Ștefan Sameș

Romanian footballer and manager

Ştefan Sameş

Personal information
Full name|  Ştefan Sameş
Date of birth|  (1951-10-14)14 October 1951
Place of birth|  Dobroiești, Romania
Date of death|  17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 59)
Place of death|  Bucharest, Romania
Height|  1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Centre-back
Youth career
1965–1971|  Steaua București
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1971–1982|  Steaua București|  274|  (20)
1971–1973|  → Universitatea Craiova (loan)|  46|  (0)
1982–1983|  Farul Constanţa|  9|  (1)
1983–1985|  Rapid București|  58|  (0)
1986–1987|  ROVA Roşiori|  |
1988–1989|  Siretul Paşcani|  |
Total|  |  387|  (21)
International career
1975–1980|  Romania Olympic|  3|  (0)
1973–1982|  Romania|  46|  (3)
Managerial career
1990|  Universitatea Cluj
1992–2011|  Steaua București (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ştefan Sameş (14 October 1951 – 17 July 2011) was a Romanian professional football player and manager.

## Career

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Born in Dobroiești, Sameş began playing football for the youth side of Steaua Bucuresti.[1] He made his Romanian first division debut at age 19, playing for FC Universitatea Craiova while on loan from Steaua during 1971. After two seasons in Craiova, he returned to Steaua and made 274 league appearances for the club and was named Romanian footballer of the year in 1979.[2]

Sameş made 46 appearances for the senior Romania national football team, including eleven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[3] He also has three caps for Romania's Olympic team.[4]

After he retired from playing football, Sameş became a football manager and coached Steaua's youth academy from 1992 until 2011.

## Honours

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Season  | Club  | Title

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1975–1976 | Steaua București | Liga I
1975–1976 | Steaua București | Cupa României
1977–1978 | Steaua București | Liga I
1978–1979 | Steaua București | Cupa României

Individual

* Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1979, (third place): 1981, (fifth place): 1978,

## Personal

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On 17 July 2011, Sameş died in a Bucharest hospital after suffering from cancer for six months.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Ştefan Sameş
2. ^ a b Enciu, Alexandru (18 July 2011). "Ultima dorinţă a lui Sameş: de pe patul de spital, a trimis vorbă să-i fie chemaţi toţi prietenii la înmormântare" (in Romanian). Prosport.ro.
3. ^ "Romania – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
4. ^ "Ștefan Sameș". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

## External links

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* Ștefan Sameș – FIFA competition record (archived)
* Ștefan Sameș at National-Football-Teams.com
* Ștefan Sameș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
* Ștefan Sameș at WorldFootball.net
* Interview with Ştefan Sameş ziarulring.ro (in Romanian)

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Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year

* 1966: Dobrin
* 1967: Dobrin
* 1968: Dumitrache
* 1969: Dumitrache
* 1970: Dinu
* 1971: Dobrin
* 1972: Dinu
* 1973: Dumitru
* 1974: Dinu
* 1975: Dumitru
* 1976: Georgescu
* 1977: Bölöni
* 1978: Coman
* 1979: Sameș
* 1980: Răducanu
* 1981: Balaci
* 1982: Balaci
* 1983: Bölöni
* 1984: Lung
* 1985: Hagi
* 1986: Duckadam
* 1987: Hagi
* 1988: Mateuț
* 1989: Popescu
* 1990: Popescu
* 1991: Popescu
* 1992: Popescu
* 1993: Hagi
* 1994: Hagi
* 1995: Popescu
* 1996: Popescu
* 1997: Hagi
* 1998: Ilie
* 1999: Hagi
* 2000: Hagi
* 2001: Contra
* 2002: Chivu
* 2003: Mutu
* 2004: Dănciulescu
* 2005: Mutu
* 2006: Dică
* 2007: Mutu
* 2008: Mutu
* 2009: Chivu
* 2010: Chivu
* 2011: Torje
* 2012: Rusescu
* 2013: Chiricheș
* 2014: Sânmărtean
* 2015: Tătărușanu
* 2016: Alibec
* 2017: Budescu
* 2018: Țucudean
* 2019: Radu
* 2020: Man
* 2021: Niță
* 2022: Stanciu
* 2023: Drăgușin

