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Ladislau Brosovszky

Ladislau Brosovszky
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-23)23 March 1951
Place of birth Arad, Romania
Date of death 23 December 1990(1990-12-23) (aged 39)
Position(s) Left Defender / Offensive Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Vagonul Arad 1 (0)
1968–1979 UTA Arad 314 (100)
1980–1982 Rapid Arad 37 (13)
Total 352 (113)
International career
1969–1971 Romania U23[1] 13 (2)
1972–1974 Romania[a] 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ladislau "Gioni" Brosovszky (Romanian: Broșovschi) (23 March 1951 – 23 December 1990) was a Romanian football midfielder with Hungarian roots.

Club career

Ladislau "Gioni" Brosovszky was born on 23 March 1951 in Arad, Romania and started to play football in the 1967–68 Divizia B season at local club, Vagonul.[4][5][6] In the following season he went to play for UTA Arad with whom he made his Divizia A debut on 1 September 1968 in a 1–0 away loss in front of Petrolul Ploiești, being used by coach Nicolae Dumitrescu in a total of 21 matches in which he scored one goal as the team won the title by the end of the season.[4][6][7] After another title won in the next season in which he contributed with one goal scored in 30 appearances, he took part in UTA's performance in the 1970–71 European Cup season in which they eliminated Feyenoord who were European champions at that time but got eliminated by Red Star Belgrade in the following round against whom he scored a goal.[4][6][7][8][9] Brosovszky also played 8 matches in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign, scoring one goal against Austria Salzburg and one against Zagłębie Wałbrzych helping The Old Lady reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Tottenham Hotspur who would eventually win the competition.[4][10][11] In the beginning of his career, Brosovszky played as a left defender but afterwards he played more as an offensive midfielder, a position from which he managed to score a personal record of 16 goals in the 1976–77 season.[4][6] Ladislau Brosovszky made his last Divizia A appearance on 24 June 1979 in a 6–2 home victory against Politehnica Iași, having a total of 314 appearances in which he scored 100 goals, being UTA's top-goalscorer in the competition and made a total of 16 appearances with four goals scored in European competitions.[4][5][6] He spent the last two years of his career in Divizia B at Rapid Arad.[4][5][6]

International career

Ladislau Brosovszky played three friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Ola on 30 January 1972 in a 4–2 away victory in front of Morocco in which he scored a goal.[2][12] His following two appearances were in a 2–2 against Peru and a 2–1 loss in front of Argentina.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.[2]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 January 1972 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco  Morocco 3–1 4–2 Friendly

Personal life

Brosovszky's father, Antoniu was also a footballer who played for UTA Arad and his daughter, Monica Brosovszky-Boriga is a former basketball player who played 270 games for the Romania women's national basketball team and won the Liga Națională 6 times with BC ICIM Arad and CSM Târgoviște.[6][13][14] Ladislau Brosovszky died on 23 December 1990 at age 39 after suffering a heart attack.[6]

A book about Brosovszky was written by Radu Romănescu and Ionel Costin, called Gioni Brosovszky – ultimul mare romantic (Gioni Brosovszky – the last great romantic), which was released on 18 April 2022 with the occasion of 77 years since the foundation of UTA Arad.[15][16][17][18]

Honours

UTA Arad

Notes

  1. ^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Ladislau Brosovszky profile". 11v11. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ladislau Brosovszky". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ladislau Brosovszky at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Ladislau Brosovszky at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ a b c "Se împlinesc 30 de ani de la moartea marelui Ladislau Brosovszky" [It is 30 years since the death of the great Ladislau Brosovszky] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gioni, golgeterul all-time al Aradului" [Gioni, Arad's all-time top scorer] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Ladislau Brosovszky. Champions League 1970/1971". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Remember UTA – Feyenoord. Cincizeci de ani de la marele nostru GOL" [Remember UTA – Feyenoord. Fifty years since our great GOAL] (in Romanian). Uta-arad.ro. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Ladislau Brosovszky. Europa League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Morocco 2-4 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Monica Brosovszky: "Am luptat de două ori să-l fac pe tata mândru de mine"" [Monica Brosovszky: "I've fought twice to make my father proud of me"] (in Romanian). glsa.ro. 27 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  14. ^ "O mare campioană a baschetului feminin se retrage. Monika Brosovszky-Boriga a spus adio carierei de jucătoare" [A great champion of women's basketball retires. Monika Brosovszky-Boriga said good-bye to her playing career] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Volumul "Gioni Brosovszky – ultimul mare romantic" se lansează mâine, la ceas aniversar pentru UTA!" [The volume "Gioni Brosovszky - the last great romantic" is released tomorrow, at the anniversary time for UTA!] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  16. ^ ""Gioni Brosovszky – ultimul mare romantic", cartea care se lansează astăzi, la 77 de ani de UTA" ["Gioni Brosovszky – the last great romantic", the book that is launched today, 77 years after UTA] (in Romanian). Specialarad.ro. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Sărbătoare dedicată lui "Gioni"" [Celebration dedicated to "Gioni"] (in Romanian). Aradon.ro. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  18. ^ "UTA 77 – sub semnul lui Ladislau Brosovszky și al exemplului oferit de fiica sa: "Sunt mândră că am putut să-i îndeplinesc toate dorințele!"" [UTA 77 – under the sign of Ladislau Brosovszky and the example provided by his daughter: "I am proud that I was able to fulfill all his wishes!"] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislau_Brosovszky