Iosif Vigu (born 15 May 1946) is a
Romania
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n former footballer who played as a
left back
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.
He was also a manager
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Club career
Iosif Vigu was born on 15 May 1946 in Șimian, Bihor
Șimian ( hu, Érsemjén) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 3,876 people. It is composed of three villages: Șilindru (''Érselénd''), Șimian and Voivozi (''Érkenéz'').
Natives
* Ferenc Kazinczy
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, Romania
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, starting to play football at the junior squads of Crișul Oradea, moving in 1983 at Flamura Roșie Oradea where he started his senior career in Divizia B
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.[ After a short period spent at Olimpia Oradea in ]Divizia C
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, Vigu went to play for Crișul Oradea in Divizia A
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where he was debuted by coach Ladislau Zilahi
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on 4 April 1965 in a 1–0 away loss against Minerul Baia Mare.[ In 1966 he went to play for Steaua București where he stayed until 1980, with a interruption in the 1973–74 season when he was loaned at ]FC Constanța
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.[ He won his first ]Divizia A
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title in the 1967–68 season, being used by coach Ștefan Kovács
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in 4 matches in which he scored two goals, winning two more in the 1975–76 and 1977–78 seasons, being used by coach Emerich Jenei
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in 34 matches in each, in the first he also scored three goals.[ During his period spent with '' The Military Men'' he also won five Cupa României and played 21 games with one goal scored in European competitions, taking part in the ]1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup
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campaign, playing all six games as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminating Hibernians and Barcelona
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, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on the away goal rule
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by Bayern Munich
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.[ In the 1980–81 season, Vigu played for ASA Târgu Mureș for which he made his last ]Divizia A
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appearance on 21 June 1981 in a 3–0 home victory against Politehnica Timișoara, having a total of 404 appearances with 34 goals scored in the competition, also as he is the first player that reached 400 appearances in Divizia A
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and because of that every time a footballer reaches 400 appearances in the Romanian top-league, the press says he entered the "Iosif Vigu Club".[ Iosif Vigu ended his playing career in 1982 after spending one season in ]Divizia C
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at ASA Chimia Buzău.[
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International career
Iosif Vigu played at international level in 22 matches for Romania
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and scored 2 goals, making his debut under coach Angelo Niculescu in a Euro 1972 qualification match which ended with a 3–0 victory against Finland
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. He scored his first goal in a 4–0 victory against Turkey
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at the 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[ Vigu played four games at the 1978 World Cup qualifiers, opening the score in a 6–4 loss against ]Yugoslavia
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.[ At the Euro 1980 qualifiers Vigu appeared in two games, a 3–2 home victory against ]Yugoslavia
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and a 1–0 away loss against Spain
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.[ He also played two games for Romania's Olympic team without scoring.][
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International goals
:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vigu goal''.[
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Managerial career
Iosif Vigu coached teams mostly from the Romanian lower leagues such as ASA Chimia Buzău, Olimpia Satu Mare
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, Minerul Turț, Armătura Zalău and Someșul Satu Mare and contributed to the formation of footballers Tiberiu Csik
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, Zoltan Ritli
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, Daniel Prodan
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In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua București and represented the Romania national team in o ...
and Gábor Gerstenmájer.[ He had only a short spell in ]Divizia A
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when he coached Minerul Baia Mare in four games from the 1994–95 season.
Honours
Steaua București
*Divizia A
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: 1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78[
* Cupa României: 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1978–79][
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1946 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Romania international footballers
Association football defenders
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Bihor Oradea players
FC Steaua București players
FCV Farul Constanța players
ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players
Romanian football managers
FC Olimpia Satu Mare managers