Iuliu Bodola
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 February 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Brassó, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 12 March 1993 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Budapest, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1922–1929 | Braşovia Braşov | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1937 | CA Oradea | 89 | (62) |
1937–1940 | Venus București | 61 | (47) |
1940–1945 | Nagyváradi AC | 90 | (47) |
1945–1946 | Ferar Cluj | 3 | (0) |
1946–1949 | MTK Hungária | 83 | (35) |
Total | 329 | (192) | |
National team | |||
1931–1939[1] | Romania | 48 | (31) |
1940–1948[1] | Hungary | 13 | (4) |
Teams managed | |||
1946 | Ferar Cluj | ||
1950–1951 | Szolnoki MÁV | ||
1951–1953 | Szombathelyi Haladás | ||
1953–1954 | Pécsi Lokomotív | ||
1954–1957 | Komlói Bányász SK | ||
1957–1959 | Pécsi VS | ||
1959–1960 | Gyulai SE | ||
1960–1961 | Diósgyőri VTK | ||
1963 | Salgótarjáni BTC | ||
1964–1971 | Ormosbányai Bányász | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iuliu Bodola (Hungarian: Bodola Gyula; 26 February 1912 – 12 March 1993) was a Romanian-Hungarian association football striker who played internationally both for Romania and Hungary.[1][2] His nickname was Duduş/Dudus.[3] He is Romania's third all-time top goalscorer, and he is also the all-time top goal scorer of the Balkan Cup.
Club Career
Bodola started his career in 1929 (aged 17) for Clubul Atletic Oradea, before joining Venus București, with whom he was the champion of Romania in 1938–39 and 1939–40.[4] When Northern Transylvania became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in August 1940, he preferred to play for Nagyváradi AC, and with them he was champion of Hungary in 1943–44.[4] After the end of the war, he returned to Romania (Ferar Cluj-Napoca), but in 1946 he left again for Hungary (MTK), where he lived in Budapest until the end of his life. In November 2008, the name of the Municipal Stadium in Oradea was named after him, becoming the Stadionul Iuliu Bodola.
International career
Bodola was a very prolific scorer for Romania, scoring a then-national record of 31 goals in 48 caps. He and Wetzer were the top two goalscorers of the 1929–1931 (first) edition of the Balkan Cup (which Romania won). They scored seven goals each for their country in that tournament alone.[5] He was also part of the Romania team that won the 1933 Balkan Cup and 1936 Balkan Cup, contributing with 2 goals in each tournament.[6][7] With 15 goals in the Balkan Cup, he is the all-time top goal scorer in the competition's history. Bodola was the hero of the 1936 Friendship Cup, scoring a hat-trick in a 3-2 win over Yugoslavia,[8] and with these 3 goals, he is also the all-time top goal scorer of the Friendship Cup. This was Bodola's third international hat-trick (the first two having come in 1931, in a friendly against Lithuania and in the 1929-31 Balkan Cup against Greece), which still remains a national record. He played at both the 1934 FIFA World Cup and 1938 FIFA World Cup for Romania, failing to score a single goal at both tournaments.[9]
When Northern Transylvania became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in August 1940, he decided to play for the Hungary national football team, scoring on his debut on 1 December 1940 against Italy in a 1-1 draw.
For a long time (50 years) he was the absolute top scorer of the Romanian national football team - with 31 goals. Subsequently, he was overtaken by Gheorghe Hagi, and then by Adrian Mutu, both with 35 goals scored. Seven decades after retiring, Bodola still occupies the third place in the all-time top scorers list of the Romanian national football team, with 31 goals, the first place being shared by Hagi and Mutu, both having 35 goals in Romania's shirt.
For me, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time was Iuliu Bodola. Neither Nicolae Dobrin, nor Gheorghe Hagi could be compared with him.
Former Romania coach Angelo Niculescu[10]
Personal life
He died in Budapest in 1993 (aged 80).
His son György Bodola was a Hungarian illustrator.
International goals
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Goals for Romania
- Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bodola goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 May 1931 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–2 | 1929-31 Balkan Cup |
2 | 3–1 | |||||
3 | 28 June 1931 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ![]() |
2–1 | 4–2 | |
4 | 4–2 | |||||
5 | 26 August 1931 | Makabi Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
6 | 2–0 | |||||
7 | 4–2 | |||||
8 | 29 November 1931 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–2 | 1929-31 Balkan Cup |
9 | 2–0 | |||||
10 | 4–2 | |||||
11 | 8 May 1932 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
3–0 | 4–1 | 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs |
12 | 12 June 1932 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 6–3 | Friendly |
13 | 6–3 | |||||
14 | 28 June 1932 | Beogradski SK Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–0 | 1932 Balkan Cup |
15 | 11 June 1933 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
3–0 | 5–0 | 1933 Balkan Cup |
16 | 4–0 | |||||
17 | 30 December 1934 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–2 | 1934-35 Balkan Cup |
18 | 2–0 | |||||
19 | 24 June 1935 | Levski Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–2 | 1935 Balkan Cup |
20 | 10 May 1936 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–2 | 1936 King Carol's Cup |
21 | 2–1 | |||||
22 | 3–1 | |||||
23 | 17 May 1936 | Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–2 | 1936 Balkan Cup |
24 | 5–2 | |||||
25 | 18 April 1937 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1937-38 Eduard Benes Cup | |
26 | 4 July 1937 | Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland | ![]() |
3–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
27 | 8 July 1937 | Makabi Stadionas, Kaunas, Lithuania | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | |
28 | 14 July 1937 | Kadrioru Staadion, Tallinn, Estonia | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | |
29 | 4 December 1938 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–6 | 1937-38 Eduard Benes Cup |
30 | 18 May 1939 | Stadionul Venus, Bucuresti, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
31 | 4–0 |
Goals for Hungary
- Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bodola goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 1 December 1940 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
2 | 1 November 1942 | Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | |
3 | 16 May 1943 | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland | ![]() |
1–1 | 3–1 | |
4 | 3–1 |
Honours
- Venus București
- Nagyváradi AC
International
- Romania
Individual
- Top goalscorer of the 1929-31 Balkan Cup with 7 goals.
References
- ^ a b c "Iuliu Bodola – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ Iuliu „Duduş“ Bodola, golgheterul antisemit. adevarul.ro.
- ^ a b c d "Iuliu Bodola – Stats". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ "Balkan Cup (for Nations) 1929/31". RSSSF.
- ^ "Balkan Cup 1933 results". football.eu.
- ^ "Balkan Cup 1936 results". football.eu.
- ^ "Romania vs Yugoslavia international football match report". football.eu.
- ^ "Iuliu Bodola - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.
- ^ Iuliu „Duduş“ Bodola, golgheterul antisemit. Adevarul.ro (26 March 2011). Retrieved on 2017-05-29.
- ^ "Iuliu Bodola - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Iuliu Bodola - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
External links
- Iuliu Bodola – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Iuliu Bodola at WorldFootball.net
- Iuliu Bodola at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iuliu Bodola at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Iuliu Bodola player profile at Labtof.ro
- Iuliu Bodola manager profile at Labtof.ro
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