Radu Troi

Radu Troi, (12 June 1949 in Dragomireşti Vale, Ilfov), is a former Romanian professional football player.

Radu Troi was born on 12 June 1949 in Dragomireşti Vale, Ilfov, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1966, aged 18 at UREMOAS București, moving two years later at Dinamo București.^[1][2][3] In the middle of the 1971–72 season he left Dinamo as he made no appearances in the league for them, going to play at Divizia B club, Metalul București.^[1][2]

In 1972 he went for two seasons at title holders Argeș Pitești, working with coach Florin Halagian, making his Divizia A debut on 20 August in a 2–1 away loss in front of UTA Arad, also in the same season he played in three games from the 1972–73 European Cup campaign, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round against whom he scored a goal, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid but lost the second leg with 3–1.^[1][2][4][5] In his last season spent at Argeș, Troi scored a personal record of nine league goals.^[1]

In 1975 he went to play for Steaua București where in his first season he helped the club win The Double, being used by coach Emerich Jenei in 23 league games in which he scored four goals, also appearing all the minutes in the 2–1 win over CSU Galați from the Cupa României final.^[1][4][6] In the following season he played in the both legs from the first round of the 1976–77 European Cup with Club Brugge, scoring one goal in the 3–2 loss on aggregate, also reaching another Cupa României final, Jenei using him as a starter until the 72nd minute when he replaced him with Gabriel Zahiu in the eventual 2–1 loss in front of Universitatea Craiova.^[1][7][8] In the 1977–78 season, Troi scored five goals in the 26 league games Jenei used him, helping the club win another title.^[1][4] In the next two seasons, under the guidance of coach Gheorghe Constantin the team reached two more Cupa României finals, the first one ending with a 3–0 win over Sportul Studențesc București and the one from 1980 with a 2–1 loss in front of Politehnica Timișoara but he did not play in either of them.^[1][9][10] He scored a brace in the 2–0 win over AS Monaco from the first round of the 1978–79 European Cup, however they did not qualify further as they lost the first leg with 3–0.^[1][11] On 15 October 1978, Troi made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for Steaua in a 1–0 away loss with Politehnica Iași, gaining a total of 179 matches with 41 goals scored in the competition, also he played a total of nine games and scored three goals in European competitions.^[1]

When he was asked in an interview what was the most beautiful moment of his career, Troi praised his former Argeș teammate, Nicolae Dobrin:"The fact that I had the opportunity to play with Dobrin. For me, he was the best Romanian footballer, by far and it was the most beautiful moment in my life to be able to be a teammate with such a footballer."^[2]

Radu Troi played 15 games and scored two goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Valentin Stănescu on 18 April 1973 in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 loss in front of Soviet Union.^[12][13] His following two games were two victories against Albania and East Germany at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, afterwards appearing in a draw with Denmark at the Euro 1976 qualifiers.^[12] He scored his first goal for the national team in a friendly which ended 2–2 with Soviet Union, then scoring another one in a victory against Bulgaria at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup, his last appearance for The Tricolours taking place on 21 September 1977 in a 6–1 home win over Greece in a friendly.^[12]

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Radu Troi goal.^[12]

#	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 November 1975	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania	10	Soviet Union	1–0	2–2	Friendly
2	28 November 1976	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania	12	Bulgaria	1–1	3–2	1973–76 Balkan Cup

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78^[14]
• Cupa României: 1975–76, 1978–79, runner-up 1976–77, 1979–80^[7][9][14]

• Radu Troi at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Radu Troi at National-Football-Teams.com
• Radu Troi at WorldFootball.net