Iosif Szökő (18 March 1930 – 2008) was a

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 footballer of Hungarian descent, who played as a

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for

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and teams such ICO Oradea and

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Club career

Born in

Marghita Marghita (; hu, Margitta ; yi, מארגארעטין ''Margaretin'') is a city in Bihor County, Romania. It administers two villages, Cheț (''Magyarkéc'') and Ghenetea (''Genyéte''). Geography Marghita is located in the northern part of the c ...

Bihor County Bihor County () is a county ( județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea. Toponymy The origin of ...

, Szökő started his career at the local club, Bihoreana Marghita, a county level side. After some friendly games against

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, CFR Oradea and ICO Oradea, young Szökő was offered by CFR Oradea, team against which he scored three goals.Marghitan în Naționala de fotbal
(A man from Marghita in the national football team). marghita-magazin.ro Then, after a 3rd place in the

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 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

, Iosif Szökő moved in the great team of ICO Oradea and won a national title, before moving to

, where he won another national title and a Romanian Cup, also obtaining five second places and being a Cup finalist one time. After retirement he started a football manager career being the assistant coach of

Virgil Mărdărescu Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu"; July 15, 1921 – June 11, 2003) was a Romanian football manager. In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, know ...

at Dinamo Pitești, then he worked as an assistant coach at

, where he was also the manager of various youth squads and between 1970s and 1980s was an important scouter. Among the players he coached, were names such as

Dudu Georgescu Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a forward and a former coach. Club career Dudu Georgescu was born in Bucharest on 1 September 1950. He started his career at Progresul București, making h ...

and

Alexandru Sătmăreanu Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu (born 9 March 1952) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Oradea, Alexandru Sătmăreanu started his career in his hometown at Crișul, making his Divizia A debut on 21 S ...

International career

Iosif Szökő played 11 games at international level for

. He made his debut at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers under coach

Gheorghe Popescu I Gheorghe Popescu (8 August 1919 – 1 January 2001) was a Romanian footballer and also a manager. He played as a striker. International career Gheorghe Popescu I played 6 friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut und ...

, playing in three games, the first one was a 3–1 victory against

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, the second was a 2–1 victory against

and the third was a 1–0 loss against

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. His following 8 games were friendlies, his last appearance was in a 1–0 away victory against

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Honours

ICO Oradea *

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: 1948–49 Dinamo București *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

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 ...

: 1958–59 *

: Runner-up

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Szoko, Iosif 1930 births 2008 deaths People from Marghita Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players CA Oradea players FC Dinamo București players Romanian football managers