Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional football manager and football player. He usually played as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1950-11-16) 16 November 1950 (age 71) | ||
Place of birth | Iași, Romania | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Victoria Roman | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1968 | Victoria Roman | ||
1968–1969 | Dinamo Bacău | 8 | (1) |
1969–1984 | Politehnica Iași[lower-alpha 1] | 359 | (42) |
Total | 367 | (43) | |
National team | |||
1971–1972 | Romania U-21 | ||
1972–1976 | Romania[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1983–1985 | Politehnica Iași | ||
1987–1988 | CSM Suceava | ||
1990 | Farul Constanța | ||
1991 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | ||
1991–1992 | Național București | ||
1994–1999 | Oțelul Galați | ||
1999 | Astra Ploiești | ||
2000 | Farul Constanța | ||
2001–2005 | Politehnica Iași | ||
2013 | CSM Pașcani | ||
2021 | Politehnica Iași (chairman) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In April 1968, at the age of seventeen, Simionaș made his Divizia A debut for Dinamo Bacău by coming in for the last 20 minutes in a match against Progresul București.[4][5] A year later he moved to Politehnica Iași.[6]
Simionaș is widely considered to be the most important player in the history of Politehnica Iași, having amassed 359 Divizia A games for them over a fifteen-year period. He was part of the golden team of Politehnica and together with Mihai Romilă and Gabriel Simionov made one of the memorable midfield lines of the Romanian league.[7]
After retiring, Simionaș started his football manager career and made a name for himself with Oțelul Galați in the nineties, where he became one of the most important managers in the club's history.[8] After 2005, Simionaș started to work as an observer for the Romanian Football Federation and also managed CSM Pașcani for a short period in 2013.[9]
Politehnica Iași
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