[3] Mihai Zamfir was born on 22 January 1955 in Moșoaia, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1971 at Argeș Pitești.
[1][6] In the following season they passed AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, the team being eliminated in the following one by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest, Zamfir receiving a red card for repeated fouls in the 80th minute of the first leg.
[1] Zamfir ended his career in 1989, after playing in Divizia B for Inter Sibiu and Dacia Pitești, helping the first earn promotion to the first league.
[1][2] Mihai Zamfir played 10 games for Romania, making his debut under coach Ștefan Kovács when he came as a substitute and replaced Florin Cheran in the 24th minute of a 2–0 victory against Bulgaria at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.
[2][3] He also worked as an assistant for Nicolae Dobrin and Florin Halagian at Argeș Pitești and at Dacia Mioveni for Cornel Iliescu.