Emerich Jenei
Emerich Jenei pictured in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emerich Alexandru Jenei | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Agrișu Mic, Arad, Romania | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Flamura Roşie Arad | 21 | (2) |
| 1957–1969 | Steaua Bucureşti | 254 | (7) |
| 1969–1971 | Kayserispor | 30 | (4) |
| Total | 305 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 1959–1964 | Romania | 12 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1973 | Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach) | ||
| 1975–1978 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1978–1979 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| 1981–1982 | CS Târgovişte | ||
| 1983–1984 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1984–1986 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1986–1990 | Romania | ||
| 1991 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1992–1993 | Hungary | ||
| 1993 | Fehérvár Videoton | ||
| 1993–1994 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1995–1996 | Panionios | ||
| 1996 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1998–2000 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 2000 | Romania | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Emerich Jenei or Imre Jenei (also known as Emeric Jenei or Ienei; 22 March 1937) is a Romanian former football player and coach. He is considered one of Romania's best coaches, alongside Ştefan Kovács, Mircea Lucescu, and Anghel Iordănescu.
On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II with one barret for his part in winning the 1986 European Cup Final.
Jenei was born in Agrișu Mic, Arad County, to ethnic Hungarian parents. As a child, he moved with his family to Losonc (now Lučenec, Slovakia), because his father did not want to serve in the Romanian army. Later his father became a Hungarian soldier, but following the end of the war he did not come back and Jenei with his mother moved back to Arad. Two years after they resettled in their old home, Jenei's father, who was held in captivity, unexpectedly returned. Not much later Jenei's mother died when he was only 12 years old.
Before his professional football career, Jenei wanted to become a lawyer. He made his debut playing for Flamura Roșie Arad — now UT Arad, in the Romanian Liga I. In 1957, at age 20, he signed with Steaua club in Bucharest (1957). He played for Steaua until 1969, when he left Romania to play in Turkey for Kayserispor. He had reached the age of 32, when Romania's Communist authorities would allow few players to move abroad. In 1971, Jenei retired as player and became a coach. During his career as a footballer, he won 12 caps for Romania's national team (between 1959 and 1964).
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