Iosif Stibinger / János Barna
Personal information
Full name Iosif Ioan Stibinger
Date of birth (1923-09-24)24 September 1923
Place of birth Reșița, Romania
Date of death 17 June 1949(1949-06-17) (aged 25)
Place of death Arad, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1942 Elektromos 12 (5)
1942–1944 Nagyváradi AC 46 (10)
1945–1946 Elektromos 19 (4)
1946–1949 ITA Arad 50 (19)
Total 127 (38)
International career‡
1947–1948 Romania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2017

Iosif Ioan Stibinger (also known as János Stibinger or János Barna; 24 September 1923 – 17 June 1949) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker at international level for Romania.[1][2]

Club career

Iosif Stibinger was born on 24 September 1923 in Reșița, Romania and made his senior debut at Hungarian team, Elektromos at age 18.[1][2][3][4] After one year he went to play for Nagyváradi AC in Crișana, which that time was occupied by Hungary, winning the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, contributing with 3 goals scored in 20 matches.[1][2][3][4] In 1945, he returned to play for one year at Elektromos, before going to play for ITA Arad where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 May 1947 in a 1–1 against CFR București.[1][3][4] Stibinger scored 4 goals in 6 matches in his first season spent at ITA, helping the club win the Divizia A title and in the following season he helped the club win The Double, scoring 12 goals in 26 Divizia A matches, including managing he and teammate Adalbert Kovács to score each a hat-trick on 7 March 1948 in a 6–1 away victory against CSCA București, it was the first time that two players from the same team scored a hat-trick in a Divizia A match.[1][2][3][4][5] Iosif Stibinger made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 victory against CFR Cluj, having a total of 50 Divizia A games played and 19 goals scored, all for ITA Arad.[1] He died in the summer of 1949 at age 25, being ill of jaundice.[4]

International career

Iosif Stibinger played two games for Romania at international level, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 3–1 loss against Yugoslavia at the 1947 Balkan Cup, played on the Giulești Stadium from Bucharest.[6][7] His second and last appearance also took place on the Giulești Stadium in a 1–0 loss against Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[6][8]

Honours

Nagyváradi AC

ITA Arad

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Iosif Stibinger at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Iosif Stibinger at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 Player profile on magyarfutball.hu
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Romanian Football" (in English and Romanian). Tumblr.com. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Iosif Stibinger profile". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Romania 0-1 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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