Ladislau Brosovszky

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

Club career Brosovszky was born on 23 March 1951 in Arad, Romania and began playing football in the 1967–68 Divizia B season at local club Vagonul. In the following season he joined UTA Arad with whom he made his Divizia A debut on 1 September 1968 in a 1–0 away loss to Petrolul Ploiești. He won another title in the next season, contributing with one goal scored in the 30 appearances Dumitrescu gave him. Brosovszky also played eight matches in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign, scoring one goal against each of Austria Salzburg and Zagłębie Wałbrzych, helping UTA reach the quarter-finals where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition. In the beginning of his career, he played as a left defender, but afterwards he played more as an offensive midfielder, a position from which he scored a personal record of 16 goals in the 1976–77 season. He spent the last two years of his career in Divizia B at Rapid Arad.

Brosovszky played three friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Ola on 30 January 1972 in a 4–2 away victory against Morocco in which he scored a goal. His following two appearances were in a 2–2 draw against Peru and a 2–1 loss to Argentina. Brosovszky died on 23 December 1990 at age 39 after suffering a heart attack.

Honours UTA Arad Divizia A: 1968–69, 1969–70