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Iosif Lereter

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

Lereter moved to Politehnica Timișoara where he made his debut in the Romanian top-league Divizia A on 18 August 1957 in a 2–2 against Progresul Oradea.[1][2][4] Lereter was part of Politehnica's team that won the 1957–58 Cupa României, coach Dincă Schileru using him all the minutes in the 1–0 victory from the final against Progresul București.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 1967 he went to play for UTA Arad, where under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu he won two consecutive league titles, in the first he contributed with 10 goals scored in 30 appearances and in the second he scored 7 goals in 29 matches.[1][2][4][6] He also made some European performances with The Old Lady as eliminating the defending European Cup 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][4][7] On 16 October 1971, while playing for UTA Arad in a match against Argeș Pitești, he became the first footballer to reach 300 Divizia A appearances, that is why every time a footballer reaches 300 appearances in the Romanian top-league, the press says he entered the "Iosif Lereter Club".[2][3][4][8][9][10] He made his last appearance in Divizia A on 1 October 1972, playing for UTA Arad in a 4–2 loss against Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 327 appearances with 79 goals scored in the competition (including five goals in the West derby, all of them while playing for Politehnica), also having a total of 16 appearances in European competitions.[1][4][11][12]

International career

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Iosif Lereter played one game at international level for Romania when coach Ilie Oană used him in a 1966 World Cup qualification match against Czechoslovakia which ended with a 3–1 loss.[13][14]

Managerial career and later life

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After he ended his playing career, Lereter worked for a while as a manager at Constructorul Timișoara and UM Timișoara.[2][4][15] In 1985 he was Politehnica Timișoara's president for 10 months.[15] In 2008 Iosif Lereter received the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title and in 2018 in order to celebrate 60 years since the winning of the 1957–58 Cupa României, the Politehnica University of Timișoara awarded him a diploma of excellence.[2][16][17][18]

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.[19][20]

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 Iosif Lereter at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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 "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. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "UTA Arad vs FC Arges Liga1 1971–1972" (in Romanian). Labtof.ro.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Iosif Lereter". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  14. ^ "1965 Czechoslovakia – Romania 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Câștigați Cupa!" [Win the cup!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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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