Iosif Lereter

Iosif Lereter (born 23 July 1933) is a Romanian former footballer and manager.[2]

Iosif Lereter
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-07-23) 23 July 1933
Place of birth Oțelu Roșu, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder / Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1956 Energia Oțelu Roșu[2]
1957–1967 Politehnica Timișoara[lower-alpha 1] 227 (89)
1967–1973 UTA Arad 148 (23)
Total 375 (112)
National team
1965 Romania 1 (0)
Teams managed
Constructorul Timișoara[2]
UM Timișoara[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2020

Career

At the begging of his career, Lereter played as a forward and midfielder, ending his career as a defender.[2] He was part of UTA's team that in the 1970–1971 European Cup season eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time.[2] On 16 October 1971 while playing for UTA Arad in a match against Argeș Pitești he became the first footballer to reach 300 appearances in the Romanian top-league Divizia A.[2][3][4] In 2008 Iosif Lereter received the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title.[5][6][7] In 2018 in order to celebrate 60 years since the winning of the 1957–1958 Cupa României, the Politehnica University of Timișoara awarded Lereter a diploma of excellence.[2]

International career

Lereter played one game at international level for Romania in a 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification match which ended with a 3–1 loss against Czechoslovakia.[8][9]

Honours
Politehnica Timișoara
UTA Arad

Notes
  1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Politehnica Timișoara are not official.[1]

References
  1. Iosif Lereter at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. "Iosif Lereter, diploma de excelenta din partea Universitatii Politehnica Timișoara" [Iosif Lereter, diploma of excellence from the Polytechnic University of Timișoara] (in Romanian). Opiniatimisoarei.ro. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. "Iosif Lereter, oaspete de onoare al Politehnicii. Câștigătorul Cupei României din 1958 a primit în dar și noul tricou al "Băieților în ghete"" [Iosif Lereter, guest of honor at Politehnica. The winner of the Romanian Cup in 1958 received as a gift the new shirt of the "Boys in boots"] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. "UTA Arad vs FC Arges Liga1 1971–1972" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro.
  5. "Cetățeni de onoare ai Timișoarei" [Honorary citizens of Timișoara] (PDF) (in Romanian). Primariatm.ro.
  6. "Titluri de Cetățeni de Onoare pentru foștii jucători ai Științei Timișoara din sezonul 1957–1958" [Titles of Honorary Citizens for former players of Timișoara Science from the 1957–1958 season] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. "Cîştigaţi Cupa!" [Win the cup!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. "Iosif Lereter". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. "1965 Czechoslovakia – Romania 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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