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.[1][2]

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)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Reşiţa 46 (7)
1978–1979 → Luceafărul Bucureşti (loan)
1980–1991 Steaua București 285 (18)
1991–1992 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 (0)
1992–1993 Steaua București 6 (0)
1993–1995 Rapid Bucureşti 67 (2)
1995–1996 Electroputere Craiova 8 (0)
1996–1997 Reşiţa 13 (0)
Total 431 (27)
National team
Romania U-21 12 (0)
1983–1990 Romania 34 (3)
Teams managed
2000–2002 Steaua București (assistant)
2002 Steaua București (interim)
2002–2003 Steaua București (assistant)
2004–2011 Romania (assistant)
2011 Romania (interim)
2013–2015 Viitorul Constanța (assistant)
2017–2019 Steaua București (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 București where he played for ten years, until 1991.[2]

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.[2] His last season as a professional football player was 1996–97 with CSM Reşiţa.[2]

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.[2]

He was the team captain of Steaua when they won the 1986 European Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.[2]

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.[3][4]

International career

At the international level, he played for Romania in 34 games and scored three goals.[5] He also played 12 times for the Romanian Under 21 side.[2]

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 Bucureşti

References
  1. Ștefan Iovan at WorldFootball.net
  2. Ștefan Iovan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  3. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. Mamrud, Roberto (11 December 2009). "Romania – Record International Players". RSSSF.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tudorel Stoica		 Steaua captain
1989–1991		 Succeeded by
Dan Petrescu


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