SOCCER PLAYER

Emerich Jenei

1937 - 2025

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Emerich Alexandru Jenei (Hungarian: Jenei Imre Sándor; 22 March 1937 – 5 November 2025) was a Romanian football manager, considered one of Romania's best alongside Ștefan Kovács, Mircea Lucescu, and Anghel Iordănescu. Prior to his management career, he had a 21-year playing career, playing for clubs in Romania and Turkey and the Romanian national team. On 25 March 2008, the Romanian president decorated him with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II with one barret for his part in winning the European Cup with Romanian club Steaua București in 1986. He is the second most successful manager in Romania, tied with Dan Petrescu, winning the Romanian championship on six occasions, all with Steaua București. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Emerich Jenei is the 723rd most popular soccer player (up from 765th in 2024), the 135th most popular biography from Romania (up from 149th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Emerich Jenei ranks 723 out of 21,273. Before him are Pak Seung-zin, Herbert Kilpin, Jesús Navas, Aymoré Moreira, Poul Nielsen, and Vincent Kompany. After him are Hisao Sekiguchi, Rafael van der Vaart, Ernesto Mascheroni, Harry Bild, Oscar, and David Ginola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Emerich Jenei ranks 131. Before him are Petros Markaris, Olusegun Obasanjo, Billy Meier, Robert B. Wilson, Joseph Kobzon, and Bella Akhmadulina. After him are Lajos Portisch, Naji al-Ali, Baden Powell, Lawrence Roberts, Tony Burton, and Billy Dee Williams. Among people deceased in 2025, Emerich Jenei ranks 146. Before him are Frits Bolkestein, Jerry Butler, Priscilla Pointer, Horst Mahler, John Gurdon, and Eleonora Giorgi. After him are Lucian Mureșan, Harry Bild, John F. MacArthur, Eva Klein, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and David Baltimore.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Emerich Jenei ranks 135 out of 844. Before him are Victor Brauner (1903), Stefan Hell (1962), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Manea Mănescu (1916), Gabriel Báthory (1589), and Francis I Rákóczi (1645). After him are Lucian Mureșan (1931), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Péter Eötvös (1944), Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), and Dora d'Istria (1828).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Emerich Jenei ranks 7. Before him are Mircea Lucescu (1945), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Ștefan Kovács (1920), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), László Bölöni (1953), and Adalbert Deșu (1909). After him are Dudu Georgescu (1950), Nicolae Kovács (1911), Helmuth Duckadam (1959), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Cristian Chivu (1980), and Adrian Mutu (1979).

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