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Doru Toma (born 21 July 1957) is a Romanian former football central midfielder.




Career


Doru Toma was born on 21 July 1957 in Romania, starting to play junior level football at Argeș Pitești. He made his Divizia A debut on 7 December 1975 in a 2–1 home win in front of Dinamo București. He started playing in European competitions in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup edition when he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round, scoring a goal in the 5–1 aggregate victory. In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, however they lost the second one with 5–2 in which he scored once after an assist from Sevastian Iovănescu, thus the campaign ending. In the same season he helped Argeș win the title, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 32 games in which he scored once. In the following season they passed AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest.
In 1987, Toma went to play for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where on 25 June he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–0 away loss in front of Oțelul Galați, the team relegating at the end of the season. He stayed one season with Chimia in Divizia B, then he moved to Dacia Pitești in the same league, retiring in 1989. Doru Toma has a total of 186 matches with seven goals scored in Divizia A, also playing a total of six games with two goals in European competitions.




Honours


Argeș Pitești

Divizia A: 1978–79




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References

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