Josef Jakob

As of September 3, 2013

Jacob Joseph ( born September 11, 1939 in Carani (German: Mercydorf ), Banat ) is a former Romanian handball player and handball coach. His achievements are winning the World Handball Championship, World Cup bronze and winning the European Cup. These six national champion titles come with Steaua Bucharest. Jacob was the mid-sixties as the best right winger in the world. His specialty was quick counter kicks and goal area passes to the oppositely positioned outside the circle players or runners. In 45 internationals James threw 121 goals.

Playing career

Teens

Josef Jakob attended elementary school in his hometown Mercydorf ( 1947-1953 ). As a student of sixth class Jakob played once in the Mercydorfer field handball team against the Orzydorfer as a right winger. From 1953 to 1955 he began a teacher training at the Pedagogical Lyceum in Timişoara. He broke off this when Alexander Court Codreanu took him in 1955 to Electro Motor Timisoara in the Regionalliga. In the same year the coach moved with the entire team to Progresul Timisoara. With the regional league, he finished second behind CFR Timisoara.

First League

1957 Jacob moved to Tehnometal Timisoara in the first division. There was Adam Fischer from Triebswetter his coach. After changing Josef Jakob was appointed for the first time in the youth national team. After a long training camp in Sighisoara and Bucharest, the youth team played two games in Poland on the big field. In Tehnometal Jacob played three years on the big field handball. 1960, the operation was launched on the Kleinfeld. With the change from broadsheet on Kleinfeld, the older generation stopped.

1962 was the first overture of the Bucharest Steaua held at Jacob. The army club asked the right wing to join the team at the Spartakiade the army club. From 1964 to 1966 Jacob was with the army club runner. Steaua enhanced with Dieter Christenau, Ion Marinescu, Gheorghe Popescu Ion Goran and, after Steaua Bucharest ernaut champion. In 1968 Jacob with Steaua the European Champions Cup with a 13:11 in the final in Frankfurt against Dukla Prague. In the same year Jacob was appointed together with the Bucharest back player Gruia in the world selection. The next few years were crowned with success. The Army Sports Club was from 1968 to 1971 four consecutive champion.

National players

In 1962, Jacob was invited for the first time the national team. When Jacob came to Steaua, Hans- Gunther Schmidt was already in the army club. Almost simultaneously with Jacob Gheorghe Gruia was brought to the handball team. The three new players helped the team immediately for the first championship title at the retail field. 1963 Johnny art coach.

In November 1963, the national team have been appointed to a five-month training camp, which served to prepare for the World Cup in early March 1964 and lasted up to the beginning. This preparation time was only interrupted by short breaks and games in Germany and in Switzerland. In 1963, Hans- Gunther Schmidt took off in the Federal Republic of Germany. But even without him defended his title in Romania Czechoslovakia.

Coaching career

1971 Jacob was player-coach at the German regional league LTV Wuppertal, he remained four years faithfully. He then coached the country's division HTV and RTV Remscheid Remscheid. 1979 Jacob took over as coach of the Turnerschaft Esslingen. After Esslingen dismissed him after a year, he became player-coach at the Oberliga TSV Scharnhausen, whom he led to the Regionalliga. Between 1982 and 1985 he worked at the district division Wernauer sports. Then Jacob took over for six years as coach of the then district division club TSV Neuhausen, whom he led to the League Association. After a brief stop in Bern Hausen, he trained in the season 1992/93 the RSK Esslingen and then returned to the TSV Neuhausen, where he leads the second men's team from the county League II in the district league. In 1997 he took over as coach at TSV Denkendorf, which he led from the county division to the national league. 1999 Jacob finished his work as a trainer.

Award

In 2009 Jakob from Romanian President Traian Basescu of Sports Merit ( Ordinul " Meritul Sportiv ") was awarded second class.