Iosif Rotariu is a retired Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n football midfielder.

He was born in Prigor

Prigor

Prigor is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 2,978 people. It is composed of five villages: Borlovenii Noi, Borlovenii Vechi, Pătaş, Prigor and Putna.-References:...

 and debuted in Divizia A with Politehnica Timişoara

FC Politehnica Timişoara

Fotbal Club Politehnica Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's second league, Liga II...

 in 1981. He won the league championship with Steaua Bucureşti in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 and 1998, and won the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997. He also played abroad, in Turkey.

Rotariu made his debut for the Romanian national team

Romania national football team

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 in 1988 against Netherlands

Netherlands national football team

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, and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

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. He got 25 caps in total, the last in 1997, and scored one international goal, against Poland

Poland national football team

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 in 1990.

Club Achievements

• Politehnica Timişoara
  FC Politehnica Timişoara
  Fotbal Club Politehnica Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's second league, Liga II...
  
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  • Romanian Cup
    Romanian Cup
    The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
    
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    • Runner-up: 1980-81, 1982–83

• Steaua Bucureşti:
  • Romanian League: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1997–98
  • Romanian Cup
    Romanian Cup
    The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
    
    : 1986-87, 1988–89, 1996–97
  • Romanian Supercup
    Romanian Supercup
    The Supercupa României is a football competition, held at the beginning of each domestic season and disputed between the winners of Romanian Liga I and the winners of Cupa României. It was usually played at National Stadium in Bucharest. During the period when the new Stadionul Naţional is being...
    
    : 1997
  • European Cup:
    • Runner-up: 1988-89

• Galatasaray
  Galatasaray
  Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...
  
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  • Turkish League:
    • Runner-up: 1990–91
  • Turkish Cup: 1990-91
  • Turkish Super Cup
    Turkish Super Cup
    The TFF Süper Kupa, as it is currently known, is the annual super cup football match contested between the previous season's Süper Lig champions and the Turkish Cup winners in Turkey. It was originally known as the Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası from 1966 to 1998. No competition was held between 1999 and...
    
    : 1991

External links

• Iosif Rotariu at RomanianSoccer.ro
• Iosif Rotariu at National-Football-Teams.com