Vasile Deheleanu

Vasile Deheleanu (12 August 1910 – 30 April 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played in midfield and coach.

Vasile Deheleanu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-08-12)12 August 1910
Place of birth	Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	30 April 2003(2003-04-30) (aged 92)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1924–1925	Unirea Timişoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1928	Politehnica Timişoara
1928–1931	România Cluj
1931–1932	UD Reșița
1932–1939	Ripensia Timişoara	73	(5)
International career
1934–1935	Romania	5	(0)
Managerial career
1950	Politehnica Timişoara
1955–1956	Politehnica Timişoara
1958–1959	Politehnica Timişoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

At club level, he played in Liga I for Politehnica Timişoara, România Cluj, UD Reșița and Ripensia Timişoara.

With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to take part in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The team were eliminated in the first round, when they lost 2–1 to Czechoslovakia.

Death

At the date of his death, he was the only survivor of the Romania national football team squads which participated at the first three FIFA World Cup editions.

Honours

Player

Ripensia Timișoara

• Liga I (4): 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
• Cupa României (2): 1933–34, 1935–36

External links

• Vasile Deheleanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Vasile Deheleanu at National-Football-Teams.com