Английская Википедия:Christos Metskas
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Шаблон:Football player infobox Christos Metskas (until 2007, Hristos Mețcas, Greek: Χρήστος Μέτσκας; born 17 June 1935) is a former footballer and football coach. Born in Greece, he acquired Greek citizenship in 2000,[1] but remained stateless until he obtained Romanian citizenship in 2004.[2][3]
Early life
Metskas was born in Slimnitsa, Greece,[2][4] the second of six children, to Stavros and Eleftheria.[2] In the autumn of 1947, following the eruption of the Greek Civil War, he fled from Greece to Albania with his entire family; being then separated by his family – with his parents eventually settling in Hungary –[5] and reached Romania by hiding on a cargo train that crossed the entire Yugoslavia, together with other Greek kids.[2]
He initially settled in Orăștie, where he learned Romanian, before being sent to work in Ștefănești in 1949,[2] and then moving to Bucharest,[5] where he re-united with one of his brothers.[2] In 1953, he graduated from the electro-technical vocational school in Craiova as a foundryman.Шаблон:Citation needed
Club career
Metskas started playing football at school, before joining the youth team of TAPL București, and then moving to Giurgiu-based club Flamura Roșie, where he made his first-team debut in 1953.[2] In 1957, after being noticed by a representative of UTA Arad during a match,[2] he officially joined the club following a successful trial, during which he had reportedly impressed team leader József Pecsovszky.[4]
Metskas went on to become a regular starter for UTA under manager Coloman Braun-Bogdan, who initially played him as a left winger in a WM formation; after shifting to the right side, Metskas would play as a forward for four years, before moving to the midfield and, finally, settling in the sweeper role.[2] Throughout his years at the club, he played alongside players such as Pecsovszky,[4] Ion Pârcălab,[2] Gheorghe Băcuț, Flavius Domide, Zoltan Farmati, Toma Jurcă, Iosif Lereter and Gavril Serfözö, among others.[4] Since, there were just a few people of Greek origin living in Arad, he was nicknamed "The Greek" by the supporters.[2]
Metskas received and accepted an offer from Greek club Olympiacos: however, the deal fell through as a result of the coup d'état by the Greek junta, since the national borders of Greece were closed before he could obtain all the necessary paperwork to enter the country.[5][6]
He reached with UTA the 1966 Cupa României final in which manager Nicolae Dumitrescu used him as a starter, however they lost with 4–0 in front of Steaua București.[7] In 1968, following a fall-out with Dumitrescu, Metskas left the team.[2][5] He played a total of 217 Divizia A matches for the club,[8][9] scoring 16 goals in the process.[10]
Managerial career
Between 1969 and 1972 he worked as a player and assistant coach of the senior team of the club Vulturii Textila Lugoj, the head coach being Mihai Țârlea sr.[2], as well as coach of the republican junior team of the same club. Between 1972 and 1974 he worked as coach of Gloria Arad,[2] afterwards in the 1974–1975 championship he coached Stăruința Dorobanți,[2] and since 1975 until 1979 he worked as assistant coach of Strungul Arad, the main coach being Emanoil Gherghel.[4]
Between 1980 and 1990 he worked as head coach of the Republican junior team of UTA,[4] with Ștefan Mândru, Francisc Tisza and Dorel Cura as assistants over time, with a one-year break, during which he worked as coach of the senior team of the club Progresul Pecica. Among his pupils, the following became well-known footballers who played in the first and second league: Raoul Burtea, Ștefan Crișan, Nicolae Dehelean, Lucian Dronca, Gheorghe Gheorghieș, Decebal Codru Grădinariu, Iulian Mihalache, Attila Pap, Dan Țapoș, Mihai Țârlea jr., Marius Țucudean, Adrian Ungur, Florian Voinea and Doru Vușcan.[8][10]
Personal life
In 1974, Metskas married Maria Ricean, a lawyer at the Arad bar, with whom he had a son.[8][10] He acquired Greek citizenship in 2000,[1] but maintained de facto the status of stateless person until 2004, when he also obtained Romanian citizenship.[2][3]
Honours
UTA Arad
- Cupa României runner-up: 1965–66[7]
Bibliography
- Costin, Ionel & Romanescu, Radu, Christos Metskas, Odyssey of a winner (Arad, Romania, Carmel&Print Design SRL, 2017)[8]
- Mecheș, Ionel, Christos Metskas, A Gentleman from the Old Lady's Court, UTA (Arad, Romania, Azbest Publishing, 2020) Шаблон:ISBN[10]
- Stoica, Teodor, The Arad of Old Times (Arad, Romania, "Vasile Goldiș" Western University, 2023) Шаблон:ISBN[11]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 2,11 2,12 2,13 2,14 2,15 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ In the cited interview, Metskas stated he received an offer from Olympiacos in 1965, although the coup d'etat by the Greek junta took place two years later.
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 10,3 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
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