Iosif Fabian

Iosif Fabian
Personal information
Full name	Josif Fabian II
Date of birth	10 August 1923
Place of birth	Cluj, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	6 July 2008 (aged 84)
Place of death	Cascais, Portugal
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1939–1943	Muncitorii Cluj
Senior career*
Years	Team
1943–1944	Szegedi AK
1945	Budapesti MÁVAG SK
1945	Ferar Cluj
1945–1947	Carmen București
1947–1948	Torino
1948–1949	Lucchese
1949–1951	Bari
1951–1953	Cannes
1952	→ Roubaix-Tourcoing (loan)
1953–1954	Sporting CP
1955–1956	Barreirense
International career
1946	Romania
Managerial career
1955–1956	Barreirense (Player/coach)
1956–1957	FC Serpa (Player/coach)
1957–1958	Sporting Covilhã (Player/coach)
1961–1962	SC Caldas
1962–1963	Lusitano de Évora
1963–1964	SC Farense
1964–1965	Olhanense
1965–1966	Barreirense
1966–1967	SC Farense
1967–1970	Textáfrica
1970–1971	G.D. Chaves
1971–1972	Silves
1972–1973	Textáfrica
1976–1977	Sporting Covilhã
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Fabian (Portuguese: José Fabian; 10 August 1923 – 6 July 2008)^[1] was a Romanian football player and coach who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in Cluj, Romania, Fabian started his youth career at Muncitorii Cluj. Then he went to play in the neighborhood country Hungary for a few years starting his senior career there. He returned to Romania, at the Ferar Cluj club for a short period before joining Carmen București. He made his Liga I debut on 25 August 1946 in a match against Jiul Petroşani winning 3–1 and scoring once. During that season he scored 13 goals in 13 matches, and puts his team on the second place in the 1946–47 league table. The same year he leaves Romania, and goes abroad to Italy and signs for AC Torino in the Serie A, where he met up with the legendary Valentino Mazzola, in his first season on the club Josef won the Serie A contributing with 9 goals in 15 appearances, and was the only foreigner on the team. Over the years spent in Italy, he also played for Lucchese and Bari.

In 1951 he left Italy, and went to France and signs for two seasons with AS Cannes, during the 1951–52 season he was loaned out to Roubaix-Tourcoing. During his time in France Spanish side Atlético Madrid put an eye on him and wanted to transfer him to Spain.

After his time in France, he went to Portugal in 1953, and signed for Sporting CP he made there only 6 appearances and scored two goals but won the Portuguese Liga in 1954. Fabian saw his name linked to several clubs and more in the various echelons of Portuguese football but choose instead Barreirense, he was a player-coach there.^[2]

After retiring, he started a long career coaching various teams in Portugal and Mozambique. His last training job was at Imortal de Albufeira in the 1983–84 season

International career

Fabian made his debut for the national side led by coach Virgil Economu, on 8 October 1946, in a match against Bulgaria ended 2–2, his only goal for Romania was in a 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia in the Balkan Cup on 11 October 1946.^[3]

Honours

Torino

Serie A: 1947–48

Sporting CP

Portuguese Liga: 1953–54
Cup of Portugal: 1953–54

References

^ "Faleceu José Fabian" (in Portuguese). Sporting Clube de Portugal. 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ "Fabian (José Fabian)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1940–1949 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[1] "Faleceu José Fabian" (in Portuguese). Sporting Clube de Portugal. 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[2] "Fabian (José Fabian)" (in Portuguese). Fora de Jogo. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[3] Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1940–1949 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

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