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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.

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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.

Death

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.

Honours

  • Champion of Romania (four times) : 1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38
  • Romanian Cup (once) : 1934
  • References

    Vasile Deheleanu Wikipedia