Marin Tufan (born 16 October 1942) is a Romanian former football player who played as a striker, spending most of his career playing for Farul ConstanÃÂa.
Tufan was born on 16 October 1942 in Istria, ConstanÃÂa, Romania, growing up in Sinoe. He began playing football at age 18 as a junior at Cimentul Medgidia where his first coach was Kostas Choumis. Shortly afterwards he started to play for the senior squad of Cimentul in Divizia C. He was noticed in a friendly against Farul ConstanÃÂa by the opponent's coach Petre Steinbach, who brought him to the club, giving him his Divizia A debut on 15 September 1963 in the last 20 minutes of a 2âÂÂ0 away loss to UTA Arad. In the following game, a 4âÂÂ0 home win over ÃÂtiinÃÂa TimiÃÂoara he scored a double, and his offensive partner, Constantin Dinulescu, also scored a brace. Over the course of ten seasons, Tufan appeared in 230 Divizia A matches, being the all-time Divizia A top-scorer of Farul with 62 goals. The highlight of this period was a fourth place while working with coach Virgil MÃÂrdÃÂrescu at the end of the 1966âÂÂ67 season. In the 1968âÂÂ69 season, he netted a career-best of 13 goals. He made his last appearance in the competition on 13 May 1973 in a 0âÂÂ0 draw against Petrolul PloieÃÂti. Tufan ended his career in 1977 after playing a few seasons in Divizia B at SC Tulcea.
Tufan played two games for Romania, both under coach Angelo Niculescu, making his debut on 14 May 1969 in a 1âÂÂ0 away victory against Switzerland in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers. His second game for the national team was a 1âÂÂ1 friendly draw against Yugoslavia.
Tufan was selected by Niculescu to be part of Romania's squad for the 1970 World Cup, but did not play there. For the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian BÃÂsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" â (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.
After he ended his playing career, Tufan had a short managerial career at Granitul Babadag, helping the club earn promotion to Divizia C.
Tufan's son, Sorin, was also a footballer who played in Divizia A for Farul ConstanÃÂa and Steaua BucureÃÂti.