Career
He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda, who also played professional football. Zavoda played as striker for Phoenix Baia Mare (1947–1948), CFR Bucureşti (1948–1949) and then Steaua Bucureşti (1950–1960). He played a total of 200 games in Divizia A and scored 43 goals.
Zavoda was assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti (1964–1966) and American Statistical Association Târgu Mureş (1979–1986) and head coach at Progresul Brăila (1986).