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Flavius Domide
Domide with UTA Arad
Personal information
Full name Flavius Virgil Domide
Date of birth (1946-05-07)7 May 1946
Place of birth Arad, Romania
Date of death 11 October 2025(2025-10-11) (aged 79)
Place of death Arad, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1959–1966 UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1979 UTA Arad 342 (75)
1979–1980 Vagonul Arad
International career
1968–1972 Romania[a] 19 (3)
Managerial career
1981–1983 Carpați Mârșa
1983–1984 UTA Arad
1984–1987 UTA Arad (juniors)
1987–1989 Oțelul Ștei
1989–1991 Strungul Arad
1991–1992 Békéscsaba
1992–1993 UTA Arad
1994–1999 UTA Arad (juniors)
1999 Politehnica Timișoara
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Flavius Virgil Domide (7 May 1946 – 11 October 2025) was a Romanian professional football player and coach.[3] He played as a striker in Divizia A for 14 years before retiring. Domide achieved success with his local club UTA, winning two domestic league titles. He also represented Romania at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

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Domide (bottom row, second from the left) with UTA Arad in 1965
Domide (left) with UTA teammate Gheorghe Gornea in 1970

Domide was born on 7 May 1946 in Arad, Romania and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood.[4] He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad.[3][4][5] He made his Divizia A debut on 28 August 1966 under coach Nicolae Dumitrescu in UTA's 0–0 draw against Rapid București.[3][4][5][6] Under the guidance of Dumitrescu, Domide won two consecutive league titles with The Old Lady in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons.[4][5][7] In the first one, he contributed with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals.[4][5][7] He also made some European performances with UTA, such as eliminating defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season.[3][4] In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Domide helped them reach the quarter-finals, playing eight matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against Austria Salzburg, one against Zagłębie Wałbrzych, one against Vitória Setúbal and his team's only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss to Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition.[4][5][8] On 9 December 1973, he scored the final goal for a 3–0 victory in the West derby against Politehnica Timișoara.[9] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA's 1–0 home loss to Gloria Buzău, having a total of 342 games with 75 goals in the competition, also totaling 16 matches with six goals in European competitions.[3][4][5] Domide retired in 1980, after he spent the last year of his career at Vagonul Arad in the third division, helping them gain promotion to the second division.[4]

International career

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Flavius Domide with Romania on a Panini sticker

Domide played 17 matches and scored three goals for Romania (19/3 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 6 November 1968 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him in the 77th minute to replace Nicolae Dobrin in a 0–0 friendly draw against England.[1][10] His following game was a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal in the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][11] Domide was selected by Niculescu to be part of the squad that went to the final tournament, but did not play a single match there.[1][3][4][11] He played five matches in the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1] Domide's last game for the national team was a 1–1 draw against Finland during the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Domide was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[12][13]

International goals

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Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Domide goal.[1]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 November 1968 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania   Switzerland 2–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 30 January 1972 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Morocco 4–2 4–2 Friendly
3 17 June 1972 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania  Italy 2–2 3–3 Friendly

Post-playing career

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After hanging up his boots, Domide managed both UTA’s junior and senior teams.[14][15] He led UTA to the Divizia B title in the 1992–93 season, earning the club promotion back to Divizia A.[14][15] Around 1997, he became UTA's president during a period of financial difficulties and contributed some of his own money to keep the club afloat.[15][14] He coached Politehnica Timișoara in 1999.

Personal life and death

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A book about Domide was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, titled Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean (The Terrible Child of Arad football), which was released on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[4][16] In 2023, Domide received the Honorary Citizen of Arad title.[15]

Domide died in Arad on 11 October 2025, at the age of 79.[17]

Honours

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Player

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UTA Arad

Vagonul Arad

Manager

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UTA Arad

Notes

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  1. ^ Including two appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Flavius Domide". European Football. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ Flavius Domide at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f "RETRO GSP. Interviu de colecție cu Flavius Domide. Simbolul Aradului dezvăluie cum a ajuns să fie operat pe creier, de ce nu-i poartă pică lui Angelo Niculescu, deși n-a jucat în Mexic '70" [RETRO GSP. Collection interview with Flavius Domide. The symbol of Arad reveals how he ended up being operated on his brain, why he does not hate Angelo Niculescu, even if he didn't play in Mexico '70] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! "Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean" împlinește 74 de ani" [Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! "The terrible child of Arad football" turns 74 years old] (in Romanian). Sportularadean.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Flavius Domide at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ "Rapid București vs UTA Arad 0-0". Labtof. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
    "Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ^ "De 70 de ani avem UTA – Poli! Rezultatele, marcatorii și statistica derby-urilor găzduite de arădeni" [For 70 years we have had UTA - Poli! The results, scorers and statistics of the derbies hosted by the people of Arad] (in Romanian). Sspolitehnica.ro. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Romania 0-0 England". European Football. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  11. ^ a b "România la CM 1970. Enigma Dobrin" [România la WC 1970. The Dobrin enigma] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d Mnerie, Călin (12 October 2025). "Aradul îl plânge pe Flavius Domide, cel care s-a duelat cu Bobby Charlton sau Johan Cruiff, dar nu a plecat niciodată de la UTA: "Nu îmi pare rău!"" [Arad mourns Flavius Domide, the one who dueled with Bobby Charlton or Johan Cruiff, but never left UTA: "I'm not sorry!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  15. ^ a b c d "S-a stins o glorie a fotbalului arădean: Flavius Domide" [A glory of Arad football has passed away: Flavius Domide] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro.
  16. ^ "'Roșcovanul', sârbătorit prin vorbe și cuvinte așternute în cartea: 'Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean'" ['The redhead', celebrated by phrases and words laid out in the book: 'Flavius Domide - The Terrible Child of Arad football'.] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  17. ^ Gavrilă, Mădălina (11 October 2025). "UTA Arad, în doliu. Legendarul Flavius Domide s-a stins din viață" [UTA Arad, in mourning. The legendary Flavius Domide has passed away] (in Romanian). Iamsport.ro. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
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