Ioan Varga
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 January 1959[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Iclod, Romania[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | Mureșul Deva | 20 | (1) |
| 1979–1985 | Jiul Petroșani | 188 | (30) |
| 1985–1989 | Dinamo București | 120 | (15) |
| 1989–1990 | Jiul Petroșani | 38 | (1) |
| 1991 | Újpest | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 381 | (47) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982 | Romania B | 1 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Romania Olympic | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2020 | |||
Ioan Varga (born 5 January 1959) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Club career
Varga was born on 5 January 1959 in Iclod, Romania.[1] He started his senior football career in 1978 at Divizia B club Mureșul Deva.[1] After one season he joined Jiul Petroșani where on 12 August 1979 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Nicolae Oaidă in a 1–0 home loss to Sportul Studențesc București.[1][3] In the 1983–84 season, Varga netted a personal record of eight league goals.[1]
In 1985 he went to Dinamo București.[1] In his first season he won the Cupa României, coach Mircea Lucescu using him the entire match in the final which ended with a 1–0 victory against rivals Steaua București who had recently won the European Cup.[4] During his spell with The Red Dogs, Varga played 12 games in European competitions.[1] Notably, he made six appearances in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign as the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria.[1][5]
In 1989, Varga returned to Jiul Petroșani where on 9 December 1980 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3–1 home loss to Gloria Bistrița, totaling 346 matches with 46 goals in the competition.[1]
In 1991 he had his only experience outside Romania at Hungarian side, Újpest.[1] He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 9 March, as coach Ferenc Kovács used him the entire match in a 1–0 away loss to Ferencváros.[1][6][7] Varga made a total of 15 appearances in the Hungarian league, his last one taking place on 15 June 1991 in a 1–0 home win against Békéscsaba, retiring afterwards from professional football.[1][6]
International career
Between 1982 and 1987, Varga made several appearances for Romania's Olympic and B teams.[8]
Personal life
His son, Dacian, was also a footballer.[9]
Honours
Dinamo București
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Ioan Varga at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Ioan Varga at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Jiul Petrosani vs Sportul Studențesc 1-0". Labtof. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1985 - 1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
"Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2025. - ^ "Dinamo, reunire cu gandul la Sampdoria" [Dinamo, reunited with the fought at Sampdoria] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
"Ioan Varga. Cup Winners Cup 1988/1989". WorldFootball. Retrieved 21 April 2025. - ^ a b "Ioan Varga profile" (in Hungarian). Nela.hu. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Ferencvárosi TC - Újpesti TE 1 : 0" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ "Ioan Varga profile". 11v11. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Varga, sfătuit de tatăl său să meargă la Dinamo: "Acolo îi va fi bine!"" [Varga, advised by his father to go to Dinamo: "He'll be fine there!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
"Dacian Varga sfatuit sa mearga la Dinamo!" [Varga advised to go to Dinamo] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
"Dacian Varga, rebel" [Dacian Varga, rebel] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
External links
- Ioan Varga at Labtof.ro