Ioan Varga (born 5 January 1959) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Varga was born on 5 January 1959 in Iclod, Romania. He started his senior football career in 1978 at Divizia B club MureÃÂul Deva. After one season he joined Jiul PetroÃÂani where on 12 August 1979 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Nicolae Oaidàin a 1âÂÂ0 home loss to Sportul StudenÃÂesc BucureÃÂti. In the 1983âÂÂ84 season, Varga netted a personal record of eight league goals.
In 1985 he went to Dinamo BucureÃÂti. In his first season he won the Cupa României, coach Mircea Lucescu using him the entire match in the final which ended with a 1âÂÂ0 victory against rivals Steaua BucureÃÂti who had recently won the European Cup. During his spell with The Red Dogs, Varga played 12 games in European competitions. Notably, he made six appearances in the 1988âÂÂ89 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign as the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1âÂÂ1 on aggregate by Sampdoria.
In 1989, Varga returned to Jiul PetroÃÂani where on 9 December 1980 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3âÂÂ1 home loss to Gloria BistriÃÂa, totaling 346 matches with 46 goals in the competition.
In 1991 he had his only experience outside Romania at Hungarian side, ÃÂjpest. He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 9 March, as coach Ferenc Kovács used him the entire match in a 1âÂÂ0 away loss to Ferencváros. Varga made a total of 15 appearances in the Hungarian league, his last one taking place on 15 June 1991 in a 1âÂÂ0 home win against Békéscsaba, retiring afterwards from professional football.
Between 1982 and 1987, Varga made several appearances for Romania's Olympic and B teams.
His son, Dacian, was also a footballer.
Dinamo BucureÃÂti