Iosif Cavai

International career Between 1973 and 1982, Cavai played several games for Romania's under-21, under-23, Olympic and B squads.

On 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him on a list of best Romanian players who never played for Romania's national team.

Managerial career In 1984, Cavai was head coach for a few rounds at Jiul Petroșani while still being an active player.

From 1990 until 2004, he held various positions at Universitatea Cluj, working as a stadium administrator, assistant coach, goalkeeping coach, competition organizer and vice-president of the club. After his period spent at "U" Cluj ended, he went to work for Politehnica Timișoara, first as a goalkeeper coach. Then he went to CFR Timișoara.

From 2009 until 2010 he worked at Școala de Fotbal Ardealul. Afterwards he returned to "U" Cluj to work as a goalkeeper coach for the youth teams.

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75 Cupa României runner-up: 1969–70, 1970–71 Jiul Petroșani Balkans Cup runner-up: 1977–78