Mircea David

Club career

In 1933, he started his senior career at Clubul Atletic Oradea. In one of his first matches for CAO, he saved seven penalty kicks in a friendly match against Minerul Lupeni. He continued to play well at his club, where he stayed until 1938, when he was sold to Venus București together with his teammate Gusztáv Juhász because the club was in a financial crisis. In his first season at Venus București, he won the Romanian championship with his team. In the next season, he repeated the performance. He remained at Venus until 1947, when he left the Bucharest-based team for 23 August a team from Lugoj. In 1948, he returned to his first club, renamed IC Oradea, to win for the third time Divizia A. In 1952, he retired from playing.

Manager career

After his retirement as a player, Mircea David began his managerial career at FC Politehnica Iași. After winning the promotion to Divizia A in 1960, he renounced to be a manager and was appointed as a member in the structure of Romanian Football Federation.

International career

David made his debut for the Romania national football team in October 1936, in a match lost against Hungary. In 1938, he was selected in the Romanian squad for the FIFA World Cup, but did not play in the two matches between Romania and Cuba. On 14 April 1940, Mircea David was selected in the starting lineup for the match between Romania and Italy, the World Champions. The match, which took place at Stadio Nazionale PNF, was…

Mircea David was born in Sinaia, in October 1914. After a short period of time, Mircea moved, with his family, to Oradea. In the high school, David began to play oina, a Romanian traditional sport, similar to baseball. After a time, he started to play football with his older friends. But after a while, bored because he was often selected as a goalkeeper, he refused to play football and he went to gymnastics. In the summer holiday, his father bought him a football. Because of that, he started to play football again. Moreover, he attended the match between the local team CA Oradea and Wacker Wien, and he admired the Austrian goalkeeper, Rudy Hiden. This was the reason because he chose to be a goalkeeper.

Player

Venus București

Divizia A (2): 1938–39, 1939–40 IC Oradea

Divizia A (1): 1948–49

Coach

Politehnica Iași

Divizia B (1): 1959–60