Doru Toma (21 July 1957 â 21 November 2025) was a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder. Spending almost his entire career with ArgeàPiteÃÂti, he won the Divizia A once.
Toma was born in PiteÃÂti, Romania on 21 July 1957, and began playing junior-level football at local club ArgeÃÂ. He made his Divizia A debut on 7 December 1975 under coach Florin Halagian in a 2âÂÂ1 home win over Dinamo BucureÃÂti. In the 1978âÂÂ79 UEFA Cup edition, he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round, scoring a goal in the 5âÂÂ1 aggregate victory. In the following round they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2âÂÂ1 win in the first leg, but they lost the second one with 5âÂÂ2 in which he scored once after an assist from Sevastian IovÃÂnescu, thus the campaign ended. In the same season he helped Argeàwin the title, being used by coach Halagian in 32 games in which he scored once. In the following season they got past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979âÂÂ80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest.
In 1987, Toma joined Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea where on 25 June he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4âÂÂ0 away loss to OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi, the team being relegated at the end of the season. He stayed one season with Chimia in Divizia B, then moved to Dacia PiteÃÂti in the same league, retiring in 1989. Toma has a total of 186 matches with seven goals in Divizia A and six games with two goals in European competitions.
Toma died on 21 November 2025, at the age of 68.
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