Emeric Dembroschi (born 6 October 1945) is a retired Romanian football striker.

Club career

Emerich Dembrovschi was born on 6 October 1945 in Câmpulung la Tisa,

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

and started to play football in the Romanian lower leagues at Foresta Sighet and Victoria Roman. In 1967 he was transferred at SC Bacău where he was wanted by coach

Constantin Teașcă Constantin Teașcă also known as Titi Teașcă (25 September 1922 – 30 July 1996) was a Romanian association football, football play and manager. Teașcă was the manager of Romania national football team, Romania in 1962 and 1967. He managed ...

, helping the team promote in Divizia A, a competition in which he made his debut on 20 August 1967 under coach Nicolae Dumitru, representing SC Bacău in a 2–1 victory against Steaua București in which he scored a goal. During his period spent at SC Bacău, Dembrovschi made his debut in European competitions, playing 7 games in which he scored 5 goals in the

1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was the 12th Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The competition was won by Arsenal over two legs in the final against Anderlecht. It was the first of Arsenal's two European trophies, the other being the European Cup Winn ...

, helping the club reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Arsenal who would eventually win the competition. In 1974, Dembrovschi went to play for Politehnica Timișoara where he won the

1979–80 Cupa României The 1979–80 Cupa României was the 42nd edition annual knockout tournament of Cupa României. The title was won by Politehnica Timişoara who defeated Steaua București by 2-1. 30 teams participated and 30 matches were played. Format The co ...

and in the

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1980–81 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Dinamo Tbilisi in the final against Carl Zeiss Jena. Dinamo Tbilisi's side defeated English Second Division side West Ham United away before beating Carl Zeiss Jena in a final watc ...

he helped the team eliminate Celtic. Emerich Dembrovschi made his last Divizia A appearance on 17 June 1981, playing for

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in a 1–1 against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, having a total of 385 appearances and 108 goals scored in the competition, also having a total of 15 matches and 5 goals scored in European competitions (including 7 appearances and 5 goals scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). A book about him was written by Ilie Dobre, called ''Emeric Dembroschi - eroul de la Guadalajara'' ''(Emeric Dembroschi - The hero from Guadalajara)''.

International career

Emerich Dembrovschi played 26 matches and scored 8 goals for

, making his debut on 27 October 1968 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 3–0 loss against

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at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers in which he made a total of six appearances scored a goal in a 1–1 against

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. At the 1970 World Cup final tournament he was used by Angelo Niculescu in all the minutes of the three group matches as

did not advance to the next stage, scoring a goal in the last game which was a 3–2 loss against

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. For his performances at the Mexican World Cup, Dembrovschi was declared

's best player and he and the other 15 best players from the other national teams were part of a project which consisted of each of them having a statue near the

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which was never fulfilled, but a wooden statue of him was displayed in his native Câmpulung la Tisa. He played 6 matches and scored two goals at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the

quarter-finals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

where

was defeated by

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, who advanced to the

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. Dembrovschi's last two games played for the national team were at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, in the first one scoring a goal in a 2–0 against

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, his last appearance taking place on 26 September 1973 in a 2–0 loss against

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. For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Dembrovschi was decorated by

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on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

International goals

:''Score column indicates score after each Dembrovschi goal''.

Honours

SC Bacău *

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: 1966–67 Politehnica Timişoara * Cupa României: 1979–80

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dembroschi, Emeric 1945 births Living people People from Maramureș County Romanian footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FCM Bacău players Association football forwards 1970 FIFA World Cup players Romanian football managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers FC UTA Arad managers