Florea Martinovici

Florea Martinovici was a Romanian footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Martinovici was born on 19 April 1940 in Băilești, Romania and began playing football in 1954 at local club Metalul. In 1959 he moved to Șoimii Timișoara, but after one year he returned to Metalul. In 1961 he joined Jiul Petroșani where he made his Divizia A debut on 27 August under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–0 away victory against UTA Arad in which he scored the goal. The team was relegated at the end of his first season. He stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league at the end of the 1965–66 season. In 1967, Martinovici went to Universitatea Craiova. There, he made his only two appearances in European competitions in the 4–2 aggregate loss to Pécsi Dózsa in the first round of the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. On 12 December 1971, he made his last Divizia A appearance in Craiova's 2–0 home win over Farul Constanța, totaling 142 matches with 13 goals in the competition. In 1972 he joined Minerul Motru in Divizia C, helping them gain promotion to the second league after one year. Subsequently, Martinovici ended his career after playing 12 games during the 1973–74 Divizia B season.

Martinovici was the first Universitatea Craiova player who played for Romania's national team. He made his debut on 23 April 1967 under coach Ilie Oană in a 7–0 victory against Cyprus in the Euro 1968 qualifiers in which he scored a goal. Subsequently, he made one more appearance for the national team in a 2–0 victory against Switzerland during the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
2	23 April 1967	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania		2–0	7–0	Euro 1968 qualifiers

Martinovici died on 16 June 2011 at age 71.

Jiul Petroșani

Minerul Motru