Ioan Sabău

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Ioan Ovidiu Sabău
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-02-12) 12 February 1968
Place of birthCâmpia-Turzii, Romania
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubASA Târgu Mureș (Head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988Universitatea Cluj61(7)
1988ASA Târgu Mureş12(2)
1988–1990Dinamo Bucureşti49(8)
1990–1992Feyenoord39(11)
1992–1996Brescia Calcio99(10)
1996–1997Reggiana19(1)
1997–1998Brescia Calcio7(1)
1998–2000Rapid Bucureşti43(2)
2000–2001Universitatea Cluj20(9)
2001–2003Rapid Bucureşti35(1)
2004–2005Gaz Metan Mediaş1(0)
Total385(52)
National team
1988–1999Romania52(8)
Teams managed
2003Universitatea Cluj
2003–2005Gaz Metan Mediaş
2005–2009Gloria Bistriţa
2009–2010Politehnica Timişoara
2010–2011FCM Târgu Mureş
2012FCM Târgu Mureş
2012Rapid București
2013–ASA Târgu Mureș
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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 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]

As a manager

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 Bistrița, 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.

In the summer of 2012, Sabău signed a contract with Rapid Bucureşti, but after some poor results, he was sacked in October the same year.[2]

Honours

Dinamo Bucuresti
Feyenoord
Brescia
Rapid Bucuresti

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