Constantin Koszka

Constantin Koszka
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-09-17)17 September 1939
Place of birth Arad, Romania
Date of death December 2000 (aged 61)
Place of death Constanța, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 UTA Arad 23 (0)
1959–1961 Rapid București 48 (0)
1962–1963 UTA Arad 32 (1)
1963–1965 Steaua București 35 (0)
1965–1970 Farul Constanța 114 (3)
1970–1971 Trabzonspor 6 (2)
1971–1972 Portul Constanța 15 (0)
Total 273 (6)
International career
1962–1967 Romania[a] 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Constantin Koszka (17 September 1939 – December 2000) was a Romanian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Club career

Koszka was born on 17 September 1939 in Arad, Romania.[4][5] He began playing junior-level football at local club UTA with which he won the 1956 national junior championship under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu.[6] Subsequently, he made his Divizia A debut on 24 November 1957 under coach Eugen Mladin in UTA's 2–0 away loss to Locomotiva București.[4][5][7] In 1959 he went to play for Rapid București.[4][5] In the middle of the 1961–62 season, after two and a half years, he left Rapid to make a comeback at UTA.[4][5]

In 1963 he signed with Steaua București.[4][5] During his spell with The Military Men, Koszka made his only three appearances in European competitions, helping his side get past Derry City in the first round of the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated in the following one by Dinamo Zagreb.[4][8] In 1965 he joined Farul Constanța, helping them earn a fourth place in the 1966–67 season while working with coach Virgil Mărdărescu.[4][5][9] On 22 July 1970 he made his last Divizia A appearance in Farul's 1–1 away draw against CFR Cluj, totaling 252 matches with four goals in the competition.[4][5] Subsequently, he was transferred to Trabzonspor in Turkey, being the club's first-ever foreign player.[10] He spent only one season there, playing six matches and scoring twice in the Turkish second league.[10] Koszka ended his career after playing in the 1971–72 Divizia B season for Portul Constanța.[4][5]

International career

Koszka played nine matches for Romania, making his debut on 30 September 1962 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a 4–0 friendly win against Morocco.[11][12] He played in both legs of the 7–3 aggregate loss to Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round.[11] His last appearance for the national team took place on 29 October 1967 in a friendly 1–0 win against West Germany.[11]

Koszka also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad in Tokyo where he appeared in four games, helping the team finish in fifth place.[13]

Death

Koszka died in 2000 in Constanța.[5][9]

Notes

  1. ^ Including 12 appearances and one goal for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Constantin Koszka". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  2. ^ Constantin Koszka at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Constantin Koszka Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Constantin Koszka at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Nostalgii și încredere în viitor: Fotbalul constănțean (VII)" [Nostalgia and confidence in the future: Constanta football (VII)] (in Romanian). Timpul.info. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Cinci decenii şi jumătate de la primul campionat de juniori câştigat de UTA. Pe când juniorii creșteau ocrotiţi de fotbaliştii legendari" [Five and a half decades since the first junior championship won by UTA. While the juniors grew up protected by the legendary footballers] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Locomotiva București vs UTA Arad 2-0". Labtof. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Constantin Koszka. Cup Winners Cup 1964/1965". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Ce s-a ales din echipa de aur Farului de acum 45 de ani" [What happened to Farul's golden team from 45 years ago] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Şehirdeki yabancı; Rumen Koska!" [The stranger in the city; Romanian Koska!] (in Turkish). Haber61.net. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
    "El: a Trabzonspor első külföldije egyúttal a klub egyetlen magyar légiósa volt" [El: Trabzonspor's first foreigner was also the club's only Hungarian legionnaire] (in Hungarian). Nemzetisport.hu. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "Constantin Koszka". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Romania 4-0 Morocco". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
    "Constantin Koszka. Olympic Games 1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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