Full name Stefan Sames Name Stefan Sames Height 1.82 m | Place of birth Dobroiesti, Romania Role Football player | |
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Date of birth (1951-10-14)14 October 1951 Date of death 17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 59) Died July 17, 2011, Bucharest, Romania | ||
Ştefan Sameş (14 October 1951 – 17 July 2011) was a Romanian professional football player and manager.
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Career
Born in Dobroiești, Sameş began playing football for the youth side of FC Steaua Bucureşti. He made his Romanian first division debut at age 19, playing for FC Universitatea Craiova while on loan from Steaua during 1971. After two seasons in Craiova, he returned to Steaua and made 274 league appearances for the club and was named Romanian footballer of the year in 1979.
Sameş made 47 appearances for the senior Romania national football team, including eleven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
After he retired from playing football, Sameş became a football manager and coached Steaua's youth academy from 1992 until 2011.
Personal
On 17 July 2011, Sameş died in a Bucharest hospital after suffering from cancer for six months.
