Iosif Erdei

Iosif Erdei
Personal information
Full name Iosif Erdei
Date of birth (1974-08-15)15 August 1974
Place of birth Șuncuiuș, Romania
Date of death 6 December 2014(2014-12-06) (aged 40)
Position(s) midfielder
Youth career
Minerul Șuncuiuș
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Minerul Șuncuiuș
1992–1993 Crișul Aleșd
1993–1995 FC Bihor Oradea
1995 → UTA Arad (loan)
1995–1996 FC Brașov
1997 Rapid București
1998– Olimpia Satu Mare
FC Bihor Oradea
Crișul Aleșd
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Erdei (15 August 1974 – 6 December 2014) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Career

At the age of 14, Erdei was already in the team for his hometown club Minerul Șuncuiuș, and at the age of 18 he moved to Crișul Aleșd.

In 1993 he moved to FC Bihor Oradea in the second division Divizia B, and during his military service he also briefly played for UTA Arad.

In 1995 he moved to the first division club FC Brașov in Divizia A, but an illness in 1996 interrupted his career for a year.

Nevertheless, coach Mircea Lucescu brought him to Rapid București in 1997, and he later played for Olimpia Satu Mare and again for FC Bihor Oradea. He ended his career with Crișul Aleșd in the third division.

After his career ended, Erdei founded a company and became involved in local politics.[2] In December 2014 he died of a heart attack.[3] In his honor, the stadium of his hometown club Minerul Șuncuiuș was renamed after him in the summer of 2016.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "In memoriam Erdei Iosif. Fostul fotbalist va fi comemorat la Șuncuiuș" [In memoriam of Erdei Iosif. The former footballer will be commemorated at Șuncuiuș]. ebihoreanul.ro. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2024.(in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "Minerul Șuncuiuș nu-și uită gloriile - Erdei Iosif, omagiat post mortem" [Minerul Șuncuiuș does not forget his glories - Erdei Iosif, honored post mortem]. crisana.ro. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.(in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b "Iosif Erdei a murit, la 40 de ani, după ce a suferit un infarct. A jucat la Rapid și era comparat cu Dănuț Lupu de Mircea Lucescu" [Iosif Erdei died, at the age of 40, after suffering a heart attack. He played at Rapid and was compared to Dănuț Lupu by Mircea Lucescu]. dcnews.ro. 8 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2024.(in Romanian)