Rodion Cămătaru
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Cămătaru with U Craiova circa 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rodion Gorun Cămătaru | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1958 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Strehaia, Romania | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1974 | Progresul Strehaia | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1974–1986 | Universitatea Craiova | 289 | (122) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Dinamo București | 89 | (76) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Charleroi | 29 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Heerenveen | 71 | (26) | |||||||||||
| Total | 478 | (230) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1990 | Romania | 74 | (21) | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Romania University | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Rodion Gorun Cămătaru (Romanian: [rodiˈon kəməˈtaru]; born 22 June 1958) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
He is best known for his prolific scoring record in Romanian domestic football, particularly with Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo București.
Cămătaru began his senior career with Universitatea Craiova in 1974, where he played a key role during the club's most successful period. He won two Romanian league titles (1980, 1981) and four Cupa României trophies (1977, 1978, 1981, 1983), scoring over 120 goals for the club. In 1986, he transferred to Dinamo București, where he became the league's top scorer in the 1986–87 season with 44 goals and was awarded the European Golden Shoe, an honor that later became a subject of controversy.
Internationally, Cămătaru represented Romania from 1978 to 1990, earning 74 caps and scoring 21 goals. He was part of the squad at the 1984 European Championship and the 1990 World Cup.
After retiring from football, Cămătaru pursued business ventures and is now an active entrepreneur. Across his domestic career, he made more than 370 appearances in Romania’s top division, scoring nearly 200 goals.