Ștefan Sameș

Ştefan Sameş (14 October 1951 – 17 July 2011) was a Romanian professional football player and manager.

Career
Born in Dobroiești, Sameş began playing football for the youth side of Steaua Bucuresti. 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 46 appearances for the senior Romania national football team, including eleven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He also has three caps for Romania's Olympic team.

After he retired from playing football, Sameş became a football manager and coached Steaua's youth academy from 1992 until 2011.

Honours
Individual
 * Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1979, (third place): 1981, (fifth place): 1978,

Personal
On 17 July 2011, Sameş died in a Bucharest hospital after suffering from cancer for six months.