Iosif Lereter (born 23 July 1933) is a Romanian former footballer and

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Career

Iosif Lereter was born on 23 July 1933 in

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and at the beginning of his career he played as a

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and

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, ending his career as a defender. He started to play football in the lower leagues of Romania at the local club from his town, Energia Oțelu Roșu in 1949. He went to play for Politehnica Timișoara where he made his debut in the Romanian top-league

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on 18 August 1957 in a 2–2 against Progresul Oradea. Lereter was part of

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's team that won the

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, playing in the 1–0 victory from the final against

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. In 1967 he went to play for

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, where under the guidance of coach

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he won two consecutive league titles, in the first he contributed with 10 goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he scored 7 goals in 29 matches. He also made some European performances with ''

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'' as eliminating the defending

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champions

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in the

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season and playing 8 games in the

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campaign when the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by

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who would eventually win the competition. On 16 October 1971 while playing for

in a match against Argeș Pitești, he became the first footballer to reach 300

appearances, that is why every time a footballer reaches 300 appearances in the Romanian top-league, the press says he entered the "Iosif Lereter Club". He made his last appearance in

on 1 October 1972, playing for

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in a 4–2 loss against

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, having a total of 327 appearances with 79 goals scored in the competition, also having a total of 16 appearances in European competitions.. After he ended his playing career, Lereter worked for a while as a manager at Constructorul Timișoara and UM Timișoara. In 2008 Iosif Lereter received the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title and in 2018 in order to celebrate 60 years since the winning of the

, the

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awarded him a diploma of excellence.

International career

Iosif Lereter played one game at international level for

when coach

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used him in a

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match against

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which ended with a 3–1 loss.

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara *

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: 1959–60, 1964–65 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 1957–58 UTA Arad *

: 1968–69, 1969–70

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lereter, Iosif Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards 1933 births Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC UTA Arad players Romanian football managers Footballers from Caraș-Severin County