Emerich Jenei
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Emerich Jenei | |
| Date of birth | March 22, 1937 | |
| Place of birth | Agriş, Arad, Romania | |
| Nickname | Nea Imi | |
| Position | defenisve midfielder (now retired) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1955-1956 1957-1969 1969-1971 |
Flamura Roşie Arad Steaua Bucureşti Kayserispor |
21 (2) 254 (7) ? (?) |
| National team** | ||
| 1959-1964 | Romania | 12 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1974-1978 1978-1979 1981-1982 1982-1984 1984-1986 1986-1990 1990-1991 1991 1993-1994 1996 1998-1999 2000 |
Steaua Bucureşti FC Bihor Oradea CS Târgovişte Steaua Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti Romania Hungary Steaua Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Steaua Bucureşti Romania |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Emerich Jenei, an ethnic Hungarian, his name being written Jenei Imre in Hungarian (born March 22, 1937 in Agriş, near Arad, Romania), is a former Romanian football player and coach, now enjoying his retirement after a long and successful career. In May 1986 he won the European Cup as coach. He is renowned by many as the greatest football coach Romania ever produced, being a positive example for many other younger coaches, including Anghel Iordănescu and Victor Piţurcă.
[edit] Playing career
Jenei made his debut playing for Flamura Roşie Arad, now UT Arad, in the Romanian Liga I, before joining the squad of Steaua Bucureşti in 1957, aged 20. He played for Steaua until 1969, when he left Romania to play in Turkey for Kayserispor. In 1971 retired as player and became a coach.
During his career as a footballer, Jenei won 12 caps for Romania between 1959 and 1964.
The highlights of his career as a player were the Romanian football championship championship titles he won with Steaua Bucureşti in 1959 - 60, 1960 - 61 and 1967 - 68.
[edit] Coaching career
As a coach, Jenei had an even more successful career. Having returned from Turkey, he was named assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti at the beginning of the 1972 - 73 season. Just one year later he was promoted to a head coaching position and finished 5th in Liga I, winning his first championship as coach in 1976, then finishing second in 1977. He won a new championship in 1978, but at the end of the season he was replaced by Gheorghe Constantin.
In 1978 - 79 he coached FC Bihor of Oradea, but the team finished the season in last place and Jenei was sacked.
In 1981 he took over at CS Târgovişte, and then the beginning of the 1982 - 83 season found him as coach of Steaua Bucureşti for a second stint. After only two years, in which failed to win the championship, he was sacked again, only to be brought back after four months.
In 1985 he won a new championship and in the following season led Steaua Bucureşti to victory in the European Cup final against FC Barcelona in May 1986.
In the summer of 1986 he was named co-head coach of the Romanian national football team, together with Mircea Lucescu, making his debut against Norway. Lucescu was sacked after a short while and Jenei became the only coach of Romania. He failed to qualify the team for Euro 88, but took the team to World Cup 1990. It was the first qualification of Romania at a World Cup in twenty years. Between August 1986 and June 1990, Jenei coached the team in 40 games, including two wins against Spain in 1987 and Italy in 1988.
After World Cup 1990 he was named head coach of Hungary but failed to produce notable results, being sacked after a short period of time. He returned to Romania in April 1991, when he was offered the job of Steaua Bucureşti's head coach for the fourth time, only to be sacked again in December of same year.
Jenei stayed away from the pitch for a while, but in August 1993 he began his fifth stint as coach of Steaua Bucureşti and won the championship one year later.
In 1996 he was named head coach of Universitatea Craiova but was sacked after only ten games. Two years later he returned to Steaua for his sixth and last stint there.
In 2000 he was called to coach Romania again. The team qualified for Euro 2000 but the previous coach - Victor Piţurcă - was sacked after a scandal which involved the team's best players, including Gheorghe Popescu and Gheorghe Hagi. At Euro 2000, Jenei took the team to the last eight, one of the best performances of the Romania national football team. During his second stint the national team played 11 games.
In June 2000 he decided to retire from coaching.
After 2000, Jenei was president of FC Bihor Oradea and also worked for the Romanian Football Federation. He is regularly consulted by the Romanian media for his opinion ahead of important football games for Romanian clubs, especially Steaua, or the Romanian national team.
[edit] References
- (English) Emerich Jenei's career as player, at RomanianSoccer.ro
- (Romanian) Emerich Jenei's career as coach, at Labtof.ro
| Preceded by: Giovanni Trapattoni |
European Cup Winning Coach 1985-86 |
Succeeded by: Artur Jorge |
| Preceded by: Constantin Teaşcă |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1974-1978 |
Succeeded by: Gheorghe Constantin |
| Preceded by: Constantin Cernăianu |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1982-1984 |
Succeeded by: Florin Halagian |
| Preceded by: Florin Halagian |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1984-1986 |
Succeeded by: Anghel Iordănescu |
| Preceded by: Bujor Hălmageanu |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1991 |
Succeeded by: Anghel Iordănescu |
| Preceded by: Anghel Iordănescu |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1993-1994 |
Succeeded by: Dumitru Dumitriu |
| Preceded by: Mihai Stoichiţă |
Steaua Bucharest Coach 1998-1999 |
Succeeded by: Victor Piţurcă |
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Romania squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Lung | 2 Rednic | 3 Klein | 4 Andone | 5 Rotariu | 6 G. Popescu | 7 Lăcătuş | 8 Sabău | 9 Cămătaru | 10 Hagi | 11 Lupu | 12 Stelea | 13 A. Popescu | 14 Răducioiu | 15 Mateuţ | 16 Timofte | 17 Dumitrescu | 18 Balint | 19 Săndoi | 20 Muzsnay | 21 Lupescu | 22 Liliac | Coach: Jenei |
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