which was coached by his former Carmen București teammate, Valentin Stănescu. Marian went to have some short spells at Farul Constanța and Argeș Pitești before going at Rapid București where he won the 1971–72 Cupa României after a 2–0 victory in the final against Jiul Petroșani. At Rapid he also had his first European performances, helping the team reach the eight-finals in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign after eliminating, for the first time in the history of Romanian football, an Italian team, Napoli, afterwards eliminating Legia Warsaw, being eliminated by the team who would eventually win the competition, Tottenham, also taking part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign when the team reached the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS and Rapid Wien. In 1973 he went to coach abroad in Algeria at Boufarik and JS Kabylie, afterwards returning for one season at Rapid București and from 1979 until his retirement at age 67 in 1989 he coached Romania's under 21 national team. Bazil Marian died on 19 January 2008 in Bucharest at age 85 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease in the last years of his life, being buried in the town's Andronache cemetery. Honours Player Locomotiva București Divizia B: 1952 Manager Jiul Petroșani Divizia B: 1960–61 Dinamo București Cupa României: 1967–68 Rapid București Cupa României: 1971–72 Notes References External links Bazil Marian player profile at Labtof.ro Bazil Marian manager profile at Labtof.ro 1922 births 2008 deaths People from Ocna Mureș Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football midfielders Association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Rapid București players FC Carmen București players Victoria Cluj players Romanian football managers FC Rapid București managers CSM Jiul Petroșani managers FC Dinamo București managers FCV Farul Constanța managers FC Argeș Pitești managers JS Kabylie managers Romania national football team managers Romanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Algeria Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria WA Boufarik managers