[[File:UTA Arad 1965.jpg|thumb|left|160px|{{center|Domide (bottom row, second from the left) with UTA Arad in 1965}}]]
[[File:UTA Arad 1965.jpg|thumb|left|160px|{{center|Domide (bottom row, second from the left) with UTA Arad in 1965}}]]
[[File:Flavius Domide en Gheorghe Gornea (1970).jpg|thumb|left|160px|{{center|Domide (left) with UTA teammate [[Gheorghe Gornea]] in 1970}}]]
[[File:Flavius Domide en Gheorghe Gornea (1970).jpg|thumb|left|160px|{{center|Domide (left) with UTA teammate [[Gheorghe Gornea]] in 1970}}]]
Domide was born in [[Arad, Romania]] on 7 May 1946, and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood.<ref name=sportul>{{cite web | url=https://sportularadean.ro/la-multi-ani-flavius-domide-copilul-teribil-al-fotbalului-aradean-implineste-74-de-ani/ | title=La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! “Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean” împlinește 74 de ani | publisher=Sportularadean.ro | language=Romanian | trans-title=Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! “The terrible child of Arad football” turns 74 years old | date=7 May 2020 | access-date=4 November 2021 | archive-date=4 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104204154/https://sportularadean.ro/la-multi-ani-flavius-domide-copilul-teribil-al-fotbalului-aradean-implineste-74-de-ani/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He later went to play for the juniors of [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]].<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|623/flavius-virgil-domide}}</ref> He made his [[Liga I|Divizia A]] debut on 28 August 1966 in UTA’s 0–0 draw against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]].<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/> Under the guidance of coach [[Nicolae Dumitrescu]], Domide won two consecutive league titles with ”The Old Lady” in the [[Divizia A 1968–69|1968–69]] and [[Divizia A 1969–70|1969–70]] seasons, at the first contributing with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals.<ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204221426/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He also made some European performances with UTA, such as eliminating defending champions [[Feyenoord]] in the [[1970–71 European Cup]] season.<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/> In the [[1971–72 UEFA Cup]], Domide helped them reach the quarter-finals, playing eight matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]], one against [[Zagłębie Wałbrzych]], one against [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]] and his team’s only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] who eventually won the competition.<ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tackle.ro/fotbalul-de-alta-data-uta-arad-tottenham-hotspur-cupa-uefa-1972/ | title=Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972 | publisher=Tackle.ro | language=Romanian | trans-title=Football of another time: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972 | date=10 February 2019 | access-date=4 November 2021 | archive-date=27 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127150249/https://tackle.ro/fotbalul-de-alta-data-uta-arad-tottenham-hotspur-cupa-uefa-1972/ | url-status=live }}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/flavius-domide/uefa-cup-1971-1972/uta-arad/3/|title=Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972|access-date=16 January 2023|archive-date=18 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118195432/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/flavius-domide/uefa-cup-1971-1972/uta-arad/3/|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA’s 1–0 home loss to [[FC Gloria Buzău|Gloria Buzău]], having a total of 342 games with 75 goals in the competition, and also totaling 16 matches with six goals in European competitions.<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/> Domide retired in 1980, after he spent the last year of his career at [[Vagonul Arad]] in the [[Liga III|third division]], helping them gain promotion to the [[Liga II|second division]].<ref name=sportul/>
Domide was born in [[Arad, Romania]] on 7 May 1946, and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood.<ref name=sportul>{{cite web | url=https://sportularadean.ro/la-multi-ani-flavius-domide-copilul-teribil-al-fotbalului-aradean-implineste-74-de-ani/ | title=La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! “Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean” împlinește 74 de ani | publisher=Sportularadean.ro | language=Romanian | trans-title=Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! “The terrible child of Arad football” turns 74 years old | date=7 May 2020 | access-date=4 November 2021 | archive-date=4 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104204154/https://sportularadean.ro/la-multi-ani-flavius-domide-copilul-teribil-al-fotbalului-aradean-implineste-74-de-ani/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He later went to play for the juniors of [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]].<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|623/flavius-virgil-domide}}</ref> He made his [[Liga I|Divizia A]] debut on 28 August 1966 in UTA’s 0–0 draw against [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]].<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/> Under the guidance of coach [[Nicolae Dumitrescu]], Domide won two consecutive league titles with ”The Old Lady” in the [[Divizia A 1968–69|1968–69]] and [[Divizia A 1969–70|1969–70]] seasons, at the first contributing with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals.<ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204221426/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He also made some European performances with UTA, such as eliminating defending champions [[Feyenoord]] in the [[1970–71 European Cup]] season.