1. Emerich Alexandru Jenei is a Romanian former football player and manager.
18 Facts About Emerich Jenei
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Emerich Jenei is considered one of Romania's best managers, alongside Stefan Kovacs, Mircea Lucescu, and Anghel Iordanescu.
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Emerich Jenei is the 2nd most successful Manager in Romania, tied with Dan Petrescu, winning the Romanian First League on 6 occasions, all with Steaua Bucuresti.
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Not much later Emerich Jenei's mother died when he was only 12 years old.
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Emerich Jenei played for Steaua until 1969, when he left Romania to play in Turkey for Kayserispor.
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Emerich Jenei had reached the age of 32, when Romania's Communist authorities would allow few players to move abroad.
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In 1971, Emerich Jenei retired as player and became a coach.
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Emerich Jenei won another championship title in 1978, but at the end of the season he was replaced by Gheorghe Constantin.
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Lucescu was sacked after a short while and Emerich Jenei became the only national team coach.
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Emerich Jenei failed to qualify the team for the UEFA Euro 1988, but took the team to World Cup 1990.
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Between August 1986 and June 1990, Emerich Jenei coached the team in 40 games, including two wins against Spain in 1987 and Italy in 1989.
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Emerich Jenei was named head coach of Hungary between 1992 and 1993, but failed to produce notable results, instead he won the Kirin Cup in 1993, an international tournament organized by Japan, and later being replaced by Ferenc Puskas.
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Jenei did not return to the pitch for a while, but, in August 1993, Emerich Jenei began his fifth stint as coach of Steaua, and won the championship one year later.
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In 2000, Emerich Jenei he was again called to coach Romania.
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At Euro 2000, Emerich Jenei took the team to the last eight, one of the team's best performances.
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Emerich Jenei is regularly consulted by the Romanian media for his opinion ahead of important football games for Romanian clubs, especially Steaua, or the Romania national team.
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Until her death in 2021, Emerich Jenei was married to Ileana, former fencer for Romania, world champion and Olympic medalist.
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Emerich Jenei has a son named Calin with his first wife, actress Vasilica Tastaman.