Iosif Cavai

Iosif Cavai
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-01-01) 1 January 1951 (age 73)[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

Iosif Cavai (born 1 January 1951 in Timișoara) is a Romanian association football goalkeeper and coach.

Career as a player

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

Iosef Cavai was a coach in several teams, such as FC Timișoara and Universitatea Cluj.

Honours

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ Iosif Cavai at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d Iosif Cavai at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c "Iosif Cavai profile". 11v11. Retrieved 5 June 2020.