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'''Iuliu Bodola''' ({{lang-hu|Bodola Gyula}}; 26 February 1912 &ndash; 9 September 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-szuletett-bodola-gyula-aki-ket-orszag-valogatottjaban-is-palyara-lepett}}</ref>) was a Romanian-Hungarian [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He represented both the [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] national team at internationally level.<ref name=nationalteam/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries |access-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |archive-date= 3 August 2008 }}</ref> His nickname was ''Duduş''/''Dudus''.<ref>[http://adevarul.ro/news/sport/iuliu-dudus-bodola-golgheterul-antisemit-1_50ac96fa7c42d5a663865cc5/index.html Iuliu „Duduş“ Bodola, golgheterul antisemit]. adevarul.ro.</ref> He is Romania's third [[Romania national football team#Top goalscorers|all-time top goalscorer]], and he is also the all-time top goal scorer of the [[Balkan Cup]].

Bodola started his career in 1929 (aged 17) for [[Clubul Atletic Oradea]], before joining [[Venus București]], with whom he was the champion of [[Divizia A]] in [[1938–39 Divizia A|1938–39]] and [[1939–40 Divizia A|1939–40]].<ref name=RS>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/b/bodola_iuliu.shtml|title=Iuliu Bodola – Stats|access-date=30 November 2008|publisher=Romanian Soccer}}</ref> When [[Northern Transylvania]] became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in August 1940, he preferred to play for [[Clubul Atletic Oradea|Nagyváradi AC]], and with them he won the [[Nemzeti Bajnokság I]] in [[1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I|1943–44]].<ref name=RS/> After the end of the [[World War II|war]], he returned to Romania with [[Ferar Cluj-Napoca]], but in 1946 he left again for Hungary joining [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK]], where he lived in [[Budapest]] until the end of his life. In November 2008, the name of the ''Municipal Stadium'' in [[Oradea]] was namedrenamed after him, becoming the [[Stadionul Iuliu Bodola]].

|quote = ''"For me, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time was Iuliu Bodola. Neither [[Nicolae Dobrin]], nor [[Gheorghe Hagi]] could be compared with him.''"

HeBodola died in [[Budapest]] in 1993 (aged 80).

His son [[György Bodola]] was a Hungarian illustrator.

* [[Balkan Cup]] top scorer: [[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929–31]] with 7 goals.