Iosif Bükössy

Club career

Bükössy was born on 12 August 1936 in Mediaș, Romania and began playing football in 1948 at local club Sparta. After two more seasons spent with The Military Men, Bükössy went to play for rivals Dinamo București. In his second season he scored once in a derby that ended in a 3–3 draw against his former team, CCA. Afterwards, Bükössy went to play two years at Divizia B club Dinamo Obor București.

Coaching career After he retired from playing football, Bükössy worked mainly at Farul Constanța's youth center where he taught generations of players, which include Gheorghe Hagi, Ianis Zicu, Vasile Mănăilă and Dorel Zamfir. He also had a three-year spell at Elpis Constanța. After Bükössy's death in 2006, Gheorghe Hagi stated that Bükössy was the best coach he had in his entire career, also saying:"For me, Bükössy was like a second father. Now that he is no longer among us, I feel a great sadness in my soul. I knew that he went through a difficult period and that he could not recover after the operation. I feel very sorry for him, may God forgive him! I will never forget him (...) I learned everything from him, he showed me the secrets of football. Basically, he is the man who raised me. He was an extraordinary man, who dedicated his whole life to raising children. He did only good in life. Even though I have done it many times before, I want to thank him once more for what he did for me".

Honours CCA București Divizia A: 1956 Dinamo București Cupa României: 1958–59