<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/> In the [[1971–72 UEFA Cup]], Domide helped them reach the quarter-finals, playing eight matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]], one against [[Zagłębie Wałbrzych]], one against [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória Setúbal]] and his team’s only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] who eventually won the competition.<ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://tackle.ro/fotbalul-de-alta-data-uta-arad-tottenham-hotspur-cupa-uefa-1972/ | title=Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972 | publisher=Tackle.ro | language=Romanian | trans-title=Football of another time: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972 | date=10 February 2019 | access-date=4 November 2021 | archive-date=27 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127150249/https://tackle.ro/fotbalul-de-alta-data-uta-arad-tottenham-hotspur-cupa-uefa-1972/ | url-status=live }}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/flavius-domide/uefa-cup-1971-1972/uta-arad/3/|title=Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972|access-date=16 January 2023|archive-date=18 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118195432/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/flavius-domide/uefa-cup-1971-1972/uta-arad/3/|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA’s 1–0 home loss to [[FC Gloria Buzău|Gloria Buzău]], having a total of 342 games with 75 goals in the competition, and also totaling 16 matches with six goals in European competitions.<ref name=GSP/><ref name=sportul/><ref name=RS/> Domide retired in 1980, after he spent the last year of his career at [[Vagonul Arad]] in the [[Liga III|third division]], helping them gain promotion to the [[Liga II|second division]].<ref name=sportul/>
==International career==
==International career==
For representing his country at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970 World Cup]], Domide was decorated by [[President of Romania]] [[Traian Băsescu]] on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul “Meritul Sportiv” – (The Medal “The Sportive Merit”) class III.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Monitorul_Oficial_al_Rom%C3%A2niei._Partea_I_2008-03-28%2C_nr._241.pdf |title=DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv |publisher=Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241 |date=28 March 2008 |page=3 |access-date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001092714/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Monitorul_Oficial_al_Rom%C3%A2niei._Partea_I_2008-03-28%2C_nr._241.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.presidency.ro/index.php?_RID=det&tb=date_arhiva&id=10313&_PRID=arh |title=Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc |publisher=Administrația Prezidențială |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912005010/http://old.presidency.ro/index.php?_RID=det&tb=date_arhiva&id=10313&_PRID=arh |url-status=dead }}</ref>
For representing his country at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970 World Cup]], Domide was decorated by [[President of Romania]] [[Traian Băsescu]] on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul “Meritul Sportiv” – (The Medal “The Sportive Merit”) class III.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Monitorul_Oficial_al_Rom%C3%A2niei._Partea_I_2008-03-28%2C_nr._241.pdf |title=DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv |publisher=Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241 |date=28 March 2008 |page=3 |access-date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001092714/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Monitorul_Oficial_al_Rom%C3%A2niei._Partea_I_2008-03-28%2C_nr._241.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.presidency.ro/index.php?_RID=det&tb=date_arhiva&id=10313&_PRID=arh |title=Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc |publisher=Administrația Prezidențială |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=4 November 2021 |archive-date=12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912005010/http://old.presidency.ro/index.php?_RID=det&tb=date_arhiva&id=10313&_PRID=arh |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===International goals===
==Career statistics==
:”Scores and results list Romania’s goal tally first. “Score” column indicates the score after the player’s goal.”<ref name=EU/>
:”Scores and results list Romania’s goal tally first. “Score” column indicates the score after the player’s goal.”<ref name=EU/>
|3. || 17 June 1972 || 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania || {{Fb|ITA}} ||align=”center”|”’2”’–2 || align=”center”|3–3 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|3. || 17 June 1972 || 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania || {{Fb|ITA}} ||align=”center”|”’2”’–2 || align=”center”|3–3 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
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==Honours==
==Honours==
Romanian footballer (1946–2025)
 Domide with UTA Arad |
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| Full name | Flavius Virgil Domide | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1946-05-07)7 May 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Arad, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 11 October 2025(2025-10-11) (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Arad, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| 1959–1966 | UTA Arad | ||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1979 | UTA Arad | 342 | (75) |
| 1979–1980 | Vagonul Arad | ||
| 1968–1972 | Romania[a] | 19 | (3) |
| 1981–1983 | Carpați Mârșa | ||
| 1983–1984 | UTA Arad | ||
| 1984–1987 | UTA Arad (juniors) | ||
| 1987–1989 | Oțelul Ștei | ||
| 1989–1991 | Strungul Arad | ||
| 1991–1992 | Békéscsaba | ||
