Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional football manager and football player. He usually played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 November 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Iași, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Politehnica Iași (board member) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Victoria Roman | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1968 | Victoria Roman | ||
| 1968–1969 | Dinamo Bacău | 8 | (1) |
| 1969–1984 | Politehnica Iași[a] | 359 | (42) |
| Total | 367 | (43) | |
| International career | |||
| 1971–1972 | Romania U21 | ||
| 1972–1976 | Romania[b] | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | Kosarom Pașcani | ||
| 2021– | Politehnica Iași (board member) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
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]
Managerial career
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]
Honours
Politehnica Iași
Notes
References
External links
- Vasile Simionaș at labtof.ro
- Vasile Simionaș at WorldFootball.net
