Emerich Dembrovschi

Emeric Dembroschi[3] (born 6 October 1945) is a retired Romanian football striker.

Emeric Dembrovschi
Dembrovschi in 1970
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-10-06) 6 October 1945
Place of birth Câmpulung la Tisa, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1965 Foresta Sighet
1965–1966 Victoria Roman
1967–1974 SC Bacău 190 (63)
1974–1981 Politehnica Timișoara 208 (51)
Total 398 (114)
International career
1968–1973 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 27 (9)
Managerial career
1983–1985 Politehnica Timișoara
1996–1997 Politehnica Timișoara
1997 UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

"He was neither graceful nor spectacular. He was, instead, one of the players who can be said, without making a mistake, that he knows how to stay on the field. Dembo belonged to the category of strategic players, like Gérson, Didi, Bobby Charlton, Overath"

–Mircea Lucescu, former teammate[4]

Emerich Dembrovschi was born on 6 October 1945 in Câmpulung la Tisa, Romania and started to play football in the Romanian lower leagues at Foresta Sighet and Victoria Roman.[4][5][6] In 1967 he was transferred at SC Bacău where he was wanted by coach Constantin Teașcă, helping the team promote in Divizia A, a competition in which he made his debut on 20 August 1967 under coach Nicolae Dumitru, representing SC Bacău in a 2–1 victory against Steaua București in which he scored a goal.[4][5][6] During his period spent at SC Bacău, Dembrovschi made his debut in European competitions, playing 7 games in which he scored 5 goals in the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, helping the club reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Arsenal who would eventually win the competition.[6][7][8][9] In 1974, Dembrovschi went to play for Politehnica Timișoara where he won the 1979–80 Cupa României and in the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup he helped the team eliminate Celtic.[4][5][6] Emerich Dembrovschi made his last Divizia A appearance on 17 June 1981, playing for Politehnica in a 1–1 against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, having a total of 385 appearances and 108 goals scored in the competition, also having a total of 15 matches and 5 goals scored in European competitions (including 7 appearances and 5 goals scored in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[4][5][6] A book about him was written by Ilie Dobre, called Emeric Dembroschi - eroul de la Guadalajara (Emeric Dembroschi - The hero from Guadalajara).[6]

International career

Emerich Dembrovschi played 26 matches and scored 8 goals for Romania, making his debut on 27 October 1968 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 3–0 loss against Portugal at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers in which he made a total of six appearances scored a goal in a 1–1 against Greece.[1][10] At the 1970 World Cup final tournament he was used by Angelo Niculescu in all the minutes of the three group matches as Romania did not advance to the next stage, scoring a goal in the last game which was a 3–2 loss against Brazil.[1][4][6] For his performances at the Mexican World Cup, Dembrovschi was declared Romania's best player and he and the other 15 best players from the other national teams were part of a project which consisted of each of them having a statue near the Estadio Azteca which was never fulfilled, but a wooden statue of him was displayed in his native Câmpulung la Tisa.[4][6] He played 6 matches and scored two goals at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1] Dembrovschi's last two games played for the national team were at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, in the first one scoring a goal in a 2–0 against Albania, his last appearance taking place on 26 September 1973 in a 2–0 loss against East Germany.[1]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Dembrovschi was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[11][12]

International goals
Score column indicates score after each Dembrovschi goal.[1]
List of international goals scored by Emerich Dembrovschi
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 1969JNA Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia0–11–1Friendly
2.16 November 196923 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania Greece1–01–11970 World Cup qualifiers
3.10 June 1970Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Brazil2–32–31970 World Cup
4.21 April 1971Vojvodina Stadium, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia0–10–1Friendly
5.22 September 1971Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland0–30–41972 Euro qualifiers
6.14 November 197123 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania Czechoslovakia1–02–11972 Euro qualifiers
7.3 September 1972Stadionul Central, Craiova, Romania Austria1–11–1Friendly
8.29 October 197223 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania Albania2–02–01974 World Cup qualifiers

Honours

SC Bacău

Politehnica Timişoara

Notes
  1. Including one appearance and one goal for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References
  1. "Emerich Dembrovschi". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. Emerich Dembrovschi at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. Ilie Dobre – Emeric Dembroschi – eroul de la Guadalajara (Ed. Paralela 45, 2004), p. 5
  4. "Interviu savuros cu Dembrovszki, "tricolorul" care trebuia să aibă statuie lângă Pele: "Am o statuie de lemn la mine în sat. Era lângă biserică, se închinau babele la ea. Credeau că e un sfânt"" [Tasty interview with Dembrovszki, the "tricolor" who was supposed to have a statue next to Pele: "I have a wooden statue in my village. It was near the church, the old women worshiped it. They thought it was one of a saint"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. Emerich Dembrovschi at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. "Emeric Dembróschi: "Am fost desemnat cel mai bun jucător român din Mexic, în România nu am fost nici măcar printre primii zece"" [Emeric Dembróschi: "I was named the best Romanian player in Mexico, in Romania I wasn't even among the top ten"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. "Jumătate de secol de la o calificare istorică în primăvara europeană" [Half a century since a historic qualification in the European spring] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. "Football stories: Once upon a time they were great…". Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. "Bacăul a ajuns în fața lui Arsenal" [Bacău ended up in front of Arsenal] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. "Portugal 3-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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