Lazăr Sfera

Lazăr Sfera
Sfera (left) tackling Vasile Naciu of Juventus in 1938
Personal information
Date of birth 29 April 1909
Place of birth Végszentmihály, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 24 August 1992 (aged 83)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1923–1925 Politehnica Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1929 Politehnica Timișoara
1929 Banatul Timișoara
1929–1931 România Cluj
1931–1934 Universitatea Cluj 27 (2)
1934–1941 Venus București 132 (3)
International career
1931–1941 Romania 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lazăr Sfera (29 April 1909, in Végszentmihály, Austria-Hungary (today Lokve, Serbia) – 24 April 1992) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Career

He began his career at the youth team of Politehnica Timișoara from 1923 to 1925. He stayed at the club until 1929. He then left for Divizia A club Banatul Timișoara before signing for one season at Rômania Cluj. He then left for Universitatea Cluj until 1934. He ended his career at Venus București. He retired in 1941.

Sfera was a member of Romania's 1934 World Cup team in Italy, but were eliminated in the round of 16 after a 2–1 defeat to Czechoslovakia.[1]

He also represented his country at the 1938 World Cup in France.

Honours

Venus București

References

  1. ^ Nicolae, Razvan (4 February 2018). "Italia, victorie finală pentru Mussolini! Tricolorii, la un pas să rateze Mondialul din 1934". Fanatik.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 August 2018.


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