Constantin Frățilă

Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football in 1957 at local club Recolta, and after one year, he moved to Uzinele Vasile Roaită. He started his senior career playing for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 16 April 1961 under coach Traian Ionescu in a 6–0 victory against Minerul Lupeni in which he scored a hat-trick. He scored a total of seven goals in seven appearances until the end of his first season spent at the club. In the following four seasons, Frățilă helped The Red Dogs win four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 19 appearances in which he scored five goals. In the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 15 matches in which he netted nine times in the first and in 26 games with 19 goals scored in the second which made him the league top-scorer alongside Cornel Pavlovici. In the last one he played 23 matches, finding the net 11 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu. Years later after this performance he said:"Winning four consecutive titles in Liga I is, without a doubt, an important achievement. I am proud to have achieved this with Dinamo."

Frățilă also won two Cupa României with Dinamo. In the 1964 final, coach Ionescu played him for the entire match, and he scored a goal in their 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București, but in the 1968 final, coach Bazil Marian did not use…

Frățilă played seven games in which he scored seven goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Ilie Oană on 2 November 1966 in a 4–2 victory in which he scored a hat-trick against Switzerland in the Euro 1968 qualifiers. He played two more games in the same qualifiers, scoring a double in a 5–1 win over Cyprus. Frățilă made his last appearance for the national team on 22 March 1967 in a 2–1 friendly victory against France, where he netted a goal.

Frățilă started coaching in 1976 at Dinamo București's center of children and juniors. Afterwards he coached senior team Dinamo Victoria București, helping them earn promotion to Divizia B in the 1981–82 season. Then he worked at FC Baia Mare, leading them through the 1984–85 Divizia A season.

Player

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64, 1967–68 Argeș Pitești

Divizia A: 1971–72 Omonia Nicosia

Cypriot League: 1973–74 Cypriot Cup: 1973–74 Individual

Divizia A top scorer: 1963–64 (joint with Cornel Pavlovici)

Manager

Dinamo Victoria București

Divizia C: 1981–82