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

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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, Romania and made his senior debut at Hungarian team, Elektromos at age 18.Player profile on magyarfutball.hu
/ref> After one year he went to play for Nagyváradi AC in Crișana, which that time was occupied by Hungary, winning the

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, contributing with 3 goals scored in 20 matches. In 1945, he returned to play for one year at Elektromos, before going to play for

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where he made his

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debut on 11 May 1947 in a 1–1 against

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. Stibinger scored 4 goals in 6 matches in his first season spent at

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, helping the club win the

title and in the following season he helped the club win

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, scoring 12 goals in 26

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

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, it was the first time that two players from the same team scored a hat-trick in a

match. Iosif Stibinger made his last

appearance in a 4–1 victory against CFR Cluj, having a total of 50

games played and 19 goals scored, all for

. He died in the summer of 1949 at age 25, being ill of

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International career

Iosif Stibinger played two games for Romania at international level, making his debut under coach

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in a 3–1 loss against Yugoslavia at the

1947 Balkan Cup The 1947 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between May and October 1947 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It was Hungary's first participation in the tournament (hence t ...

, played on the Giulești Stadium from Bucharest. His second and last appearance also took place on the Giulești Stadium in a 1–0 loss against Albania 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 ...

Honours

Nagyváradi AC * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 1943–44 ITA Arad *

: 1946–47, 1947–48 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) 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. I ...

: 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