Iuliu Bodola

The native form of this personal name is Bodola Gyula. This article uses the Western name order.
Iuliu Bodola / Gyula Bodola
Personal information
Date of birth26 February 1912
Place of birthBrassó, Austria-Hungary
Date of death10 September 1992 (aged 80)
Place of deathBudapest, Hungary
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1922–1929Braşovia Braşov
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1929–1937CA Oradea89(62)
1937–1940Venus Bucureşti61(47)
1940–1945Nagyváradi AC93(451)
1945–1946Ferar Cluj3(3)
1946–1949MTK Hungária83(35)
National team
1931–1939[1]Romania48(30)
1940–1948[1]Hungary13(4)
Teams managed
1950–1951Szolnoki MÁV
1951–1953Haladás
1953–1954Pécsi VSK
1954–1957Komlói Bányász
1957–1959Pécsi VSK
1959–1960Gyulai SE
1960–1961Diósgyőri VTK
1963Salgótarjáni BTC
1964–1971Ormosbányai Bányász
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Iuliu Bodola (also known as Gyula Bodola; 26 February 1912 – 12 March 1992) was a Romanian-Hungarian footballer who played international football for both of those nations.[1][2] His nickname was Duduş.[3]

Career

Bodola played club football for Clubul Atletic Oradea, Venus Bucureşti, Ferar Cluj-Napoca and MTK.[4] In November 2008, the name of the Municipal Stadium in Oradea was named after him, becoming the Stadionul Iuliu Bodola. He was the top scorer of the Romanian First League in the 1938–1939 and 1939–1940 seasons. He lived in Budapest from 1946 until his death.

International career

For me, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time was Iuliu Bodola. Neither Nicolae Dobrin, nor Gheorghe Hagi could be compared with him.

Former Romania coach Angelo Niculescu[5]

Bodola was a very prolific scorer for Romania. He and Wetzer were the top two goalscorers of the 1929–1931 (first) edition of the Balkan Cup (which Romania won). They scored seven goals each for their country in that tournament alone.[6] He played at both the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup for Romania. After World War II he represented Hungary.

Notes

1 In the 1940–41 season, Bodola played for Nagyváradi AC in the Second League, but the appearances and the goals are unknown.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Iuliu Bodola - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ↑ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  3. ↑ http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/iuliu-dudus-bodola-golgheterul-antisemit-1_50ac96fa7c42d5a663865cc5/index.html
  4. ↑ "Iuliu Bodola – Stats". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  5. ↑ Adevărul
  6. ↑ "Balkan Cup (for Nations) 1929/31". RSSSF.

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