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FC Universitatea Cluj – managers

* A.Kovács (1932)
* Eckhardt (1933)
* A.Molnár (1933–34)
* Fritsch (1934–35)
* I.Kovács (1935–36)
* Eckhardt (1936)
* J.Szaniszló (1937)
* A.Kovács (1937–38)
* O.Chețanu (1938)
* J.Szaniszló (1938)
* Nyúl (1938–39)
* J.Szaniszló (1939–40)
* I.Kovács (1940–41)
* O.Chețanu (1941–42)
* Maertens (1942–44)
* Imre (1946)
* N.Kovács (1946–47)
* N.Munteanu (1947–48)
* Cârjan (1948)
* Sepci (1949)
* Baratky (1949–51)
* G.Bărbulescu (1951)
* Ș.Kovács (1952)
* Gain (1953)
* Ș.Kovács (1954–55)
* P.Rădulescu (1955)
* Ș.Kovács (1956)
* N.Munteanu (1956)
* Szoboszlay (1957)
* Ș.Kovács (1957–58)
* Mărdărescu (1958–59)
* Sepci (1959–61)
* N.Gheorghe (1961–62)
* C.Rădulescu (1962–63)
* Sepci (1963)
* Luca (1964)
* Sepci (1964–66)
* Mladin (1966–67)
* Szoboszlay (1967)
* Teașcă (1968)
* Cârjan (1969–70)
* S.Avram (1970)
* Sepci (1970–71)
* Băluțiu (1971)
* Onisie (1971–73)
* Luca (1973)
* Avram (1973–74)
* Băluțiu (1974–75)
* P.Popescu (1975–76)
* C.Rădulescu (1976–77)
* Moldoveanu (1977–78)
* T.Pop (1979)
* Staicu (1980–81)
* A.Niculescu (1981–83)
* Ardeleanu (1983)
* Vlad (1983–85)
* Uifăleanu (1985)
* Vlad (1985–88)
* Dinu (1989)
* Anca (1989–90)
* Sameș (1990)
* I.Ciocan (1990)
* Iordache (1990)
* Sdrobiș (1991–92)
* Vlad (1992–93)
* Anca (1993–94)
* Andone (1994–95)
* Anca (1995–97)
* Coca (1997)
* Țălnar (1997–98)
* Poraczky (1998)
* Anca (1998–99)
* M.Lăzăreanu (1999)
* G.Boca (1999)
* Uifăleanu (1999)
* Iașko (1999)
* Gigiu (2000)
* Cojocaru (2000)
* Sabău (2000–01)
* M.Marian (2001)
* Mustacă (2001)
* V.Gheorghe (2002)
* Anca (2002)
* V.Gheorghe (2002)
* Anca (2002–03)
* Sabău (2003)
* Cojocaru (2003–04)
* Marin (2004–05)
* Grozavu (2005–06)
* Dican (2006)
* Falub (2006–07)
* Mulțescu (2007)
* Mészáros (2008)
* Popescu (2008)
* Munteanu (2008)
* Mihali (2008–09)
* Popescu (2009)
* Munteanu (2009)
* Palilla (2009)
* Popescu (2009)
* Țălnar (2009)
* Dulca (2009–10)
* Hizo (2010)
* Dulca (2010)
* Pană (2010)
* C.Niculescu (2010)
* Badea (2010–12)
* C.Niculescu (2012)
* Dulca (2012)
* Popescuc (2012)
* Șumudică (2012)
* Popescu (2012–13)
* Ganea (2013)
* Barbuc (2013)
* Teja (2013–14)
* Ogăraru (2014–15)
* Falub (2015)
* Popescu (2015)
* Teja (2015–16)
* Szilágyi (2016)
* Sărmăşanc (2016)
* Popescu (2016–17)
* Falub (2017–18)
* Cojocaruc (2018)
* Lobonț (2018–19)
* Dulca (2019)
* Falub (2019–20)
* Enache (2020–21)
* Lincar (2021–22)
* Neagoe (2022)
* Sabău (2023)
* Petrea (2023)
* Sabău (2023–)

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