Vasile Jula

Vasile Jula
Personal information
Full name Vasile Ilie Jula
Date of birth (1974-12-13) 13 December 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Dej, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1984–1992 Universitatea Cluj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Universitatea Cluj 1 (0)
1993–1994 Armătura Zalău 3 (0)
1994–1999 Universitatea Cluj 111 (0)
1999–2004 Gloria Bistrița 102 (1)
2004–2007 CFR Cluj 74 (6)
2007–2008 Dacia Mioveni 13 (0)
2008–2013 FC Zalău
Total 304+ (7+)
Managerial career
2013 FC Zalău
2019 Unirea Mirșid
2021 SCM Zalău (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 March 2018

Vasile Ilie "Lică" Jula (born 13 December 1974) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Jula was born on 13 December 1974 in Dej, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1984 at Universitatea Cluj. He made his Divizia A debut on 20 June 1993, playing for "U" under the guidance of coach Remus Vlad in a 5–1 away loss to Gloria Bistrița. Afterwards he spent one and a half seasons at Divizia B club Armătura Zalău. In the middle of the 1994–95 season, Jula returned to Universitatea.

In 1999, he joined Gloria Bistrița where he spent five seasons, the highlight of this period being a third place in the 2002–03 season. In 2004, Jula switched teams again, going to CFR Cluj. Under coach Dorinel Munteanu, he played eight games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-Étienne and Žalgiris, scoring two goals —one against each of the Lithuanian teams— with the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Lens. He also helped The Railwaymen earn a third place in the 2006–07 season.

Jula moved to Dacia Mioveni for the following season where on 23 February 2008 he made his last Romanian first league appearance in a 3–0 away loss to Vaslui, totaling 301 matches with seven goals in the competition and 13 games with two goals in the Intertoto Cup. In 2008 he joined third league side FC Zalău where he played for five years, retiring afterwards.

International career

In 2005, he was called up by coach Victor Pițurcă to play for Romania, but he was only a reserve during the 2006 World Cup qualification game against Finland.

Managerial career

In the first part of the 2013–14 season, Jula was the manager of FC Zalău in the third league. In February 2019, he was appointed head coach at Unirea Mirșid, managing by the end of the season to earn promotion from the fourth to the third league. In April 2021, Jula was the caretaker manager of SCM Zalău.

Honours

Player

CFR Cluj

Manager

Unirea Mirșid

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1993–94 Divizia B season are unavailable.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Vasile Jula at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 Vasile Jula at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 "Vasile Jula profile" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  4. ↑ "Universitatea Cluj 1992–93 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "FOTO. Vasile Jula, la ceas aniversar. Fostul internațional a împlinit 50 de ani!" [PHOTO. Vasile Jula, at his birthday party. The former international turned 50!] (in Romanian). Sportulsalajean.ro. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Reperele lui CFR Cluj, echipa care în 2000 era ca şi desființată, iar acum domină fotbalul românesc" [The landmarks of CFR Cluj, the team that in 2000 was almost disbanded, and now dominates Romanian football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
    "Vasile Jula. Intertoto Cup 2005/2006". WorldFootball. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "FINLANDA – ROMANIA Mutu nu-l stia pe Jula" [FINLAND – ROMANIA Mutu didn't know Jula] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
    "Vasile Jula – A jucat împotriva lui Lăcătuș și Gică Popescu" [Vasile Jula – He played against Lăcătuș and Gică Popescu] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
    "Finland vs. Romania 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Vasile Jula, noul antrenor de la FC Zalău" [Vasile Jula, the new coach of FC Zalău] (in Romanian). Someseanul.ro. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
    "Lica Jula îsi anunta revenirea în fotbal!" [Lica Jula announces his return to football!] (in Romanian). Graiulsalajului.ro. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vasile Jula – antrenor Unirea Mirșid: "Ne bucurăm că am câștigat titlul, dar greul abia acum începe"" [Vasile Jula – Unirea Mirșid coach: "We are happy that we won the title, but the hard work is only just beginning"] (in Romanian). Sportulsalajean.ro. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
    "Vasile Jula antrenor Unirea Mirșid:"Mă bucur că am readus fotbalul din Sălaj la un alt nivel"" [Vasile Jula, coach of Unirea Mirșid: "I'm glad that I brought football from Sălaj back to another level"] (in Romanian). Magazinsalajean.ro. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Probleme la SCM Zalău, deși e la un pas de barajul de promovare pentru Liga 2. "Interimarul" a dat afară decarul echipei după ce inițial nu l-a mai primit la antrenamente: "E strict decizia mea"" [Problems at SCM Zalău, although the team is one step away from the promotion play-off for Liga 2. The "caretaker" fired the team's number 10 after initially not allowing him at training: "It's strictly my decision"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2021.