Vasile Zavoda

Vasile Zavoda

Personal information
Full name	Vasile Zavoda / László Zavoda
Date of birth	(1929-07-26)26 July 1929
Place of birth	Rodna Veche, Bistriţa, Romania
Date of death
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1947–1948	FC Minaur Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950	FC Baia Mare
1951–1964	Steaua Bucureşti	257	(1)
1964–1965	ASA Târgu Mureş
Total		257	(1)
International career
	Romania U23	2	(0)
1951–1962	Romania	20	(0)
Managerial career
1977–1981	Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Zavoda, known as Zavoda II or Tigrul Akbar (26 July 1929 – 14 July 2014), was a Romanian football player. He was born in Rodna Veche, Bistriţa.

Overview

Zavoda played for Metalul Baia Mare between 1947 and 1951, before joining Steaua Bucureşti. In 1964, aged 35, Zavoda played his last season, for ASA Târgu Mureş. Zavoda played 257 games in Romania's Divizia A and scored two goals. He also won 20 caps for Romania, the first in 1951 against Czechoslovakia, the last one in 1962 against East Germany. He played for Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

He was the younger brother of Francisc Zavoda. Until his death he lived in Bucharest, in the same block of flats with his great friend and former team-mate Ion Voinescu. The couple met every day to discuss football and Steaua Bucureşti.