He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda who was also an International footballer and they played together at Steaua București.
He played a total of 200 games in Divizia A and scored 43 goals.
He was champion of Romania in five occasions and won four Romanian Cups.
He was also part of Romania's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
[4] Zavoda was assistant coach at Steaua București (1964–1966) and ASA Târgu Mureş (1979–1980) and head coach at Progresul Brăila (1983).