Ion Goanță

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Ion Goanță
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-03-29) 29 March 1963[1]
Place of birth Bistreț, Romania[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 CSM Drobeta-Turnu Severin
1983–1984 CSM Reșița
1984–1991 Rapid București[a] 168 (36)
1991–1992 Hapoel Tzafririm Holon 11 (2)
1992–1993 Rapid București 6 (1)
Total 185 (39)
International career
1988 Romania Olympic 4 (0)
1988 Romania 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Goanță (born 29 March 1963) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.[2][3][4]

Club career

Goanță was born on 29 March 1963 in Bistreț, Romania.[1][2] He began playing football in 1982 at Divizia B club CSM Drobeta-Turnu Severin, moving one year later to CSM Reșița.[1][2] Subsequently, he joined Rapid București, making his Divizia A debut on 2 September 1984 under coach Victor Stănculescu in a 1–1 draw against Universitatea Craiova.[1][2][5][6] He scored his first goal in the 13th round of the 1984–85 season in a 1–0 win over ASA Târgu Mureș.[5] During the 1987–88 season, Goanță netted a career-best 11 goals.[1] The team was relegated at the end of the 1988–89 season, but Goanță stayed with the club, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one year.[1][2] Subsequently, he made five appearances in the 1989 Intertoto Cup, netting a brace in a 3–1 win over Örgryte, a hat-trick in a 5–0 victory against Spartak Varna and one goal in a 2–1 success over Wismut Aue.[7] Afterwards, he joined Hapoel Tzafririm Holon, making 11 appearances and scoring twice in the 1991–92 Liga Leumit season.[1][2] Goanță returned to Rapid where on 20 September 1992, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–1 away loss to Dinamo București, totaling 174 matches with 37 goals in the competition.[1][2][5][8] He retired at age 30 due to a torn calf muscle.[5]

International career

Goanță played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 3 February 1988, when coach Emerich Jenei sent him in the 70th minute to replace Dorin Mateuț in a 2–0 win over Israel.[9][10] Three days later, he played in a 2–2 draw against Poland.[9] Subsequently, Goanță played four games for Romania's Olympic team during the 1988 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[11]

Honours

Rapid București

Notes

  1. The statistics for the 1989–90 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. Ion Goanță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Ion Goanță at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Ion Goanţă, legenda Rapidului, i-a pus la zid pe jucători: "Evoluau ca bucătarii"" [Ion Goanţă, the legend of Rapid, criticized the players: "They played as cooks"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. "FOTO Ion Goanţă a asistat la barajul Rapid - Chiajna, primul meci după 10 ani" [PHOTO Ion Goanţă attended the Rapid - Chiajna play-off, his first match after 10 years] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. "Ion Goanță a dat lovitura de începere a proiectului rapidist de readucere a gloriilor" [Ion Goanță gave the kick-start to Rapid's project of recovering its glories] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. "Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Rapid Bucuresti". Labtof. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  7. "Povestea celor trei fotbaliști rapidiști rămași în Suedia în 1989: Aprodu, Ilie și Ciolponea. Cu ce se ocupă ei azi și cum l-au păcălit pe securistul lotului vișiniu" [The story of the three footballers of Rapid who remained in Sweden in 1989: Aprodu, Ilie and Ciolponea. What are they doing today and how they tricked the Securitate officer who was with Rapid' squad] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  8. "Ion Goanță profile". Labtof. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  9. "Ion Goanță". European Football. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. "Israel - Romania 0:2". European Football. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. "Ion Goanță profile". 11v11. Retrieved 8 May 2026.