Ștefan Iovan

Ştefan Iovan (born 23 August 1960) is a Romanian former football player and manager. Iovan played for several clubs, most notably Steaua București, and represented Romania 34 times between 1983 and 1990.

Club career
Iovan made his debut at CSM Reşiţa in 1977, before joining the squad of Luceafărul București 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 București where he played for ten years, until 1991.

In 1991 he joined the English club Brighton & Hove Albion, but returned to Steaua București 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 373 games in Divizia A and scored 20 goals. He was champion of Divizia A on six occasions and also won the Romanian Cup three 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 34 games and scored three goals. He also played 12 times for the Romanian Under 21 side.

Coaching career
After retiring from football he was assistant coach at Steaua București, leading the team once as head coach. He is currently the assistant manager of Steaua București.

Honours

 * Steaua București
 * Romanian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93
 * Romanian Cup: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89
 * European Cup: 1985–86
 * UEFA Super Cup: 1986


 * Brighton & Hove Albion
 * Sussex Senior Cup 1991-92