Iosif Rotariu (born 27 September 1962) is a retired
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
n association football
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He debuted in Divizia A with
FC Politehnica Timișoara in 1981. He won the league championship with
Steaua București in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 and 1998, and won the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997. He also played abroad, in Turkey.
Rotariu made his debut for the
Romanian national team in 1988 against
Netherlands
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, and represented his country at the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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. He got 25 caps in total, the last in 1997, and scored one international goal, against
Poland
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in 1990.
International career
International stats
International goals
Personal life
Rotariu's identical
twin
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brother Ilie and his nephew
Dorin also played professional football, but only Dorin managed to represent Romania at International level.
Dorin Rotariu, nepotul fostului stelist Iosif Rotariu, a debutat la Dinamo.
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Honours
Player
Politehnica Timișoara
*Romanian Cup
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: Runner-up: 1982–83
*Divizia B
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...
: 1983–84
Steaua București
*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 ...
: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1997–98
*Romanian Cup
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1996–97
*European Cup
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: Runner-up: 1988–89
Galatasaray
*Süper Lig
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: Runner-up: 1990–91
*Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...
: 1990–91
*Turkish Super Cup
The Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: ''TFF Süper Kupa''), as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known ...
: 1991
Extensiv Craiova
*Divizia B
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...
: 1998–99
Manager
FC Caransebeș
*Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...
: 2013–14
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1962 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Romania international footballers
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Romanian expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Politehnica Timișoara players
FC Steaua București players
FC CFR Timișoara players
SSU Politehnica Timișoara players
Liga I players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
Bakırköyspor footballers
Süper Lig players
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
FC Bihor Oradea players
Romanian football managers
FC Politehnica Timișoara managers
FC Bihor Oradea managers