Vasile Gergely / László Gergely
Gergely playing for Hertha BSC
Personal information
Full name László Vasile Gergely
Date of birth (1941-10-28) 28 October 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Baia Mare, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
CSM Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 CSM Baia Mare
1962 Viitorul București 9 (2)
1963–1970 Dinamo București 136 (5)
1970–1972 Hertha BSC 35 (0)
1972–1973 Durban City
Total 180 (7)
International career
1962–1970 Romania[a] 36 (2)
Managerial career
BFC Germania 1888
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

László Vasile Gergely (Hungarian: Gergely László; born 28 October 1941) is a Romanian former football player and manager.

Club career

Vasile Gergely was born on 28 October 1941 in Baia Mare and started playing football in Divizia B at local club, CSM Baia Mare.[3][4] Gergely made his Divizia A debut under coach Gheorghe Ola on 19 August 1962, playing for Viitorul București in a 7–0 home victory against Minerul Lupeni, but in the middle of the season the club dissolved and he went to play for Dinamo București, making just one appearance in the second half of the season as the club won the title.[3][4] In the next two seasons, he helped the club win another two titles, appearing in 3 games in the first and in 20 in the second.[3][4] During his eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Gergely also won two Cupa României and made 8 appearances with one goal scored in European competitions.[2][3] After a tournament with Dinamo in West Germany, he remained there, signing with Hertha BSC, playing 30 games in the 1970–71 Bundesliga as the club finished on the 3rd position, also appearing in two games in which he scored one goal from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[3][4] He was banned for life in January 1972 together with other players for throwing the game against Arminia Bielefeld and accepting a 15,000 Deutsche mark bribe in exchange.[4][5][6][7][8] Afterwards, Gergely went to play for Durban City in South Africa where he could play because at that time the country was not a member of FIFA, winning the 1972 National Football League, also working as a police officer during that time.[2][4][5] In November 1973, the German Football Association cancelled his and the other players suspensions, it is believed that the case was hastily and superficially tried and the players were unduly pardoned because the image of the 1974 World Cup, which was to be held in Germany would have been affected.[4][5][6][7][8] Even though his suspension was lifted, Gergely retired at age 32, working for a while as head coach at BFC Germania 1888 and at club 1. FC Wilmersdorf where he coached juniors, also working at the club's casino.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Vasile Gergely has a total of 145 matches and 7 goals scored in Divizia A and 35 appearances in Bundesliga.[3][6]

International career

Vasile Gergely played 34 matches for Romania and scored two goals, making his debut on 30 September 1962 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a friendly which ended with a 4–0 victory against Morocco.[1][10] He went on to play two games at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, four at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and five at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[1] Gergely played four games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, also being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in the 2–1 victory against Czechoslovakia from the group stage of the final tournament when he was sent on the field in the 81st minute in order to replace Ion Dumitru, this being his last appearance for the national team which did not advance to the next stage.[1][4][11]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Gergely goal.[1]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 17 November 1966 Petrolul Stadium, Ploiești, Romania  Poland 2–0 4–3 Friendly
2. 22 November 1967 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania  West Germany 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Personal life

His brothers, Iuliu and Iosif were also footballers.[5][12]

Honours

Dinamo București

Durban City

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Including 2 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Vasile Gergely". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vasile Gergely at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Vasile Gergely at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Românul care la începutul anilor 70 a plecat în Germania, unde a fost acuzat c-a trântit un meci" [The Romanian who at the beginning of the 70s went to Germany, where he was accused of fixing a match] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Vasile Gergely, fost mare internaţional român, a fost suspendat pe viaţă în 1971, pe nedrept, pentru că ar fi aranjat meciuri din Bundesliga" [Vasile Gergely, former great Romanian international, was suspended for life in 1971, unjustly, because he allegedly fixed Bundesliga matches] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Vasile Gergely, fotbalistul care a fost suspendat pe viață din cauza unui blat în Bundesliga" [Vasile Gergely, the football player who was suspended for life because of a top in the Bundesliga] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "50 Jahre Bundesliga-Skandal: Als die Bundesliga ihre Unschuld verlor" [50 years Bundesliga scandal: When the Bundesliga lost its innocence] (in German). Zdf.de. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Der Bundesligaskandal 1971" (in German). fussballarchiv.net. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  9. ^ Duda, Martin (10 April 2010). "Ex-Herthaner Zoltan Varga gestorben" (in German). BZ Berlin. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Romania 4-0 Morocco". European Football. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Czechoslovakia 1-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Iuliu Gergely: "Ce fotbalist eram!"" [Iuliu Gergely: "What a footballer I was!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

External links

Romania squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup
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