# Vasile Maftei

Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender, currently youth center director at Liga I club Rapid București.
He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operated as a right back.

## Club career

Maftei was formed at Rapid București, where he became a key part of the team, winning one league title in 2003, one Romanian Cup and one Super Cup in 2002. In 2004, following the departure of Adrian Iencsi, he was appointed captain and won two Romanian Cups in a row in 2006 and 2007 and one Super Cup in 2007. He also reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Rapid in 2006, where they were eliminated by Steaua București.

## International career

On 26 February 2006, Maftei was called up to the Romania team for the first time, as a replacement for the injured Dorin Goian. Two days later, he scored on his Romania debut against Armenia from a header, in a 2–0 win for his country. Overall, he managed 12 caps for Romania.

## Career statistics
### Club

| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tractorul Brașov (loan) | 2000–01 | 6 | 1 | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2000–01 | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Rapid București | 2001–02 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0 |
| Rapid București | 2002–03 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Rapid București | 2003–04 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Rapid București | 2004–05 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2005–06 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | - | - | 47 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2006–07 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | - | - | 42 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2007–08 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| Rapid București | 2008–09 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 32 | 2 |
| Rapid București | Total | 211 | 9 | 17 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 263 | 10 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 2009–10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 2010–11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| Unirea Urziceni | Total | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 3 |
| CFR Cluj | 2010–11 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| CFR Cluj | 2011–12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 2 |
| CFR Cluj | 2012–13 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| CFR Cluj | 2013–14 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 3 |
| CFR Cluj | Total | 62 | 7 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 7 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 2014–15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 3 |
| Voluntari | 2015–16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Voluntari | 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 0 |
| Voluntari | 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Voluntari | Total | 66 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2017–18 | 22 | 2 | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 2 |
| Career Total | Career Total | 437 | 26 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 523 | 27 |

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | 2006 | 4 | 1 |
| Romania | 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| Romania | 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| Romania | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | Total | 12 | 1 |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 28 February 2006 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | Armenia | 1-0 | 2–0 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Club

Rapid București
* Divizia A: 2002–03
* Cupa României: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
* Supercupa României: 2002, 2003, 2007
* Liga IV – Bucharest: 2017–18
CFR Cluj
* Liga I: 2011–12
* Cupa României runner-up: 2012–13
* Supercupa României runner-up: 2012
Voluntari
* Cupa României: 2016–17
* Supercupa României: 2017