Marcel Marin

Marcel Marin
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-05-02)2 May 1933
Place of birth Ploiești, Romania
Date of death 17 March 1996(1996-03-17) (aged 62)
Positions
Youth career
1943–1950 Flacăra Ploiești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951 Concordia Ploiești
1952–1954 Metalul Plopeni
1955 Flacăra Ploiești 21 (6)
1956–1957 CCA București 4 (2)
1957–1958 UTA Arad 16 (2)
1958–1964 Petrolul Ploiești 115 (5)
1964–1968 Universitatea Craiova 84 (0)
Total 240 (15)
International career
1963–1967 Romania B 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel Marin (2 May 1933 – 17 March 1996) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward and midfielder.

Club career

Marin was born on 2 May 1933 in Ploiești, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Flacăra. In 1951, he went to play for Concordia Ploiești before moving one year later to Metalul Plopeni. He returned to Flacăra and made his Divizia A debut on 13 March 1955 under coach Ilie Oană in a 1–1 draw against Flamura Roșie Arad. Afterwards, Marin joined CCA București, where he played four matches and scored two goals under coach Ștefan Dobay in the 1956 season, as the team won the championship. For the 1957–58 season, he went to play for UTA Arad. He then moved to Petrolul Ploiești, helping the team win the 1958–59 title by playing nine matches and scoring three goals under Oană. The team also won the 1963 Cupa României final, with Marin playing the entire match under Oană in the 6–1 win over Siderurgistul Galați. During his stint with Petrolul, Marin played eight matches in European competitions (including five matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). Notably, he helped the team reach the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Ferencváros. In 1964, Marin joined Universitatea Craiova. There, he made his last Divizia A appearance on 21 April 1968 in a 1–0 away loss to Petrolul, totaling 240 matches with 17 goals in the competition.

International career

Between 1963 and 1967, Marin played two matches for Romania B, helping secure draws against Yugoslavia and Poland.

Death

Marin died on 17 March 1996 at the age of 62.

Honours

CCA București

Petrolul Ploiești

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for CCA București are not official.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Marcel Marin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Marcel Marin at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "20 de ani de la decesul lui Marin Marcel!" [20 years from the death of Marin Marcel!] (in Romanian). Ziarulprahova.ro. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "20 de ani de la decesul lui Marin Marcel!" [20 years from the death of Marin Marcel!] (in Romanian). Realitatea.net. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "10 povești inedite din vremurile de glorie ale Petrolului. Episoade emoționante sau amuzante petrecute în timpurile de aur ale prahovenilor" [10 unique stories from the glory days of Petrolul. Exciting or funny episodes spent in the golden times of the prahovenes] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Marcel Marin. 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Marcel Marin profile". 11v11. Retrieved 25 October 2026.