Ionel Augustin

Augustin, nicknamed Oneață, was born on 11 October 1955 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1966 at Dinamo București. He made his Divizia A debut for the senior squad on 23 April 1975 in a 5–0 victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, winning the title in his first season spent at the club, coach Nicolae Dumitru giving him a total of five appearances. In the 1976–77 season he went to Jiul Petroșani in order to play more often. Afterwards, Augustin returned to Dinamo where for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Gheorghe Mulțescu and Costel Orac, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names. From 1982 to 1984, he earned three consecutive Divizia A titles. In the first one, he played 31 matches under coach Valentin Stănescu, scoring seven goals. In the following two seasons, he worked once again with Dumitru who gave him 31 appearances each year, and Augustin scored 14 and 17 goals respectively, making these the most prolific seasons of his career. Augustin also won three Cupa României, but played in only one of the finals, the one in 1984 when coach Dumitru used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București. Over the years he scored two goals in the derby against Steaua in two 1–1 draws in the league. He made some notable performances with The Red Dogs in European competitions, such as helping the club eliminate Inter Milan by scoring one goal in the 4–3…

Augustin played 34 matches and scored three goals for Romania, making his debut on 13 December 1978 under coach Ștefan Kovacs in a 2–1 friendly loss to Greece. He played two games in which he scored once in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. Subsequently, he appeared in the first leg of the 1977–80 Balkan Cup final, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Yugoslavia, and he also played two matches in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers. Augustin made six appearances during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, including a 1–0 victory against World Cup holders Italy. Afterwards he was selected by coach Mircea Lucescu to be part of the final tournament squad and played in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as the team did not get past the group stage. Then he played in a 3–2 loss to Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers. His last two games played for the national team were friendly draws, a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq, Augustin scoring Romania's goal in the first one.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Augustin goal.

Augustin began his coaching career at Dinamo București during the 1995–96 Divizia A season, as an assistant for Remus Vlad and later for Florin Cheran. Subsequently, he worked as head coach for Divizia B club ARO Câmpulung Muscel, managing a second place finish in the 1999–2000 season. In the following years, he continued to work for teams in the Romanian lower leagues such as Dacia Unirea Brăila, Gloria Buzău, Unirea Focșani, Juventus București, Dinamo București II, Minerul Lupeni, Phoenix Ulmu, CS Buftea and Viitorul Chirnogi. From 2012 to 2013, Augustin successively coached Romania's under-18 and under-19 national teams.

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 Trofeo Costa de Valencia: 1978