Iosif Lereter

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Iosif Lereter
Lereter in 1972
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-07-23)23 July 1933
Place of birth Oțelu Roșu, Romania
Date of death 26 January 2024(2024-01-26) (aged 90)
Place of death Timișoara, 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
1957–1967 Politehnica Timișoara[a] 227 (89)
1967–1972 UTA Arad 148 (23)
Total 375 (112)
International career
1965 Romania 1 (0)
Managerial career
1972–1975 Constructorul Timișoara
1975–1977 UM Timișoara
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Lereter (23 July 1933 – 26 January 2024) was a Romanian footballer and manager.

Club career

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Energia Oțelu Roșu

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Lereter was born on 23 July 1933 in Oțelu Roșu, Romania.[1][2][3][4] In 1949, he started to play football in the lower leagues of Romania at the local club from his town Energia Oțelu Roșu.[1][2] At the beginning of his career he played as a forward and midfielder, ending his career as a centre-back.[1][2][3][4]

Politehnica Timișoara

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Lereter (front row, second from the right) with Știința Timișoara in 1965

Lereter moved to Politehnica Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 18 August 1957 in a 2–2 draw against Progresul Oradea.[1][2][4] He was part of Politehnica's team that won the 1957–58 Cupa României, with coach Dincă Schileru using him the entire match in the 1–0 victory in the final against Progresul București.[1][2][3][4][5] During his 10 seasons spent with The White-Purples, the team was relegated twice to the second division but Lereter stayed with the club each time, helping it gain promotion back after one year on both occasions.[1] He also netted five goals in the West derby against UTA Arad, all in the first league, contributing to Politehnica winning two games and earning three draws.[6]

UTA Arad

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Lereter (back row, second from the left) with UTA Arad in 1968

In 1967, Lereter joined UTA Arad, where under coach Nicolae Dumitrescu he won two consecutive titles in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons, contributing with 10 goals in 30 appearances in the first, and seven goals in 29 matches in the second.[1][2][4][7] He also made some European performances with The Old Lady, such as eliminating defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season and playing eight games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign when the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who would eventually win the competition.[1][2][8] On 16 October 1971, while playing for UTA in a match against Argeș Pitești, he became the first footballer to reach 300 Divizia A appearances.[2][3][4][9] That is why every time a footballer reaches 300 appearances in the Romanian top-league, the press says he entered the "Iosif Lereter Club".[10] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 1 October 1972 in UTA's 4–2 loss to Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 327 appearances with 79 goals scored in the competition, and also totaling 16 appearances in European competitions.[1][4]

International career

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Lereter played one game for Romania when coach Ilie Oană used him on 19 September 1965 in a 3–1 loss to Czechoslovakia during the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[11][12]

Managerial career and later life

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After he ended his playing career, Lereter worked for a few years as a manager for Constructorul Timișoara and UM Timișoara.[2][4][13] In 1985 he was Politehnica Timișoara's president for 10 months.[13] In 2008, Lereter received the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title and in 2018 in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1957–58 Cupa României victory, the Politehnica University of Timișoara awarded him a diploma of excellence.[2][14]

Death

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Lereter died in Timișoara on 26 January 2024, at the age of 90, having spent the last years of his life at a local nursing home.[15]

Honours

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Politehnica Timișoara

UTA Arad

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Iosif Lereter at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d e f g h "Loli Lereter, cel iubit și la Timișoara, și la Arad" [Loli Lereter, the one loved both in Timișoara and Arad] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1957–1958". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Șapte decenii în cifre! Statistica derby-urilor Poli – UTA, disputate la Timișoara" [Seven decades in numbers! Poli - UTA derby statistics, played in Timișoara] (in Romanian). Druckeria.ro. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
    "De 70 de ani avem UTA – Poli! Rezultatele, marcatorii și statistica derby-urilor găzduite de arădeni" [For 70 years we have had UTA - Poli! The results, scorers and statistics of the derbies hosted by the people of Arad] (in Romanian). Druckeria.ro. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "UTA Arad vs FC Arges Liga1 1971–1972" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro.
  10. ^ "Ce este "Clubul Leretter"? După Dan Nistor de la Universitatea Craiova, a intrat în grupul select și Ciprian Deac de la CFR" [What is the "Leretter club"? After Dan Nistor from Universitatea Craiova, Ciprian Deac from CFR entered the club] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
    "Dejeanul Ciprian Deac a intrat în "Clubul Leretter". Ce reprezintă" [The Dej native Ciprian Deac entered the "Leretter club". What does that represent] (in Romanian). Dej24.ro. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Iosif Lereter". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  12. ^ "1965 Czechoslovakia – Romania 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Iosif Lereter, conducător de ariergardă alb-roșie. REEDITARE: În 2013, a pășit din nou pe arena utistă!" [Iosif Lereter, leader of the red-white rearguard. RE-EDIT: In 2013, he stepped into the utist arena again!] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Cetățeni de onoare ai Timișoarei" [Honorary citizens of Timișoara] (PDF) (in Romanian). Primariatm.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
    "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.
    "Câștigați Cupa!" [Win the cup!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  15. ^ Cioara, Bogdan (27 January 2024). "A murit Iosif Lereter, legendă la UTA Arad și Poli Timișoara" [Iosif Lereter, legend at UTA Arad and Poli Timișoara, died] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
    Neacșu, Daniel (27 January 2024). "S-a stins, azi-noapte, la 90 de ani, legendarul Iosif Lereter" [Last night, at the age of 90, the legendary Iosif Lereter died] (in Romanian). deBanat.ro. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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