Vasile Zavoda commonly known as Zavoda II or Tigrul Akbar, is a former Romania

Romania

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n football player.

Overview

He played for Metalul Baia Mare

FC Baia Mare

FC Baia Mare was a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, northern Romania. In the 2009–10 season, they played in the Liga II . The team played at Dealul Florilor Stadium , which hosted big names of European football such as Real Madrid, Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest in the...

 between 1947 and 1951, before joining Steaua Bucureşti. In 1964, aged 35, Zavoda plays his last season, for ASA Târgu Mureş

ASA Târgu Mures

Fotbal Club Municipal Târgu Mureş is a football club based in Târgu Mureş, in central-northern Romania. It was founded in 2004 under the name "Trans-Sil Tîrgu Mureş" and since 2010 is playing in Romania's top football league, Liga I.-History:...

 before calling it a day.

Zavoda, one of the best defenders the Romanian football ever produced, played 257 games in Romania's Divizia A and scored two goals. He also won 20 caps for Romania

Romania

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, the first in 1951 against Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia national football team

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, the last one in 1962 against East Germany

East Germany national football team

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. He played for Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

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He is the younger brother of Francisc Zavoda

Francisc Zavoda

Francisc Zavoda, , also known as Zavoda I is a former Romanian football player. He is the older brother of Vasile Zavoda who also played professional football.-Career as football player:...

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Today he lives in Bucharest, in the same block of flats with his great friend and former team-mate Ion Voinescu

Ion Voinescu

Ion Voinescu is a former Romanian football player, one of the finest goalkeepers Romania ever produced.As a young player, Voinescu made his debut for Olimpia Bucharest in 1939, just before the World War II...

. The couple meet every day to discuss about football

Football (soccer)

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 and Steaua Bucureşti.