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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1946-05-15)15 May 1946 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Șimian, Bihor, Romania[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1958–1963 | Crișul Oradea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1964 | Flamura Roșie Oradea | ||
| 1964 | Olimpia Oradea | ||
| 1965–1966 | Crișul Oradea | 26 | (1) |
| 1966–1980 | Steaua București | 313 | (27) |
| 1973–1974 | →FC Constanța (loan) | 34 | (3) |
| 1980–1981 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 31 | (3) |
| 1981–1982 | ASA Chimia Buzău | ||
| Total | 404 | (34) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1971 | Romania Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| 1970–1979 | Romania | 22 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1986 | ASA Chimia Buzău | ||
| 1987–1992 | Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
| Minerul Turț | |||
| Armătura Zalău | |||
| Someșul Satu Mare | |||
| 1994 | Minerul Baia Mare | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 December 2019 | |||
Iosif Vigu (born 15 May 1946) is aRomanian former footballer who played as aleft back.[1][2][3] He was also amanager.[2]
Vigu was born on 15 May 1946 inȘimian, Bihor, Romania and began playing junior-level football atCrișul Oradea.[1] In 1983, he moved to Flamura Roșie Oradea where he started his senior career inDivizia B.[1] After a short period spent at Olimpia Oradea inDivizia C, Vigu joinedCrișul Oradea and made hisDivizia A debut on 4 April 1965 under coachLadislau Zilahi in a 1–0 away loss toMinerul Baia Mare.[1][4]
In 1966, Varga went toSteaua București where he stayed until 1980, but his time was interrupted in the1973–74 season when he was loaned toFC Constanța.[1][2][3][5] He won his first championship title in the1967–68 season, being used by coachȘtefan Kovács in four games in which he scored two goals.[1][2][3][6] Subsequently, he won two more in the1975–76 and1977–78 seasons, with coachEmerich Jenei using him in 34 matches each season, scoring three goals in the former.[1][2][3][6] During his period spent withThe Military Men, he also won sixCupa 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 the1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign he played six games, as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminatingHibernians andBarcelona, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on theaway goal rule byBayern Munich.[1][2][3][8] For the way he played in 1977, Vigu was placed fifth in the ranking for theRomanian Footballer of the Year award.[9]
In the1980–81 season, he played forASA Târgu Mureș for which he made his last Divizia A appearance on 21 June 1981 in a 3–0 home victory againstPolitehnica 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]
Vigu played 22 matches forRomania and scored two goals, making his debut under coachAngelo Niculescu in aEuro 1972 qualification match which ended with a 3–0 victory againstFinland.[11][12] He scored his first goal in a 4–0 win overTurkey in the1977–80 Balkan Cup.[11][13] Vigu played four games during the1978 World Cup qualifiers, opening the score in a 6–4 loss toYugoslavia.[11][14] In theEuro 1980 qualifiers, Vigu appeared in two games, a 3–2 home victory againstYugoslavia and a 1–0 away loss toSpain.[11][15] He also played two games forRomania's Olympic team without scoring.[11]
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 March 1977 | Stadionul Steaua,Bucharest, Romania | 3 |  Turkey | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup |
| 2 | 13 November 1977 | Stadionul Steaua,Bucharest, Romania | 11 |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 4–6 | 1978 World Cup qualifiers |
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 footballersTiberiu Csik,Zoltan Ritli,Daniel Prodan andGábor Gerstenmájer.[2][3] He had only a short spell inDivizia A when he coachedMinerul Baia Mare in five games in the1994–95 season.[16]
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