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 72)
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)
International career
1974–1978 Romania 30[a] (0)
Managerial career
1989–1992 Eintracht Trier
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career[edit]

Born in Oradea, Alexandru Sătmăreanu started his career in his hometown at Crișul, making his Divizia A debut on 21 September 1969 in a 2–1 away victory against ASA Târgu Mureș, the team relegating at the end of that season in Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first division after only one season in which he played 29 matches and scored 7 goals.[4] The following season he went to play for Dinamo București, helping the team win three league titles in 1973, 1975 and 1977, in the first he played 16 matches without scoring, in the second he appeared in 29 games and scored 3 goals and in the third he made 34 appearances in which he scored 5 goals.[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][8] He made his Bundesliga debut on 17 January 1981 under coach Jürgen Sundermann in a 2–1 away victory against Nürnberg, having a total of 12 appearances and two goals scored against Bayer Uerdingen and Borussia Dortmund in his first season, helping the team finish on the 3rd position, but after two seasons, 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.[4][9][10][11] Sătmăreanu has a total of 32 matches and three goals scored in Bundesliga, 223 matches and 18 goals scored in Divizia A and 22 games appearances with 2 goals scored in European competitions, including scoring the only goal of Dinamo's 1–0 home victory in front of Real Madrid from the 1975–76 European Cup.[4][12] After he ended his playing career, Alexandru Sătmăreanu had several businesses in Germany and Luxembourg, also working as a coach and president at Eintracht Trier and president at Bihor Oradea.[6][13][14]

International career[edit]

Alexandru Sătmăreanu played 28 games at international level for Romania, 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][15] 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[edit]

Crișul Oradea

Dinamo București

Romania

Individual

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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 e f Alexandru Sătmăreanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  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. ^ "Germania dopajului sistematic. VfB Stuttgart şi Freiburg, acuzate de dopaj în anii '70-'80! Printre jucătorii de atunci, Joachim Low, Hitzfeld şi românul Sătmăreanu II" [Systematic doping Germany » VfB Stuttgart and Freiburg, accused of doping in the 70s-80s! Among the players from that time, Joachim Low, Hitzfeld and the Romanian Sătmăreanu II] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg vs. VfB Stuttgart 1 - 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu. Bundesliga 1980/1981". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Alexander Szatmari". nasl jerseys.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Dinamo Bucureşti vs. Real Madrid". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Romania 4-1 Japan". European Football. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Trofeo Costa de Valencia – (Valencia-Spain) 1972–1979". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links[edit]

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