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Iosif Vigu
Romanian former footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iosif Vigu (born 15 May 1946) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a left back.[1][2][3] He was also a manager.[2]
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Vigu was born on 15 May 1946 in Șimian, Bihor, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Crișul Oradea.[1] In 1983, he moved to Flamura Roșie Oradea where he started his senior career in Divizia B.[1] After a short period spent at Olimpia Oradea in Divizia C, Vigu joined Crișul Oradea and made his Divizia A debut on 4 April 1965 under coach Ladislau Zilahi in a 1–0 away loss to Minerul Baia Mare.[1][4]
In 1966, Varga went to Steaua București where he stayed until 1980, but his time was interrupted in the 1973–74 season when he was loaned to FC Constanța.[1][2][3][5] He won his first championship title in the 1967–68 season, being used by coach Ștefan Kovács in four games in which he scored two goals.[1][2][3][6] Subsequently, he won two more in the 1975–76 and 1977–78 seasons, with coach Emerich Jenei using him in 34 matches each season, scoring three goals in the former.[1][2][3][6] During his period spent with The Military Men, he also won six Cupa României, but played in only four of the finals.[1][2][3][7] He played 21 games with one goal scored in European competitions.[1][2][3] In the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign he played six games, as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminating Hibernians and Barcelona, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on the away goal rule by Bayern Munich.[1][2][3][8] For the way he played in 1977, Vigu was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.[9]
In the 1980–81 season, he played for ASA Târgu Mureș for which he made his last Divizia A appearance on 21 June 1981 in a 3–0 home victory against Politehnica Timișoara, totaling 404 appearances with 34 goals in the competition.[1][2][3] He was the first player to reach 400 appearances in Divizia A, a milestone that led to the press coining the term "Iosif Vigu Club" for any footballer achieving this feat in the Romanian top-league.[10] Vigu ended his playing career in 1982 after spending one season in Divizia C at ASA Chimia Buzău.[1][2][3]
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International career
Vigu played 22 matches for Romania and scored two goals, making his debut under coach Angelo Niculescu in a Euro 1972 qualification match which ended with a 3–0 victory against Finland.[11][12] He scored his first goal in a 4–0 win over Turkey in the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[11][13] Vigu played four games during the 1978 World Cup qualifiers, opening the score in a 6–4 loss to Yugoslavia.[11][14] In the Euro 1980 qualifiers, Vigu appeared in two games, a 3–2 home victory against Yugoslavia and a 1–0 away loss to Spain.[11][15] He also played two games for Romania's Olympic team without scoring.[11]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vigu goal.[11]
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Managerial career
Vigu coached teams mostly from the Romanian lower leagues such as ASA Chimia Buzău, Olimpia Satu Mare, Minerul Turț, Armătura Zalău and Someșul Satu Mare.[2][3] He contributed to the formation of footballers Tiberiu Csik, Zoltan Ritli, Daniel Prodan and Gábor Gerstenmájer.[2][3] He had only a short spell in Divizia A when he coached Minerul Baia Mare in five games in the 1994–95 season.[16]
Honours
Steaua București
- Divizia A: 1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78[1]
- Cupa României: 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1978–79[1]
Individual
- Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1977[9]
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