Stere Adamache, nicknamed "Baronul" (The Baron), was born on 17 August 1941 in Galați, Romania.

[1][2][3][4] He remained at Steagul over the course of 13 seasons, the highlights of this period being a fourth place in the 1964–65 Divizia A season and 10 games played in European competitions, including a 4–2 against Espanyol Barcelona at the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 3–2 victory on aggregate against Beşiktaş at the 1974–75 UEFA Cup, also at end of the 1967–68 Divizia A season, the club relegated to Divizia B, but Adamache stayed with the club, promoting back to the first division after one year.

[5] He played his last Divizia A match on 29 June 1975 in a 2–1 home victory against Dinamo București, a competition in which he has a total of 253 appearances.

[1][3] Stere Adamache played seven games at international level for Romania, making his debut in a friendly, under coach Angelo Niculescu, when he came as a substitute and replaced Rică Răducanu at half-time in a 2–0 loss against France.

[7][9][10] Adamache was a member of Steagul Roșu Brașov's "Mexican trio", alongside Mihai Ivăncescu and Nicolae Pescaru who were part of Romania's 1970 Mexico World Cup squad, playing in all three games, including a 3–2 loss against Brazil in which he conceded two goals from Pelé and Jairzinho, being replaced in the 29th minute by Rică Răducanu, in the first goalkeeper substitution in the World Cup history.