Vasile Gergely

Gergely was born on 28 October 1941 in Baia Mare, Romania and began playing football in Divizia B at local club CSM Baia Mare. He 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. However, in the middle of the season the club dissolved and he went to play for Dinamo București, coach Traian Ionescu using him in just one game in the second half of the season as the club won the title. In the next two seasons, he helped The Red Dogs win another two championships, coaches Ionescu and Nicolae Dumitru giving him three appearances in the first and under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu he played 20 games in the second. During his eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Gergely also won two Cupa României. In the 1964 final, coach Ionescu did not use him in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București, but in the 1968 final, he played the entire match in the 3–1 win against Rapid București under coach Bazil Marian. Gergely played in eight matches and scored once in European competitions for Dinamo. In the 1963–64 European Cup edition, he helped the club get past Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 against which he scored a goal. The campaign ended in the next round where they were defeated by the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition, Inter Milan, but he helped the team earn a historical 2–1 victory in the first leg. For the way he played in 1966, Gergely was placed second in the…

Under the guidance of coaches Nicolae Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Ola, Gergely helped Romania's under-18 national team win the 1962 European championship. He scored a goal in the 4–1 victory against Yugoslavia in the final. Gergely played 34 matches for Romania and scored two goals, making his debut on 30 September 1962 under coach Constantin Teașcă in a 4–0 friendly victory against Morocco. He went on to play two games in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, four in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and five during the Euro 1968 qualifiers. Gergely played four games in the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers. He was used by coach Angelo Niculescu in the 2–1 victory against Czechoslovakia during the group stage of the final tournament, being sent in the 81st minute to replace Ion Dumitru, which marked his last appearance for the national team that did not advance to the next stage.

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Gergely goal.

His brothers, Iuliu and Iosif, were also footballers. Gergely died in 2020 at the age of 79 in South Africa.