovitură de imagine în plin sezon. Un jucător emblematic a fost cooptat în staff" [FC Argeș ticks an image shot in high season. An emblematic player was co-opted in the staff] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Argeșul plusează la imagine! Încă o legendă a clubului, Doru Toma, a fost numită în stafful administrativ" [Arges adds to the image! Another club legend, Doru Toma, was appointed to the administrative staff] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Doru Toma este noul organizator de competiții al celor de la FC Argeș" [Doru Toma is the new competition organizer of FC Argeș] (in Romanian). Arges-sport.ro. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Politehnica Timișoara vs FC Arges 2-0". Labtof. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Doru Toma. Europa League 1978/1979". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Doru Toma crede in steaua Stelei" [Doru Toma believes in Steaua's star] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.antena3.ro. 16 February 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
    ""La 2-1, tremurau chilotii pe ei!"" [At 2-1, their underwear were shaking on them!] (in Romanian). 9am.ro. 16 February 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
    "Singura echipă românească de fotbal care a învins trei mari cluburi din Spania. Marele Dobrin a fost cheia succeselor" [The only Romanian football team that has defeated three major clubs in Spain. The great Dobrin was the key to success] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "Ziua în care Kempes s-a înclinat în fața lui Dobrin" [The day Kempes bowed to Dobrin] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ^ "43 de ani de la meciul dintre FC Argeș și Nottingham Forest" [43 years since the match between FC Argeș and Nottingham Forest] (in Romanian). Jurnaluldearges.ro. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "24 octombrie 1979: Argeșul a dat piept cu Nottingham Forest, campioana Europei" [October 24, 1979: Argeș played against Nottingham Forest, the European champions] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "FC Argeș – Nottingham Forest 1-2 (Cupa Campionilor Europeni, 7 noiembrie 1979)" [FC Arges – Nottingham Forest 1-2 (European Champions Cup, November 7, 1979)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
    "Doru Toma. Champions League 1979/1980". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Tragedie în ziua meciului: a murit Doru Toma, jucător emblematic al lui FC Argeș, campion în '79" [Tragedy on match day: Doru Toma, emblematic player of FC Argeș, champion in '79, died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
    "Doliu în ziua meciului FC Argeș – Universitatea Craiova! Legenda echipei a murit la 68 de ani" [Mourning on the day of the FC Argeș – Universitatea Craiova match! The team's legend died at 68 years old] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
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