Eugen Nagy

Eugen Nagy

E. Nagy (left) and M. Marian (right) stopping Iordănescu in the 1975–76 Cupa României semi-final.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-04-16)16 April 1944
Place of birth	Oradea, Romania
Date of death	2006 (aged 62)
Place of death	Oradea, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Youth career
1958	Metalul Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1977	Bihor Oradea	275	(1)
1977–1980	Voința Oradea
Total		275	(1)
Managerial career
	Bihor Oradea (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2020

Eugen Nagy (Naghi) (also known as Jenő Nagy; 16 April 1944 – 2006) was a Romanian professional footballer of Hungarian ethnicity. He played as a sweeper (libero) for teams such as FC Bihor Oradea or Voința Oradea and after retirement worked as a football coach in the youth center of FC Bihor.

Club career

Nagy played initially as a midfielder and made his debut in the Divizia A in 1964, for FC Bihor Oradea (named at that time as Crișul Oradea). Subsequently he started to play as a defender, especially as a sweeper (libero) and was for years one of the FC Bihor's captains and an important player.

Eugen Nagy played in approx. 270-280 matches (125 in the top-flight) for FC Bihor Oradea and scored 1 goal. He achieved a semi-final of the Romanian Cup during the 1975–76 season, best performance of the club in this competition.

Between 1977 and 1980, former captain of "the red and blues" played for the third tier club Voința Oradea, then retired in 1980, at 36 years. After retirement he worked as a coach in the youth center of FC Bihor.

Honours

Bihor Oradea

• Divizia B: 1970–71, 1974–75

External links

• Eugen Nagy at labtof.ro