Emerich Jenei
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emerich Alexandru Jenei | ||
Date of birth | 22 March 1937 | ||
Place of birth | Agrișu Mic, Arad, Romania | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1956 |
Flamura Roşie Arad | 21 | (2) |
1957–1969 | Steaua București | 254 | (7) |
1969–1971 | Kayserispor | 30 | (4) |
Total | 305 | (14) | |
International career | |||
1959–1964 | Romania[a] | 12 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1972–1973 | Steaua București (assistant coach) | ||
1975–1978 | Steaua București | ||
1978–1980 | Bihor Oradea | ||
1981–1982 |
CS Târgovişte | ||
1983–1984 | Steaua București | ||
1984–1986 | Steaua București | ||
1986–1990 | Romania | ||
1991 | Steaua București | ||
1992–1993 | Hungary | ||
1993 |
Fehérvár Videoton | ||
1993–1994 | Steaua București | ||
1995–1996 | Panionios | ||
1996 |
FC U Craiova | ||
1998–2000 | Steaua București | ||
2000 | Romania | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emerich Jenei or Imre Jenei (also known as Emeric Jenei or Ienei; 22 March 1937) is a
On 25 March 2008, the Romanian president decorated him with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II with one barret for his part in winning the UEFA Champions League with Romanian club Steaua București in 1986.
He is the 2nd most successful Manager in Romania, tied with Dan Petrescu, winning the Romanian First League on 6 occasions, all with Steaua București.[3] First is ranked Nicolae Dumitru, who has won 7 championships, all with Dinamo București .
Biography
Jenei was born in
Before his professional football career, Jenei wanted to become a lawyer.
The highlights of his career as a player were the Romanian football championship titles he won with Steaua in 1959–60, 1960–61 and 1967–68, as well as his participation with Romania's Olympic team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Japan, where the Romanians came on 5th place.[7]
As a coach, Jenei continued to enjoy success. Having returned from Turkey, he was named assistant coach at Steaua at the beginning of the 1972–73 season. One year later, he was promoted to a head coaching position and finished 5th in Liga I, winning his first championship title as coach in 1976, then finishing as a runner-up in 1977. He won another championship title in 1978, but at the end of the season he was replaced by Gheorghe Constantin.
In 1978–79, Jenei coached
In 1985, he won a new championship and in the following season led
After the World Cup, He returned to Steaua București in April 1991, for the fourth time, only to be sacked again in December of same year. He was named head coach of
Jenei did not return to the pitch for a while, but, in August 1993, Emerich Jenei began his fifth stint as coach of Steaua, and won the championship one year later. In 1996, he was named head coach of
In 2000, Jenei he was again called to coach Romania. The squad qualified for
In June 2000, he decided to retire from coaching. After that date, Jenei was president of FC Bihor 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 Romania national team.
Until her death in 2021, Jenei was married to Ileana, former fencer for Romania, world champion and Olympic medalist. They have a daughter named Cristina. Jenei also has a son named Călin with his first wife, actress Vasilica Tastaman.[7]
Honours
Player
- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian Cup(4): 1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69
- Romania U19
- Romania Olympic team
- 1964
Manager
- Steaua Bucharest
- Liga I (6): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94
- Cupa României (3): 1975–76, 1984–85, 1998–99
- European Cup/UEFA Champions League (1): 1985–86
- Romania
- European Football Championship Quarter-finalist (1): 2000
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Emerich Jenei". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Emerich Jenei at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Best of the best! Dan Petrescu, la un titlu de recordul absolut + doi jucători-simbol de la CFR Cluj, lângă Lăcătuș, Lucescu sau Tudorel Stoica" [Best of the best! Dan Petrescu, la un titlu de recordul absolut + doi jucători-simbol de la CFR Cluj, lângă Lăcătuș, Lucescu sau Tudorel Stoica] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Murányi, András (25 October 2007). "Meglátja, mester! – Beszélgetés Jenei Imrével". Hócipő (in Hungarian). Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Campania socială "SOS! Copilăria" a strâns peste 50.000 de euro". Jurnalul Naţional (in Romanian). 5 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- România Liberă (in Romanian). Archived from the originalon 29 April 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Sebastian Perju, Adrian Epure (21 August 2010). "Ienei, lordul din iarbă". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
External links
- Profile Archived 26 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine at SteauaFC.com (in Romanian)
- Emerich Jenei at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Emerich Jenei at National-Football-Teams.com
- Managerial stats at labtof.ro
- Profile[permanent dead link] at kayserispor.org