Vasile Deheleanu

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Playing position Midfielder Role Footballer 1924–1925 Unirea Timisoara Died April 30, 2003		Years Team Position Midfielder Name Vasile Deheleanu
Date of birth (1910-08-12)12 August 1910 Place of birth Temesvar, Austria-Hungary Date of death 30 April 2003(2003-04-30) (aged 92)

Vasile Deheleanu (12 August 1910 in Austria-Hungary (now Romania) – 30 April 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played in midfield.

Biography

At club level, he played in Liga I for Politehnica Timişoara, România Cluj, UD Reşiţa and Ripensia Timişoara.

With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to take part in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The team were eliminated in the first round, when they lost 2-1 to Czechoslovakia.

At the date of his death, he was the only survivor of the Romania national football team squads which participated at the first three FIFA World Cup editions.

Champion of Romania (four times) : 1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38

Romanian Cup (once) : 1934

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