Ștefan Iovan

Ştefan Iovan

Iovan pictured in the 1980s
Personal information
Full name	Ştefan Iovan
Date of birth	(1960-08-23) 23 August 1960
Place of birth	Moțăței, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1978	Reşiţa	7	(0)
1978–1979	→ Luceafărul Bucureşti (loan)
1979–1980	Reşiţa	?	(?)
1980–1991	Steaua Bucureşti	285	(18)
1991–1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	(0)
1992	Steaua Bucureşti	6	(0)
1993–1995	Rapid Bucureşti	67	(0)
1995–1996	Electroputere Craiova	8	(0)
1996–1997	Reşiţa	13	(0)
Total		392	(18)
National team
	Romania U-21	12	(0)
1983–1990	Romania	35	(3)
Teams managed
2000–2002	Steaua Bucureşti (assistant)
2002	Steaua Bucureşti (interim)
2002–2003	Steaua Bucureşti (assistant)
2004–2011	Romania (assistant)
2011	Romania (interim)
2013–	Viitorul Constanţa (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ştefan Iovan (born 23 August 1960) is a Romanian former football player and manager. Iovan played for several clubs, most notably Steaua Bucureşti, and represented Romania 35 times between 1983 and 1990.

Club career

Iovan made his debut at CSM Reşiţa in 1977, before joining the squad of Luceafărul Bucureşti one year later. Luceafărul was then a team formed by the Romanian Football Federation to gather the young talents of Romanian football and did not play in any league. Iovan returned to Reşiţa in 1979, but in the winter of 1981 joined Steaua Bucureşti where he played for ten years, until 1991.

In 1991 he joined the English club Brighton & Hove Albion, but returned to Steaua Bucureşti in 1992 for half a season only before signing with Rapid Bucharest, then Electroputere Craiova in 1995. His last season as a professional football player was 1996–97 with CSM Reşiţa.

Iovan played a total of 365 games in Divizia A and scored 20 goals. He was champion of Divizia A on five occasions and also won the Romanian Cup four times, all with Steaua Bucharest.

He was the team captain of Steaua when they won the 1986 European Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the 1986 European Cup Final.

International career

At the international level, he played for Romania in 35 games and scored three goals.^[1] He also played 12 times for the Romanian Under 21 side.

Coaching career

After retiring from football he was assistant coach at Steaua Bucureşti, leading the team once as head coach. He is currently the assistant manager of Viitorul Constanţa.

References

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