Iosif Cavai (born 1 January 1951 in Timișoara) is a Romanian association football goalkeeper and coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1951[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Folia, Romania[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1969 | Electromotor Timişoara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1976 | Dinamo București | 47 | (0) |
| 1976–1985 | Jiul Petroşani | 249 | (0) |
| 1985–1990 | Universitatea Cluj | 75 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | Romania U21[3] | 1 | (0) |
| 1973–1982 | Romania Olympic[3] | 5 | (0) |
| 1982 | Romania B[3] | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career as a player
edit- Dinamo București
Iosif Cavai played for Dinamo București from 1969 to 1976 and won three championship titles there: in 1970–71, 1972–73 and 1974–75.[2]
- Jiul Petroşani
Iosif Cavai was the goalkeeper of Jiul Petroşani for 9 seasons (1976–1985). In 1981, he was named the best goalkeeper in the national championship when he was playing for this team.
- Universitatea Cluj
From 1985 to 1990, Cavai played for Universitatea Cluj. Then, from 1990 to 2004 he held various positions in the club – stadium manager, assistant coach, goalkeeper coach and other.
Career as a coach
editIosef Cavai was a coach in several teams, such as FC Timișoara and Universitatea Cluj.
Honours
editDinamo București
References
edit- ^ Iosif Cavai at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d Iosif Cavai at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c "Iosif Cavai profile". 11v11. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
External links
edit- FC Dinamo Bucureşti
- Universitatea Cluj at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 January 2009)
- CityNews.ro