Vasile Gergely

László Vasile Gergely (; 28 October 1941 – 2020) was a Romanian football player and manager.

Club career Gergely was born on 28 October 1941 in Baia Mare, Romania and began playing football in Divizia B at local club CSM Baia Mare. He made his Divizia A debut under coach Gheorghe Ola on 19 August 1962, playing for Viitorul București in a 7–0 home victory against Minerul Lupeni. In the next two seasons, he helped The Red Dogs win another two championships, coaches Ionescu and Nicolae Dumitru giving him three appearances in the first and under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu he played 20 games in the second. During his eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Gergely also won two Cupa României. Gergely played in eight matches and scored once in European competitions for Dinamo. The campaign ended in the next round where they were defeated by the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition, Inter Milan, but he helped the team earn a historical 2–1 victory in the first leg. For the way he played in 1966, Gergely was placed second in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award, behind only Nicolae Dobrin.

After a tournament with Dinamo in West Germany, he remained there, signing with Hertha BSC. He played 31 games in the 1970–71 season as the club finished in third position. He was banned for life in January 1972 together with other players for throwing the game against Arminia Bielefeld and accepting a 15,000 Deutsche mark bribe in exchange. Afterwards, Gergely went to play for Durban City in South Africa where he could play because at that time the country was not a member of FIFA, winning the 1972 National Football League. Gergely has a total of 145 matches with seven goals in Divizia A and 35 appearances in Bundesliga. He scored a goal in the 4–1 victory against Yugoslavia in the final. He went on to play two games in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, four in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and five during the Euro 1968 qualifiers. He was used by coach Angelo Niculescu in the 2–1 victory against Czechoslovakia during the group stage of the final tournament, being sent in the 81st minute to replace Ion Dumitru, which marked his last appearance for the national team that did not advance to the next stage.

Personal life and death His brothers, Iuliu and Iosif, were also footballers.

Gergely died in 2020 at the age of 79 in South Africa.

Career statistics Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Gergely goal. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 17 November 1966 Petrolul Stadium, Ploiești, Romania 2–0 4–3 Friendly2. 22 November 1967 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64, 1967–68

Durban City National Football League: 1972

Romania U18 UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1962

Individual Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year (runner-up): 1966