Iosif Rotariu

Iosif Rotariu
	Iosif Rotariu in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	27 September 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Prigor, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1979	Nera Bozovici
1979–1981	Politehnica Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1986	Politehnica Timișoara
1986–1990	Steaua București
1990–1992	Galatasaray
1993–1994	Bakırköyspor
1994–1995	CFR Timișoara
1995	Politehnica Timișoara
1996	Kikinda
1996	Politehnica Timișoara
1997–1998	Steaua București
1998	Politehnica Timișoara
1999	Extensiv Craiova
2000–2001	Politehnica Timișoara
2001–2002	Bihor Oradea
2012–2013	ASU Politehnica Timișoara
Total
International career
1988–1997	Romania
Managerial career
2006	Politehnica Timișoara (caretaker)
2006–2009	Politehnica II Timișoara
2007	Politehnica Timișoara (caretaker)
2009–2012	Politehnica Timișoara (assistant)
2012	Bihor Oradea
2013	Vaslui (assistant)
2014	FC Caransebeș
2015–2016	ACS Poli Timișoara (assistant)
2016	Universitatea Craiova (academy manager)
2023–2024	ASU Politehnica Timișoara (chief scout)
2024	Gloria Bistrița
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iosif Rotariu (born 27 September 1962) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He debuted in Divizia A with Politehnica Timișoara in 1981. He won the league championship with Steaua București in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 and 1998, and won the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997. He also played abroad, in Turkey and Serbia.

Rotariu made his debut for the Romania national team in 1988 against Netherlands, and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He got 25 caps in total, the last in 1997, and scored one international goal, against Poland in 1990.

International career

International stats

Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
1988	5	0
1989	5	0
1990	13	1
1991	0	0
1992	1	0
1997	1	0
Total	25	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 September 1990	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania	Poland	2–0	2–1	Friendly

Personal life

Rotariu's identical twin brother Ilie and his nephew Dorin also played professional football, but only Dorin managed to represent Romania at International level.^[1]^[2]^[3]