Iosif Ioan Stibinger (also known as János Stibinger or János Barna; 24 September 1923 – 17 June 1949) was a

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who played as a striker at international level for Romania.

Club career

Iosif Stibinger was born on 24 September 1923 in

Reșița Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...

and made his senior debut at Hungarian team, Elektromos at age 18. After one year he went to play for

Nagyváradi AC Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

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, which that time was occupied by

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, winning the

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, contributing with three goals scored in 20 matches. In 1945, he returned to play for one year at Elektromos, before going to play for ITA Arad where he made his

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut on 11 May 1947 in a 1–1 with

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. Stibinger scored four goals in six matches in his first season spent at ITA, helping the club win the Divizia A title. In the following season he helped the club win The Double, scoring 12 goals in 26 league matches, including managing he and teammate

Adalbert Kovács Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker. Club career Adalbert Kovács was born on 28 September 1920 in Timișoara, Romania. He started to play football at the junior squads of ...

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 and he also played all the minutes in the 3–2 victory from the

1948 Cupa României final The 1948 Cupa României Final was the 11th final of Romania's most prestigious Association football, football cup competition. It was disputed between FC UTA Arad, ITA Arad and FC CFR Timișoara, CFR Timișoara, and was won by Arad after a game ...

against

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. Iosif Stibinger made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 victory against

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

, having a total of 50 games played with 19 goals scored in the competition, all for ITA Arad.

International career

Iosif Stibinger played two games for

at international level, making his debut under coach

Colea Vâlcov Nicolae 'Colea' Vâlcov (23 February 1909 – 31 March 1970) was a Romanian football player and manager. Vâlcov was born in Bolgrad, Russian Empire. He was part of the famous offensive line of Venus București in the 1930s, together with his ...

in a 3–1 loss against

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at the

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, played on the Giulești Stadium from

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. His second and last appearance also took place on the Giulești Stadium in a 1–0 loss in front of

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at the

1948 Balkan Cup The 1948 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between April and November 1948 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia. It was Poland and Czechoslovakia's ...

Death

Iosif Stibinger died in the summer of 1949 in Arad at age 25, being ill of

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Honours

Nagyváradi AC *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 1943–44 ITA Arad *

: 1946–47, 1947–48 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: 1947–48

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stibinger, Iosif 1923 births 1949 deaths Footballers from Reșița Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Club Atletic Oradea players FC UTA Arad players Liga I players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 20th-century Romanian sportsmen