Ștefan Sameș

Ştefan Sameş (14 October 1951 – 17 July 2011) was a Romanian professional football player 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 Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1982 Steaua Bucureşti 274 (20)
1971–1973 → Universitatea Craiova (loan) 46 (0)
1982–1983 Farul Constanţa 9 (1)
1983–1985 Rapid Bucureşti 58 (0)
1986–1987 ROVA Roşiori
1988–1989 Siretul Paşcani
Total 387 (21)
National team
1975–1980 Romania Olympic 3 (0)
1973–1982 Romania 46 (3)
Teams managed
1990 Universitatea Cluj
1992–2011 Steaua Bucureşti (youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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
Season Club Title
1975–1976Steaua BucureştiLiga I
1975–1976Steaua BucureştiCupa României
1977–1978Steaua BucureştiLiga I
1978–1979Steaua BucureştiCupa României

Personal

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

References
  1. Ştefan Sameş
  2. 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.
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