Ştefan Sameş was a Romanian professional football

Football (soccer)

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 player

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 and manager.

Career

Born in Dobroiești

Dobroiesti

Dobroeşti is a commune in the east of Ilfov County, Romania, right off the limits of Bucharest's Sector 2. It is composed of two villages, Dobroeşti and Fundeni. The name Dobroeşti is derived from South Slavic/Bulgarian "Dobro" and Romanian suffix -eşti. A modern shopping and apartment complex,...

, Sameş began playing football for the youth side of FC Steaua Bucureşti. He made his Romanian first division debut at age 19, playing for FC Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

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 while on loan from Steaua during 1971. After two seasons in Craiova, he returned to Steaua and would made 274 league appearances for the club and be named Romanian footballer of the year in 1979.

Sameş made 47 appearances for the senior Romania national football team

Romania national football team

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, including eleven FIFA World Cup

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 qualifying matches.

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
1975–1976	Kingdom of Romania Steaua Bucureşti	Liga I Liga I Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
1975–1976	Kingdom of Romania Steaua Bucureşti	Cupa României
1977–1978	Kingdom of Romania Steaua Bucureşti	Liga I Liga I Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
1978–1979	Kingdom of Romania Steaua Bucureşti	Cupa României

Personal

On 17 July 2011, Sameş died in a Bucharest

Bucharest

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 hospital after suffering from cancer for six months.

External links

• Player profile at RomanianSoccer.ro
• Interview with Ştefan Sameş ziarulring.ro