Gogu Tonca
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-05-02)2 May 1947[1]
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania[2]
Date of death 23 October 2010(2010-10-23) (aged 63)[3]
Place of death Petroșani, Romania[3]
Position(s) Central defender[2]
Youth career
1959–1966 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1976 Jiul Petroșani 176 (4)
1976–1977 Corvinul Hunedoara
1977–1978 Minerul Lupeni
Managerial career
1980–1982 Jiul Petroșani (assistant)
1983–1984 Jiul Petroșani
1989–1990 Jiul Petroșani
1994 Jiul Petroșani (caretaker)
1994–1995 Minerul Livezeni
Minerul Lupeni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gogu Tonca (2 May 1947 – 23 October 2010) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central defender and a manager.

Career

Gogu Tonca was born on 2 May 1947 in Bucharest and started practicing boxing before reorienting towards football at the junior squads of Steaua București.[1][2] In 1966 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ștefan Coidum in a 1–0 loss against Dinamo București.[2] After playing in the first seasons at Jiul Petroșani as a right or left defender, Tonca started to play alongside Andrei Stocker in the central defense, where they became known for their tough way of playing, being considered by some as the most aggressive couple of defenders in Divizia A's history.[2] Tonca in particular was known for his way of approaching his opponents before the start of home games, by going at them and telling them to not be so ambitious in their play if they don't want to be tackled hard, as he has four kids who are waiting for him at home and he needs to win the game and receive the victory money in order to provide for them.[2][4] He appeared in 176 Divizia A matches for Jiul, played two Cupa României finals, winning one and made two appearances in the double against Dundee United in the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup in which he scored a goal in the 2–0 home victory of the second leg as the team lost with 3–2 on aggregate.[2][5][6][7][8] In 1976, Tonca went to play for one year at Divizia A team Corvinul Hunedoara, moving in 1977 at Minerul Lupeni in Divizia B where he ended his playing career.[2]

After he retired from his playing career, Tonca started working as an assistant for his former teammate, Petre Libardi at Jiul Petroșani, shortly after he became head coach of the team and he also coached Minerul Lupeni.[2] His nephew, Andrei Tonca was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Jiul Petroșani, among other teams.[5][3][9] Gogu Tonca died on 23 October 2010.[2][4][5][10]

Honours

Jiul Petroșani

References

  1. 1 2 Gogu Tonca at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ticăloșii fără glorie Povestea celui mai dur cuplu de fundași centrali din istoria Ligii 1: "Ne loveau încă de pe tunelul întunecat. Era îngrozitor"" [The gloryless villains. The story of the toughest pair of central defenders in the history of Liga 1: "They were starting to hit us from the dark tunnel. It was awful."] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Gogu Tonca a fost înmormîntat astăzi" [Gogu Tonca was buried today] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "S-a stins felinarul Jiului" [Jiul's lantern went out] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "A murit Gogu Tonca!" [Gogu Tonca has died!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jiul Petroşani. Special. Cei mai loiali jiulişti" [Jiul Petroşani. Special. The most loyal Jiul players] (in Romanian). Gddhd.ro. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Dundee United vs. Jiul Petroșani 3 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jiul Petroșani vs. Dundee United 2 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Victorie pentru Gogu Tonca!" [Victory for Gogu Tonca!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Gogu Tonca a fost condus pe ultimul drum" [Gogu Tonca was driven on the last road] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Romanian Cup 1971-1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Romanian Cup 1973-1974". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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