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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1920-01-09)9 January 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Arad, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 6 June 1993(1993-06-06) (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Reșița, Romania | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CA Arad | |||
| AMEF Arad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1940 | AMEF Arad | 35 | (–) |
| 1940–1945 | Kolozsvári AC | 32 | (8) |
| 1945–1953 | Flamura Roșie Arad | 135 | (7) |
| Total | 202 | (15) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1953–1956 | Locomotiva Arad | ||
| 1956 | Flamura Roșie Arad | ||
| 1957–1960 | UTA Arad (assistant) | ||
| 1960–1962 | UTA Arad | ||
| 1962–1963 | UTA Arad (assistant) | ||
| 1965–1971 | UTA Arad (assistant) | ||
| 1971–1977 | CSM Reșița | ||
| 1977–1978 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 April 2020 | |||
Ioan Reinhardt (also known asJános Radnai; born 9 January 1920 – 6 June 1993*) was aRomanianfootballer and manager. As a footballer, Reinhardt, who was amidfielder, played in 202 matches forAMEF Arad,Kolozsvári AC andFlamura Roșie Arad and scored 15 goals. Reinhardt won three titles and twoRomanian Cups with Flamura.[1]
After retirement, Reinhardt was the manager ofLocomotiva Arad until 1956, when he signed a contract withUTA Arad (formerFlamura Roșie).[2] Reinhardt was the manager of UTA in other two seasons,1960–61 and1961–62 and in all of its three spells,Nicolae Dumitrescu was his assistant coach. During1962–63 season he was the assistant manager of famousJózsef Pecsovszky, subsequently making team again withNicolae Dumitrescu, this time with Dumitrescu as manager and Reinhardt as assistant coach. This period was the most successful in the history ofUTA Arad, club which under the leadership ofDumitrescu–Reinhardt duo won another two titles, played a Romanian Cup final and eliminated the great team ofFeyenoord during the1970–71 European Cup season. At that time, Feyenoord were the defending champions.
Reinhardt left UTA in 1971 and moved toCSM Reșița, in the second league. In his first season, former UTA manager promoted "Milan from Banat" in the top-flight and maintained it at that level until 1977. In the autumn of 1977, Reinhardt was sacked andCicerone Manolache was hired as the new manager. CSM relegated at the end of that season and since then, that period remained the most constant and successful period for the club, afterWorld War II. With this results, Reinhardt entered in Reșița's hall of fame as well.[3]
At short time after he left CSM, Reinhardt was named as the manager ofFC Bihor Oradea, a first tier club at that time. At the end of the season, FC Bihor saved from relegation and Reinhardt left his mark once again, in decisive way. During this short period, former UTA's player and manager was helped by Alexandru Muta as assistant coach, while important players such asPaul Popovici,Ioan Naom orAttila Kun were part of the squad.[4]
After this season, Reinhardt retired from the football management. He died in June 1993, exactly in the day in which UTA promoted back toDivizia A, after 11 years of absence. The date of death is unclear, but most probably 6 June 1993.[5]