| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ioan Ovidiu Sabău | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Câmpia-Turzii, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Manager (former Midfielder) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1988 | Universitatea Cluj | 61 | (7) |
| 1988 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 12 | (2) |
| 1988–1990 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 49 | (8) |
| 1990–1992 | Feyenoord | 39 | (11) |
| 1992–1996 | Brescia Calcio | 99 | (10) |
| 1996–1997 | Reggiana | 19 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Brescia Calcio | 7 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Rapid Bucureşti | 43 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Universitatea Cluj | 20 | (9) |
| 2001–2003 | Rapid Bucureşti | 35 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 385 | (52) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1999 | Romania | 52 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Univeristatea Cluj | ||
| 2003–2005 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | ||
| 2005–2009 | Gloria Bistriţa | ||
| 2009–2010 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
| 2010–2011 | FCM Târgu Mureş | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a former Romanian football midfielder, who was born in Câmpia-Turzii and debuted in Divizia A with U Cluj in 1986. He is currently manager of FCM Târgu Mureş.
He later won the league title with Dinamo Bucureşti in 1990, before he played several seasons in the Netherlands and Italy. Upon returning to Romania he went to Rapid Bucureşti, where he won two league titles (1999, 2003) and one cup title (2002).
Sabău made his debut for the national team in 1988 against Israel. He was in the squad for the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1996. After a two-year absence from the national team he returned to play five matches in 1999.
In November 2001, he made another comeback to the Romanian national team, playing in both legs of their 2002 World Cup play-off defeat by Slovenia.
He was considered an important member of the Golden Generation of Romanian football, despite missing out the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where Romania reached the quarter-finals, due to injury.
He is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses Association of Romania.[1]
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Sabău started his coaching career in 2003 with FC Universitatea Cluj and Gaz Metan Mediaş before taking over Gloria Bistriţa in the summer of 2005. During his time at Gloria Bistriţa, he showed a good eye for young players such as Gabriel Mureşan or László Sepsi. Highlights include a sixth place finish at the end of the 2006-07 season of Liga I and a 2-1 home victory over Atlético Madrid the following season, in the now-defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Sabău was resigned at the end of the 2008-09 season and was very close to taking over Dinamo, but eventually signed for league runners-up FC Timişoara. The team produced the main shock of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds by eliminating UEFA Cup holders FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the third round.
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