Iosif Cavai

Personal information
Date of birth (1951-01-01) 1 January 1951
Place of birth Timişoara, Romania
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1976 Dinamo Bucureşti 370
1976–1985 Jiul Petroşani
1985–1990 Universitatea Cluj

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Iosif Cavai (born 1 January 1951 in Timişoara) is a Romanian association football goalkeeper and coach.

Career as a player

FC Dinamo Bucureşti

Iosif Cavai played in FC Dinamo Bucureşti from 1969 to 1976 and won three championship titles there: in 1970/71, 1972/73 and 1974/75. He appeared in over 370 matches was said to be one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the club.

CS Jiul Petroşani

Iosif Cavai was the goalkeeper of CS Jiul Petroşani for 9 seasons (1976–1985). In 1981, he was named the best goalkeeper in the national championship when he was playing for this team.

FC Universitatea Cluj

From 1985 to 1990, Cavai played in FC Universitatea Cluj. Then, from 1990 to 2004 he held various positions in the club - stadium manager, assistant coach, goalkeeper coach and other.

Career as a coach

Iosef Cavai was a coach in several teams, such as FC Timişoara and FC Universitatea Cluj.

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