Alexandru Sătmăreanu

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Alexandru Sătmăreanu
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu
Date of birth (1952-03-09) 9 March 1952 (age 69)
Place of birth Oradea, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1971 Crișul Oradea 48 (8)
1971–1980 Dinamo București 193 (17)
1980–1982 VfB Stuttgart 32 (3)
1982–1984 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 29 (0)
1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) 1 (1)
1984–1985 FSV Salmrohr
Total 303 (29)
National team
1974–1978 Romania 30[a] (0)
Teams managed
1989–1992 Eintracht Trier
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu (born 9 March 1952) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender.[3]

Club career[]

Born in Oradea, Alexandru Sătmăreanu started his career in his hometown at Crișul with whom he managed to gain a promotion to the first division.[4] He went at Dinamo București in 1971, helping the team win three league titles.[4] In 1979, after playing for Dinamo in a UEFA Cup match against Eintracht Frankfurt, he remained in Frankfurt illegally and signed with VfB Stuttgart, at that time during Romania's communist regime, running away from the country was not allowed.[5][6][7] After two seasons in Bundesliga at VfB Stuttgart, Sătmăreanu went to play in the United States at the North American Soccer League team Fort Lauderdale Strikers where he was known under the name Alexander Szatmar.[8] After he ended his playing career, Sătmăreanu had several businesses in Germany and Luxembourg, also being coach and president at Eintracht Trier and president at Bihor Oradea.[6][9][10]

International career[]

Alexandru Sătmăreanu played 28 games at international level for the Romania national team, making his debut on 23 July 1974 when coach Valentin Stănescu introduced him at half-time to replace Cornel Dinu in a friendly which ended with a 4–1 victory against Japan.[1][11] He played six games at the Euro 1976 qualifiers and four at the 1978 World Cup qualifiers.[1] Sătmăreanu also played two games at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup and three at the successful 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[1]

Honours[]

Crișul Oradea

Dinamo București

Romania

Notes[]

  1. ^ Including 2 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Alexandru Sătmăreanu". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ Alexandru Sătmăreanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Alexandru Sătmăreanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  5. ^ "Stranierii Romaniei: Fotbalisti de care n-ai auzit dar au jucat la echipe bune de afara!" [Foreigners of Romania: Footballers you haven't heard of but played for good teams abroad!] (in Romanian). Playbuzz.ro. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b ""Regret că m-am născut mai repede cu zece ani"" ["I regret that I was born ten years earlier"] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Dinu: Am fost obligați să dăm informații când au rămas în străinătate Sătmăreanu și doctorul Ciortea" [Dinu: We were forced to give information when Sătmăreanu and Dr. Ciortea stayed abroad] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Alexander Szatmari". nasl jerseys.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu va fi noul preşedinte al FC Bihor!" [Alexandru Sătmăreanu will be the new president of FC Bihor!] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Sătmăreanu II a fost validat de AGA" [Sătmăreanu II was validated by the GMS] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania 4-1 Japan". European Football. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Trofeo Costa de Valencia – (Valencia-Spain) 1972–1979". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

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