Marian Damaschin was born on 1 May 1965 in Urziceni, Romania, starting to play football at Rapid București, including spending one season in Divizia A in which he scored two goals in 25 matches.
[1][2] On 28 May 1986 he opened the score in the 2–1 win over rivals Steaua București, then on 25 June in the Cupa României final, coach Mircea Lucescu used him all the minutes as he scored the goal of the 1–0 victory against the same team, at the time of these both events, The Military Men were the recent winners of the European Cup.
[1][2][5][7] In the following season he scored 15 goals in 31 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, including one in a 1–0 victory against Steaua which earned him a transfer in Netherlands at Feyenoord where he was colleague with fellow Romanian, Ioan Sabău.
[1][2][8][10][11] Marian Damaschin ended his career by spending one season in France at Championnat National club, Grenoble Isère.
[1][2][12] Marian Damaschin played five friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 2 March 1986 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him on the field in the 65th minute in order to replace Romulus Gabor in a 1–0 victory against Egypt.