Nicolae Szoboszlay Explained

Nicolae Szoboszlay
Birth Date:18 July 1925
Birth Place:Orăștie, Romania
Death Place:Romania
Height:1.79m
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1943–1944
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1945–1946
Years3:1946–1947
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:1947–1948
Caps4:34
Goals4:0
Years5:1948–1949
Caps5:7
Goals5:0
Years6:1949
Years7:1950
Caps7:5
Goals7:0
Years8:1950–1951
Caps8:27
Goals8:0
Years9:1952–1953
Clubs9:Armata Cluj
Years10:1953
Caps10:5
Goals10:0
Totalcaps:79
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1948
Nationalteam1:Romania B[1]
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1955–1956
Manageryears2:1957
Managerclubs2:Universitatea Cluj
Manageryears3:1957–1958
Managerclubs3:Universitatea Cluj (assistant)
Manageryears4:1958–1959
Manageryears5:1959–1961
Manageryears6:1962–1963
Managerclubs6:Universitatea Cluj (assistant)
Manageryears7:1966–1967
Managerclubs7:Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii
Manageryears8:1967
Manageryears9:1968
Managerclubs9:Universitatea Cluj (assistant)
Manageryears10:1969–1972
Manageryears11:1973–1974
Manageryears12:1974–1975
Managerclubs12:CFR Cluj[2]
Manageryears13:1975–1976
Managerclubs13:CFR Cluj (assistant)

Nicolae Szoboszlay (18 July 1925 – 2 January 2019) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager.[3] [4]

Career

Nicolae Szoboszlay was one of Universitatea Cluj's players in the hardest period of the club's history. In 1940, the team moved from Cluj to Sibiu as a result of the Second Vienna Award, when the northern part of Transylvania was ceded to Hungary. In 1945, after the end of the Second World War and the return of the northern part of Transylvania to Romania, "U" returned to its home in Cluj.[5] [6] [7] During that period he participated at a game played in Ploiești, which was postponed for one day because of a fog caused by the bombs thrown in Ploiești by the United States Army Air Forces. In 1944, because of his Hungarian origins, Szoboszlay was forced to work for two months at the București-Craiova railway.[7] In 1948 he played for CSCA București under the name "Nicolae Săbăslău", because the person who was sent to București to make his ID wrongly wrote his name that way.[8] [7] On 21 November 1948 he was used by coach Colea Vâlcov in the first ever CSCA București – Dinamo București derby.[5] [6] [7] [9] While playing for Armata Cluj, in May 1953 after one game the team coach Elemer Hirsch collapsed on his way to the team bus, Szoboszlay tried to give him first aid but Hirsch died in his arms.[10]

After he retired from his playing career he worked as a manager and as an assistant coach.[4] [11] Between 1976 and 1985 he was the coordinator of the Center for Children and Juniors at Universitatea Cluj where he taught and formed generations of players, which include Remus Câmpeanu, Emil Petru, Vasile Suciu, Septimiu Câmpeanu, Alpar Meszaros, Zsolt Muzsnay, Ioan Sabău and Tiberiu Bălan.[7] [11] A book about him was written by Cristian Aszalos, called Ultimul cavaler al fotbalului romantic, Nicolae Szoboszlay (The last knight of the romantic football, Nicolae Szoboszlay), being released on 26 November 2016.[12] [13] On 18 July 2013, on his 88th birthday he was awarded the Honorary Citizen of Cluj County title.[3] [14]

Honours

Player

Universitatea Cluj

1950[15] [16] CSCA București

1948–49[5]

Manager

Universitatea Cluj (assistant)

1957–58[5] Dermata Cluj

1958–59[4] Arieșul Turda

1970–71[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nicolae Săbăslău profile. 11v11. 1 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Nicolae Săbăslău manager profile. Labtof. 30 January 2020.
  3. Web site: A murit ultimul supraviețuitor din primul derby Steaua – Dinamo. Digisport.ro. Romanian . The last survivor of the first Steaua – Dinamo derby died. 2 January 2019 . 30 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Elhunyt a futball szerelmese. Szabadsag.ro. Hungarian . A football lover has died. 4 January 2019 . 30 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Doliu în fotbalul românesc! A murit ultimul supraviețuitor din primul Derby de România. Gsp.ro. Romanian . Mourning in Romanian football! The last survivor of the first Romanian Derby died. 2 January 2019 . 30 January 2020.
  6. Web site: S-a stins "portarul zburător"! Ultimul supravieţuitor al primului derby Steaua – Dinamo şi al echipei lui "U" Cluj plecată în bejenie la Sibiu nu mai este printre noi. Prosport.ro. Romanian . The "flying goalkeeper" has died! The last survivor of the first Steaua – Dinamo derby and the team of "U" Cluj that left in Sibiu is no longer among us. 3 January 2019 . 30 January 2020.
  7. Web site: A murit Nicolae Szoboszlay, ultimul fotbalist al echipei U Cluj care pleca în exil la Sibiu, după semnarea Dictatului de la Viena. Libertatea.ro. Romanian . Nicolae Szoboszlay died, the last footballer of the U Cluj's team who went into exile in Sibiu, after the Vienna Dictation was signed. 2 January 2019 . 30 January 2020.
  8. Web site: EXCLUSIV Unicul supraviețuitor al primului derby Steaua – Dinamo se ia de Daum: "Să ridice mâna și să se ceară afară". Gsp.ro. Romanian . EXCLUSIVE The only survivor of the first Steaua – Dinamo derby criticizes Daum: "Raise your hand and ask outside". 14 June 2017 . 30 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Steaua vs Dinamo Liga1 1948–1949. Labtof. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130114357/http://www.labtof.ro/romania/1948-1949/liga1/11/steaua-bucuresti-1-vs-dinamo-bucuresti-2-1830/. 30 January 2020. 30 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Elemer Hirsch, aristocratul care s-a stins în iarbă. Gsp.ro. Romanian . Elemer Hirsch, the aristocrat who passed away on the grass. 23 March 2009 . 30 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Fotbal cu ciocolata. Gsp.ro. Romanian . Football with chocolate. 8 January 2010 . 30 January 2020.
  12. Web site: Cartea despre Nicolae Szoboszlay va fi lansată sâmbătă, la Cluj Arena. Invitaţi speciali şi discursuri emoţionante, la un alt episod din istoria lui "U". Ziardecluj.ro. Romanian . The book about Nicolae Szoboszlay will be launched on Saturday, at Cluj Arena. Special guests and emotional speeches at another episode in the history of "U". 22 November 2016 . 1 June 2021.
  13. Web site: Lansare de carte despre Nicolae Szoboszlay și fotbalul romantic de altădată. Clujulcultural.ro. Romanian . Book launch about Nicolae Szoboszlay and the romantic football of past times. 26 November 2016 . 1 June 2021.
  14. Web site: Cavaler la curtea Universității Cluj. Nicolae Szoboszlay a fost desemnat azi "Cetățean de onoare al județului Cluj". Stiridesport.ro. Romanian . Knight at the court of the University of Cluj. Nicolae Szoboszlay was named today "Honorary Citizen of Cluj County". 18 July 2013 . 30 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Universitatea Cluj 1950 season. 4everucluj.ro. Romanian.
  16. Web site: Nicolae Szoboszlay profile. 4everucluj.ro. Romanian.

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