Iosif Stibinger
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Iosif Ioan Stibinger | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Reșița, Romania | ||
Date of death | 17 June 1949 | (aged 25)||
Place of death | Arad, Romania | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1941–1942 | Elektromos | 12 | (5) |
1942–1944 | Nagyváradi AC | 46 | (10) |
1945–1946 | Elektromos | 19 | (4) |
1946–1949 | ITA Arad | 50 | (19) |
Total | 127 | (38) | |
International career‡ | |||
1947–1948 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017 |
Iosif Ioan Stibinger (also known as János Stibinger or János Barna; 24 September 1923 – 17 June 1949) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker at international level for Romania.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Iosif Stibinger was born on 24 September 1923 in Reșița, Romania and made his senior debut at Hungarian team, Elektromos at age 18.[1][2][3][4][5] After one year he went to play for Nagyváradi AC in Crișana, which that time was occupied by Hungary, winning the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, contributing with three goals scored in 20 matches.[1][2][3][4][5] In 1945, he returned to play for one year at Elektromos, before going to play for ITA Arad where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 May 1947 in a 1–1 with CFR București.[1][3][4][5] Stibinger scored four goals in six matches in his first season spent at ITA, helping the club win the Divizia A title.[1][2][3][4][5] In the following season he helped the club win The Double, scoring 12 goals in 26 league matches, including managing he and teammate Adalbert Kovács to score each a hat-trick on 7 March 1948 in a 6–1 away victory against CSCA București, it was the first time that two players from the same team scored a hat-trick in a Divizia A match and he also played all the minutes in the 3–2 victory from the 1948 Cupa României final against CFR Timișoara.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Iosif Stibinger made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 victory against CFR Cluj, having a total of 50 games played with 19 goals scored in the competition, all for ITA Arad.[1][5]
International career
[edit]Iosif Stibinger played two games for Romania at international level, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 3–1 loss against Yugoslavia at the 1947 Balkan Cup, played on the Giulești Stadium from Bucharest.[7][8] His second and last appearance also took place on the Giulești Stadium in a 1–0 loss in front of Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[7][9]
Death
[edit]Iosif Stibinger died in the summer of 1949 in Arad at age 25, being ill of jaundice.[3][4][5]
Honours
[edit]Nagyváradi AC
ITA Arad
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Iosif Stibinger at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c d e f g Iosif Stibinger at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f "Iosif Stibinger profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Romanian Football" (in English and Romanian). Tumblr.com. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Iosif Stibinger" (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
"Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 January 2025. - ^ a b "Iosif Stibinger profile". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Romania 0-1 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- 1923 births
- 1949 deaths
- Footballers from Reșița
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Club Atletic Oradea players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Liga I players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen