Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional football manager and football player. He usually played as a midfielder.

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

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1972–73 and 1981–82 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. ^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Top 300". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Vasile Simionaș". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ Vasile Simionaș at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ Vasile Simionaş: „Am fost purtat pe braţe de suporteri din Copou până în Piaţa Unirii”. curierul-iasi.ro
  5. ^ Poli Iaşi, istorie sentimentală: amintiri din epoca de aur. ziaruldeiasi.ro
  6. ^ "Iașiul lui Romilă II și Simionaş" [The Iași team of Romilă II and Simionaş]. www.ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Deschidem astazi aceasta sectiune a legendelor Politehnicii Iasi" [Today we open the legends section of Politehnica Iasi]. www.politehnicaiasi.ro. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. ^ 50 de ani/50 de legende: Vasile Simionaş. dunareabatrana.ro
  9. ^ Sport Club Bacau si-a aflat adversara din Cupa României: divizionara C Kosarom Pascani. desteptarea.ro
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