Iosif Fabian

Iosif Fabian

Personal information
Full name	Josif Fabian II
Date of birth	(1923-08-10)10 August 1923
Place of birth	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Date of death
Place of death	Cascais, Portugal
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1939–1943	Muncitorii Cluj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1944	Szegedi AK	31	(19)
1945	Budapesti MÁVAG SK	1	(0)
1945	Ferar Cluj	7	(3)
1945–1947	Carmen Bucureşti	24	(24)
1947–1948	Torino	15	(9)
1948–1949	Lucchese	28	(12)
1949–1951	Bari	63	(15)
1951–1953	Cannes	15	(8)
1952	→ Roubaix-Tourcoing (loan)	7	(1)
1953–1954	Sporting Lisbon	6	(2)
1955–1956	Barreirense	13	(4)
International career
1946	Romania	3	(1)
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	G.C. Lusitano
1963–1964	SC Farense
1964–1965	Olhanense
1965–1966	Barreirense
1966–1967	SC Farense
1967–1970	Textáfrica
1970–1971	G.D. Chaves
1971–1972	FC Silves
1972–1973	Textáfrica
19XX-19XX	Sporting Covilhã
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Fabian (Portuguese: José Fabian; 10 August 1923 – 6 July 2008) was a Romanian football striker and coach.

Career

Born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Fabian started his youth career at Muncitorii Cluj. Then he went to play in the neighborhood country Hungary for a few years starting there his senior career. He returned to Romania, at Ferar Cluj for a short period before joining Carmen Bucureşti. 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 Italian League 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 leaves Italy, and goes 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 Lisbon 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.

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

National team

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.

Honours

Club

Torino

• Serie A: 1947–48

Sporting Lisbon

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