Vasile Gergely was born on 28 October 1941 in Baia Mare and started playing football in Divizia B at local club, CSM Baia Mare.[3][4] Gergely made his Divizia A debut under coach Gheorghe Ola on 19 August 1962, playing for Viitorul București in a 7–0 home victory against Minerul Lupeni, but in the middle of the season the club dissolved and he went to play for Dinamo București, making just one appearance in the second half of the season as the club won the title.[3][4] In the next two seasons, he helped the club win another two titles, appearing in 3 games in the first and in 20 in the second.[3][4] During his eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Gergely also won two Cupa României and made 8 appearances with one goal scored in European competitions.[2][3] After a tournament with DinamoinWest Germany, he remained there, signing with Hertha BSC, playing 30 games in the 1970–71 Bundesliga as the club finished on the 3rd position, also appearing in two games in which he scored one goal from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[3][4] He was banned for life in January 1972 together with other players for throwing the game against Arminia Bielefeld and accepting a 15,000 Deutsche mark bribe in exchange.[4][5][6][7][8] Afterwards, Gergely went to play for Durban CityinSouth Africa where he could play because at that time the country was not a member of FIFA, winning the 1972 National Football League, also working as a police officer during that time.[2][4][5] In November 1973, the German Football Association cancelled his and the other players suspensions, it is believed that the case was hastily and superficially tried and the players were unduly pardoned because the image of the 1974 World Cup, which was to be held in Germany would have been affected.[4][5][6][7][8] Even though his suspension was lifted, Gergely retired at age 32, working for a while as head coach at BFC Germania 1888 and at club 1. FC Wilmersdorf where he coached juniors, also working at the club's casino.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Vasile Gergely has a total of 145 matches and 7 goals scored in Divizia A and 35 appearances in Bundesliga.[3][6]
^"Iuliu Gergely: "Ce fotbalist eram!"" [Iuliu Gergely: "What a footballer I was!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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