| 1992–1993 | UTA Arad | ||
| 1994–1999 | UTA Arad (juniors) | ||
| 1999 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Flavius Virgil Domide (7 May 1946 – 11 October 2025) was a Romanian professional football player and coach.[3]
Club career
Domide (bottom row, second from the left) with UTA Arad in 1965
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Domide was born in Arad, Romania on 7 May 1946, and began playing football as a child on the streets of the Pârneava neighborhood.[4] He later went to play for the juniors of UTA Arad.[3][4][5] He made his Divizia A debut on 28 August 1966 in UTA’s 0–0 draw against Rapid București.[3][4][5] Under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu, Domide won two consecutive league titles with The Old Lady in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons, at the first contributing with eight goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he played 29 games and netted a personal record of 11 goals.[4][5][6] He also made some European performances with UTA, such as eliminating defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season.[3][4] In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Domide helped them reach the quarter-finals, playing eight matches in the campaign, scoring two goals against Austria Salzburg, one against Zagłębie Wałbrzych, one against Vitória Setúbal and his team’s only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss to Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition.[4][5][7] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 10 June 1979 in UTA’s 1–0 home loss to Gloria Buzău, having a total of 342 games with 75 goals in the competition, and also totaling 16 matches with six goals in European competitions.[3][4][5] Domide retired in 1980, after he spent the last year of his career at Vagonul Arad in the third division, helping them gain promotion to the second division.[4]
International career
Domide played 17 matches and scored three goals for Romania (19/3 including Romania’s Olympic team games), making his debut on 6 November 1968 when coach Angelo Niculescu sent him in the 77th minute to replace Nicolae Dobrin in a friendly that ended in a 0–0 draw against England.[1][8] His following game was a 2–0 victory against Switzerland in which he scored a goal in the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][9] Domide was selected by Niculescu to be part of the squad that went to the final tournament, however he did not play a single match there.[1][3][4][9] He played five matches in the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1] Domide’s last game for the national team was a 1–1 draw against Finland in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1]
For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Domide was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul “Meritul Sportiv” – (The Medal “The Sportive Merit”) class III.[10][11]
Personal life and death
A book about Domide was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean (The terrible child of Arad football), which was released on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[4][12]
Domide died in Arad on 11 October 2025, at the age of 79.[13]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Romania’s goal tally first. “Score” column indicates the score after the player’s goal.[1]
Honours
Player
UTA Arad
Vagonul Arad
Manager
UTA Arad
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g “Flavius Domide”. European Football. Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Flavius Domide at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f “RETRO GSP. Interviu de colecție cu Flavius Domide. Simbolul Aradului dezvăluie cum a ajuns să fie operat pe creier, de ce nu-i poartă pică lui Angelo Niculescu, deși n-a jucat în Mexic ’70” [RETRO GSP. Collection interview with Flavius Domide. The symbol of Arad reveals how he ended up being operated on his brain, why he does not hate Angelo Niculescu, even if he didn’t play in Mexico ’70] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k “La Mulți Ani, Flavius Domide! “Copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean” împlinește 74 de ani” [Happy Birthday, Flavius Domide! “The terrible child of Arad football” turns 74 years old] (in Romanian). Sportularadean.ro. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Flavius Domide at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ “Romania National Champions”. RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ “Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972” [Football of another time: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2021.“Flavius Domide. Europa League 1971/1972”. WorldFootball. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ “Romania 0-0 England”. European Football. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ a b “România la CM 1970. Enigma Dobrin” [România la WC 1970. The Dobrin enigma] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ “DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv” (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ “Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc”. Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ ““Roșcovanul”, sârbătorit prin vorbe și cuvinte așternute în cartea: “Flavius Domide – copilul teribil al fotbalului arădean”“ [“The redhead”, celebrated by phrases and words laid out in the book: “Flavius Domide – the terrible child of Arad football”.] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Gavrilă, Mădălina (11 October 2025). “UTA Arad, în doliu. Legendarul Flavius Domide s-a stins din viață”. iAMsport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ Mnerie, Călin (12 October 2025). “Aradul îl plânge pe Flavius Domide, cel care s-a duelat cu Bobby Charlton sau Johan Cruiff, dar nu a plecat niciodată de la UTA: „Nu îmi pare rău!”“. ProSport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
