Iosif Rotariu

Iosif Rotariu

Iosif Rotariu in 2014.
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-09-27) 27 September 1962
Place of birth Prigor, Caraş-Severin, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19801986 Politehnica Timişoara 106 (16)
19861990 Steaua Bucureşti 93 (28)
19901992 Galatasaray 28 (4)
19921994 Bakırköyspor 34 (7)
19941995 CFR Timişoara 8 (2)
19951996 Politehnica Timişoara 17 (6)
1996 OFK Kikinda 24 (4)
19961997 Politehnica Timişoara 17 (6)
19971998 Steaua Bucureşti 42 (11)
19981999 Politehnica Timişoara 21 (4)
19992000 Extensiv Craiova 32 (3)
2000 Politehnica Timişoara 12 (1)
20012002 Bihor Oradea 17 (2)
20122013 Politehnica Timişoara 10 (3)
Total 401 (83)
National team
19881997 Romania 25 (1)
Teams managed
2006 Politehnica Timişoara
20062009 Politehnica II Timişoara
2007 Politehnica Timişoara
20092012 Politehnica Timişoara (assistant)
2012 Bihor Oradea
2013 Vaslui (assistant)
2014 Caransebeș
20152016 Poli Timișoara (assistant)
2016 Universitatea Craiova (youth centre)

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


Iosif Rotariu (born 27 September 1962) is a Romanian former football midfielder.

He was born in Prigor and debuted in Divizia A with Politehnica Timişoara in 1981. He won the league championship with Steaua Bucureşti 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.

Rotariu made his debut for the Romanian 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.

Club Achievements

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