Ioan Reinhardt (also known as János Radnai; born 9 January 1920 – 6 June 1993*) was a

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and manager. As a footballer, Reinhardt, who was a

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, played in 202 matches for

AMEF Arad Vagonul Arad was a football club based in Arad, Romania. It was founded in 1911 and it soon became one of the best teams from Arad. It was affiliated to Astra Arad rail equipment manufacturing company. It was dissolved in 2006. History 1911 ...

Kolozsvári AC Ferar Cluj ( hu, Kolozsvári Vasas) was a football club from Kolozsvár/Cluj that played both in the Hungarian and the Romanian Championship. History Founded in 1880 as ''Kolozsvári Atlétikai Club'', the football section was founded in 1904 ...

and Flamura Roșie Arad and scored 15 goals. Reinhardt won three titles and two Romanian Cups with Flamura.

Manager career

After retirement, Reinhardt was the manager of Locomotiva Arad until 1956, when he signed a contract with

UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A ...

(former ''Flamura Roșie''). Reinhardt was the manager of UTA in other two seasons, 1960–61 and 1961–62 and in all of its three spells,

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was his assistant coach. During 1962–63 season he was the assistant manager of famous

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, subsequently making team again with

, this time with Dumitrescu as manager and Reinhardt as assistant coach. This period was the most successful in the history of

, club which under the leadership of

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–Reinhardt duo won another two titles, played a Romanian Cup final and eliminated the great team of

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during the

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season. At that time, Feyenoord were the defending champions. Reinhardt left UTA in 1971 and moved to CSM 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 and

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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, after

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. With this results, Reinhardt entered in Reșița's hall of fame as well. At short time after he left CSM, Reinhardt was named as the manager of

FC Bihor Oradea FC Bihor Oradea may refer to: * FC Bihor Oradea (1958) Fotbal Club Bihor Oradea (), commonly known as Bihor Oradea or simply as FC Bihor, was a Romanian professional football club based in Oradea, Bihor County. It was founded under the name of ...

, 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 as

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were part of the squad. After this season, Reinhardt retired from the football management. He died in June 1993, exactly in the day in which UTA promoted back to

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

, after 11 years of absence. The date of death is unclear, but most probably 6 June 1993.Acum un secol se năștea un utist legendar: Ioan Reinhardt
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Honours

Player

;UTA Arad *

: Winner (3) 1946–47, 1947–48,

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: Winner (2) 1947–48,

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

Runner-up (1)

;Kolozsvári AC * Magyar Kupa: Runner-up (1) 1943–44

Manager

;UTA Arad *

: Winner (2) 1968–69, 1969–70 *

: Runner-up (1) 1965–66 ;CSM Reșița *

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: Winner (1) 1971–72

Manager career

Honours

Player

Manager

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