Viorel Sima

Viorel Sima
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-04-30) 30 April 1950 (age 75)[1]
Place of birth Sebeș, Romania[1]
Position Centre back[1]
Youth career
UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1976 UTA Arad 189 (18)
1977–1980 Strungul Arad
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viorel Sima (born 30 April 1950) is a Romanian former football defender.[1]

Career

Sima was born on 30 April 1950 in Sebeș, Romania and began playing junior-level football at UTA Arad, his first coach being Dan Alexandru.[1][2] Subsequently, he later worked with József Pecsovszky and Andrei Mercea, managing to win a national junior championship.[2] In 1968 he started to play for UTA's senior team under coach Nicolae Dumitrescu, making his Divizia A debut on 24 August in a 1–0 away victory against Steaua București, totaling seven appearances by the end of the season as the club won the title.[1][2][3][4] He won another title with them in the following season, Dumitrescu using him in 17 matches in which he scored two goals.[1][3][2][4] He also made some European performances with The Old Lady, such as eliminating defending champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup.[1][2][3] In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Sima played eight matches and scored once in a 3–0 victory against Vitória Setúbal, the club reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who eventually won the competition.[1][2][3][5] He made his last Divizia A appearance in UTA's 5–0 away loss to Steaua, totaling 189 matches with 18 goals in the competition and 15 games with one goal in European competitions.[1] Sima retired after he spent a few seasons in the Romanian lower leagues at Strungul Arad.[1]

Honours

UTA Arad

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Viorel Sima at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Viorel Sima: "Altfel, ar trebui să-l aduci înapoi pe baronul Neuman…"" [Viorel Sima: "Otherwise, you should bring Baron Neuman back ..."] (in Romanian). Sportarad.ro. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Viorel Sima: "Îi doresc UTA-ei să-i aducă anul viitor tot ce nu i-a adus acesta"" [Viorel Sima: "I wish for the next year to bring UTA everything that the previous year has not brought"] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viorel_Sima