Iosif Szökő

Iosif Szökő (18 March 1930 – 1 April 2002) was a Romanian footballer of Hungarian descent, who played as a forward for Romania national football team and teams such ICO Oradea and Dinamo București.

Club career Szökő was born on 18 March 1930 in Marghita, Bihor County, Romania and began playing county level football in 1945 at local club Bihoreana. After some friendly games against Rapid București, CFR Oradea and ICO Oradea, young Szökő was transferred by CFR Oradea, a team against whom he scored three goals.

In 1951 he joined Dinamo București, and his first performance was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him the entire match in the 2–0 loss to Metalul Reșița. In the following season, Szökő helped the club win its first title, being used by Niculescu in 18 matches in which he scored once. He would go on to win the 1958–59 Cupa României, but coach Iuliu Baratky did not use him in the final. During his years spent with Dinamo, Szökő scored once in a derby against CCA București that ended in a 2–2 draw. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 September 1959 in Dinamo's 2–0 home loss to Dinamo Bacău, totaling 107 matches with 10 goals in the competition. He made his debut in the 1954 World Cup qualifiers under coach Gheorghe Popescu, playing in three games. His following eight games were friendlies, his last appearance taking place on 22 April 1956 in a 1–0 away victory against Yugoslavia.

Coaching career After retirement, Szökő started a coaching career, being the assistant coach of Virgil Mărdărescu at Dinamo Pitești.

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1955 Cupa României: 1958–59, runner-up 1954