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Gábor Gerstenmájer

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Gábor Gerstenmájer
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Olimpia Satu Mare
1988 → Victoria Carei (loan)
1990–1991 Brașov 31 (15)
1991–1993 Dinamo București 46 (33)
1993–1994 Luzern 46 (12)
1995–1999 Schaffhausen[a] 95 (36)
1999–2001 Winterthur 72 (22)
2001–2002 Baden 13 (1)
2002–2003 Frauenfeld
Total 303 (119)
International career
1992 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
2008 FC Bruhl
2013–2014 Red Star Zürich
2014–2015 Baden
2017 Young Fellows Juventus (assistant)
2018–2020 FC Wetzikon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gábor Gerstenmájer (born 13 September 1967) is a Romanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[2] He was the Divizia A top-scorer, netting 21 goals during the 1991–92 season while playing for Dinamo București.[2] Following his success with Dinamo, he moved to Switzerland and played there until his retirement.[2]

Club career

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Gerstenmájer was born on 13 September 1967 in Satu Mare, Romania, being of German Swabian descent.[2][3] From 1987 to 1990, he played for Divizia B club Olimpia Satu Mare, with a short interruption in 1988, when he played for Victoria Carei.[2] During these years, he learned a lot about football from coach Iosif Vigu.[4] Subsequently, he joined Brașov, making his Divizia A debut on 12 August 1990 under coach Ioan Nagy in a 3–0 win over Inter Sibiu, scoring the final goal of the game.[2][5]

In 1991, Gerstenmájer was signed by Dinamo București.[2] He was the top-scorer of the 1991–92 season, netting a career-best 21 goals in the 30 matches under coach Florin Halagian, a performance which helped the team win the title undefeated.[2][6][7][8] One of these goals was scored in a 1–1 draw against rivals Steaua București.[9] In the same season, Gerstenmájer helped Dinamo eliminate Luis Figo's Sporting Lisbon by scoring a double in the 2–1 aggregate victory in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with their campaign ending in the following round as they lost to Genoa against whom he scored once.[2][7][10] In the next season, Gerstenmájer scored 12 league goals as The Red Dogs finished in second place.[2] He also scored a goal that helped them get past Kuusysi Lahti in the first round of the 1992–93 Champions League.[2][11] Dinamo faced Olympique Marseille in the second round, where they drew 0–0 in the first leg but lost the subsequent game with 2–0, the French ultimately winning the competition.[11] His last Divizia A appearance took place on 6 December 1992 in a 5–1 victory against Universitatea Craiova in which he scored a brace, totaling 77 matches with 48 goals in the competition.[2]

Gerstenmájer was transferred for a $450,000 fee by Swiss second-tier club Luzern.[2][6][12] He made his debut on 28 February 1993 under coach Bertalan Bicskei in a 0–0 draw against Bulle, a match in the promotion/relegation group A.[2][6][13][14] In his following appearance, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Delémont.[13] From 8 May to 5 June, he scored five goals in five consecutive victories against Basel, Locarno, Chênois, Wil and Grasshopper which helped the team earn promotion to the first league.[2][13] Afterwards, Gerstenmájer made his Nationalliga A debut on 28 July 1993 in a 2–1 away win over Neuchâtel Xamax.[15] On 25 September, he netted a hat-trick in a 5–2 victory against Aarau and three weeks later he scored once in a 2–2 draw against Lugano.[15] Gerstenmájer moved to Nationalliga B club Schaffhausen in 1995.[1][2][6] In the summer of 1996, he convinced his former Dinamo teammate Zoltán Kádár to join the club.[16] From 1999 to 2003, Gerstenmájer played for Winterthur, Baden and Frauenfeld in the Swiss lower leagues, retiring afterwards.[1]

International career

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Gerstenmájer played three games for Romania in 1992, making his debut on 12 February under coach Mircea Rădulescu in a 1–0 friendly loss to Greece.[17][18] His following match took place when he replaced Gheorghe Hagi for the last 20 minutes of the 5–1 victory against Wales in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers.[17][19] Gerstenmájer's last appearance for the national team was a friendly which ended with a 2–0 win over Mexico.[17][20]

Managerial career

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From 2008 to 2020, Gerstenmájer was head coach at several clubs in the Swiss lower leagues such as FC Bruhl, Red Star Zürich, Baden and FC Wetzikon, also working as an assistant coach in 2017 for Young Fellows Juventus.[12][21]

Honours

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Dinamo București

Individual

Notes

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  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1998–99 season are unavailable.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Gábor Gerstenmájer at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Gábor Gerstenmájer at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ↑ Roth, Herbert (14 August 1993). Fußballprofis in Rumänien. Sathmarer Schwaben Wochenpresse. Teil 25.
  4. ↑ "Memoriile lui Iosif Vigu, fosta glorie a Stelei: "Cu Lucescu nici nu transpiram"" [The memories of Iosif Vigu, the former glory of the Steaua: "We didn't even sweat with Lucescu"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
    "Reportaj la Satu Mare, acasă la Iosif Vigu. Tricolorii au avut o primă uriașă, la meciul cu sârbii, din 1977" [Interview at Satu Mare in Iosif Vigu's home. The tricolors had a huge bonus, at the match with the Serbians, in 1977] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Brașov 3 – 0 Inter Sibiu". Labtof. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "A fugit din cauza BLATURILOR din tara, acum ii ajuta pe straini sa slabeasca!" [He fled the country because of the FIXED MATCHES, now he helps foreigners lose weight!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Golgheterii-minune din Liga 1: de la muncă în Italia la anti-carantina din Belarus" [The miracle scorers in Liga 1: from work in Italy to anti-quarantine in Belarus] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1991–92". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vă mai amintiți cum Dinamo trecea de Sporting cu 2-0" [You still remember how Dinamo beat Sporting 2-0] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
    "Gábor Gerstenmájer. UEFA Cup 1991/1992". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 "29 de ani de la cea mai Misterioasă "dublă" europeană a lui Dinamo: "Băieții au avut 30.000 de dolari bonus de calificare"" [29 years since Dinamo's most Mysterious European "double": "The boys had a $30,000 qualification bonus"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
    "Trei decenii de la Dinamo – Marseille, un meci învăluit în mister" [Three decades since Dinamo - Marseille, a match shrouded in mystery] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
    "Gábor Gerstenmájer. Champions League 1992/1993". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 ""Regret ca am lasat Romania pentru Elvetia"" ["I regret leaving Romania for Switzerland"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 "Gábor Gerstenmájer. 1993 Promotion/Relegation Group A". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "FC Bulle 0:0 FC Luzern". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Gábor Gerstenmájer. 1993 Nationalliga A". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "KADAR: "Nu vin să antrenez în România, ca să-mi facă preşedintele echipa"" [KADAR: "I don't come to train in Romania, so that the president can make my team"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 "Gábor Gerstenmájer". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Greece – Romania 1:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "Romania – Wales 5:1". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "Romania – Mexico 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  21. ↑ Gábor Gerstenmájer at WorldFootball.net
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