Mihai Adam

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Mihai Adam
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-07-03)3 July 1940
Place of birth Câmpia Turzii, Romania
Date of death 11 December 2015(2015-12-11) (aged 75)
Place of death Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
1956–1959
Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962
Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii
1962–1972 Universitatea Cluj 226 (107)
1968–1969 → Vagonul Arad (loan) 13 (6)
1972–1976 CFR Cluj 114 (47)
Total 353 (160)
International career
1963–1964 Romania U23 7 (3)
1965 Romania B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mihai Adam (3 July 1940 – 11 December 2015) was a Romanian football player who played as a

striker
.

Career

"He was among the greatest strikers in the history of our football, an extremely modest and serious man"

–Remus Câmpeanu, former teammate of Mihai Adam at "U" Cluj[1]

Mihai Adam was born on 3 July 1940 in

final against Argeș Pitești.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][12] In the following season, Adam made his debut in European competitions, playing four games in which he scored a goal that helped "U" Cluj eliminate Austrian team, Wiener Neustadt in the first round of the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated in the following round by Atlético Madrid.[10][8][13] In the 1967–68 season he scored 15 goals in 26 league appearances, winning his second top-goalscorer title, seven of these were scored in two victories over Dinamo București.[1][10][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][14] In the following season he was selected to do his military service in Arad so he played for local club, Vagonul.[10][2][9] Afterwards he returned to play for three more seasons at "U" Cluj, in the last one he scored 10 goals which helped the club finish on the 3rd position.[10][9]

Then he was given to

Steaua București, having a total of 160 goals scored in 353 matches in the competition.[1][10][2][5] After he ended his playing career, Adam became a referee, arbitrating games including in Romania's top-league Divizia A.[2][3][6][16] In the last years of his life, he lived in Cluj-Napoca, being ill of Alzheimer's disease and died on 11 December 2015 at age 75.[10][3][4][5][6][7] The Mihai Adam Stadium from Câmpia Turzii is named in his honor.[17] Even do he played for Romania's under-23 national team and Romania B, Mihai Adam never played for Romania's senior team and on 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him in a first 11 of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team.[2][18][19]

Honours

Club

Universitatea Cluj

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Încă o veste tristă pentru fotbalul românesc. A murit cel mai mare golgheter al Clujului, Mihai Adam "bombardierul" lui U și CFR" [Another sad news for Romanian football. The greatest goalscorer of Cluj, Mihai Adam "bomber" of U and CFR, died] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mihai Adam, primul golgeter din istoria CFR-ului" [Mihai Adam, the first goalscorer in the history of the CFR] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Doliu în fotbalul românesc. Mihai Adam, o legendă a Clujului, s-a stins din viaţă! Cariera fabuloasă, aici ai toate cifrele" [Mourning in Romanian football. Mihai Adam, a legend of Cluj, passed away! Fabulous career, here are all the numbers] (in Romanian). Orangesport.ro. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Fostul fotbalist Mihai Adam a murit" [Former footballer Mihai Adam died] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Marele fotbalist Mihai Adam a murit" [The great footballer Mihai Adam died] (in Romanian). Dcnews.ro. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "A murit încă un greu al fotbalului românesc! Mihai Adam, fost golgheter de rasă atât la "U", cât și la CFR Cluj, s-a stins din viață la vârsta de 75 de ani!" [Another legend of Romanian football has died! Mihai Adam, former top scorer both at "U" and at CFR Cluj, died at the age of 75!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Fostul international Mihai Adam a incetat din viata la varsta de 75 de ani" [Former international Mihai Adam died at the age of 75] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Mihai Adam. Golgeter adevărat" [Mihai Adam. Real goalscorer] (in Romanian). Ovidiublag.ro. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Mihai Adam profile" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mihai Adam at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  11. ^ "U Cluj vs Politehnica Timisoara - Liga1 1962–1963". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1964–1965". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Mihai Adam. Cup Winners Cup 1965/1966". WorldFootball. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1967–68 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  15. ^ "Ei sunt copiii Clujului! Vezi cum arată 11-le ideal din toate timpurile format din jucătorii crescuţi de U și CFR" [They are the children of Cluj! See how the first 11 of all times looks like with the players raised by U and CFR] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Mihai Adam referee profile". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Stadionul comunității din Câmpia Turzii este din nou acasă!" [The community stadium from Câmpia Turzii is back home!] (in Romanian). Turdanews.ro. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Mihai Adam profile". 11v11. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  19. ^ "Ion Oblemenco ar fi împlinit azi 75 de ani! Legendarul jucător nu a prins niciodată naționala. Care sunt cei mai buni fotbaliști fără vreun minut pentru România" [Ion Oblemenco would have turned 75 today! The legendary player never caught the national team. Who are the best footballers without any minutes for Romania] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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