Ioan Sabău

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Ioan "Neluțu" Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.

Club career

Ioan Sabău, nicknamed Moțul after the people from Țara Moților because of his ambition, was born on 12 February 1968 in Câmpia Turzii, starting to play football at junior level in 1985 at Universitatea Cluj, under the guidance of coaches Alexa Uifăleanu and Nicolae Szoboszlay.[1][2][3] He made his professional debut playing for Universitatea in the 1984–85 Divizia B season under coach Remus Vlad, helping the team win promotion to Divizia A, where in the following season he made his debut on 8 March 1986, replacing Nicolae Bucur for the last nine minutes of a 1–0 loss against Rapid București, also under the guidance of coach Remus Vlad.[1][2][4][5][6] In 1988, Sabău had offers from Dinamo București and Steaua București, choosing to play for the first because of coach Mircea Lucescu's project of building a team composed of mainly young players like himself.[2][7][8] But Steaua's officials with president Ion Alecsandrescu and the relatives of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, his son Valentin who was Steaua's unofficial president and brother Ilie who was a Romanian army general insisted and pressured Sabău on several occasions to sign with the club, especially during his military service in which he played for Ministry of National Defence club and friend team of Steaua, ASA Târgu Mureş, but he refused, eventually going to Dinamo who gave four players to Universitatea Cluj in exchange for him, including Florin Prunea.[2][7][8] He spent two seasons with The Red Dogs, in the first one he did not win any trophies and reached the quarter-finals in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria.[1][9][10] In the following season the club won The Double with Sabău playing 24 Divizia A matches in which he scored five goals and scored one goal in the 6–4 victory from the 1990 Cupa României final against Steaua, also appearing in seven matches in which he scored two goals against Panathinaikos in the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup where Dinamo reached the semi-finals, being eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht.[1][7][11][12][13]

After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Sabău was transferred by Dinamo at Feyenoord for over one million$, where he spent two seasons, winning two cups and one supercup, also helping the club reach the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals, appearing in three matches from the campaign and was colleague in his second season with fellow Romanian, Marian Damaschin.[1][14][15][16] In 1992 he was sold by Feyenoord to Mircea Lucescu's Brescia for over one million€, playing two seasons in Serie A and two in Serie B a period in which he was declared the best right midfielder from Serie A in 1993, managed to win the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1994 and was colleague with compatriots Gheorghe Hagi, Florin Răducioiu, Dorin Mateuț and Dănuț Lupu, the team's nickname being "Brescia Romena".[1][2][17][18][19][20] In July 1996, Lucescu signed with Serie A club, Reggiana, bringing Sabău with him, but the team finished on the last place in the end of the season.[1][18][21] After another Serie A season at Brescia, Sabău returned to Romania in 1998 at Rapid București, at the advice of coach Mircea Lucescu, appearing in 22 matches in which he scored one goal in the 1998–99 season, helping the team win the first title after 32 years.[1][11][22][23] In the 2000–01 season, he was a player-coach at Universitatea Cluj in Divizia C, helping the team win promotion to Divizia B, leaving shortly afterwards because of a conflict with the club's officials.[1][8][24][25] In 2001, he returned to play for Rapid for two seasons, winning the 2002–03 Divizia A title, playing 16 Divizia A matches in which he scored one goal, also winning a cup and a supercup with coach Mircea Rednic and made his last Divizia A appearance on 24 May 2003 in a 3–0 home victory against UTA Arad.[1][26] He made his last appearance as a footballer at the end of the 2004–05 Divizia B season for Gaz Metan Mediaș, a team which he was also at that time its head coach.[1][24] Ioan Sabău has a total of 70 matches and six goals scored in Serie A, 55 matches and six goals scored in Serie B, 39 games with 11 goals scored in Eredivisie, 172 appearances and 17 goals scored in Divizia A and 25 games played with three goals scored in European competitions.[1]

International career

Ioan Sabău played 55 games and scored eight goals for Romania, making his debut on 3 February 1988 at age 19 under coach Emerich Jenei in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 away victory against Israel.[27][28] He scored his first goal three days later in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Poland.[27] He played six matches and scored two goals at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, one in a 3–0 victory against Greece and one in the 3–1 victory against Denmark which was decisive for the qualification at the final tournament where he was used by coach Emerich Jenei as a starter in all four matches, as Romania got eliminated by Ireland in the eight-finals.[27] He played seven games and scored one goal at the Euro 1992 qualifiers, made eight appearances at the successful 1994 World Cup qualifiers but could not be part of the squad that went to play at the final tournament because of an injury.[2][17][27] He played one game at the successful Euro 1996 qualifiers, being selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part of the squad that went at the final tournament but did not play a single match, being injured.[17][27] Ioan Sabău played three games at the successful Euro 2000 qualifiers but was not selected to take part at the final tournament and made his last three appearances for the national team at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, one in a group match against rivals Hungary which ended with a 2–0 away victory and two in both legs of the play-off against Slovenia which was lost with 3–2 on aggregate.[27]

For representing his country at the 1990 World Cup, Sabău was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[29][30]

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year.[27]
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania 1988 9 2
1989 8 3
1990 12 2
1991 5 0
1992 3 0
1993 5 0
1994 1 0
1995 2 1
1996 2 0
1997 0 0
1998 2 0
1999 3 0
2000 1 0
2001 3 0
Total 56 8

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sabău goal.[27]
List of international goals scored by Ioan Sabău
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 February 1988 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel {{ Template:Yesno alias = Poland flag alias = Flag of Poland.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg flag alias-1815 = Flag of the Congress of Poland.svg flag alias-1919 = Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg flag alias-1928 = Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg flag alias-1955 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg flag alias-1980 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1980-1990).svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg flag alias-naval = PL navy flag IIIRP.svg border-naval = flag alias-naval-1919 = Naval Ensign of IIRP v1.svg border-naval-1919 = flag alias-naval-1946 = Naval Ensign of PRL v1.svg border-naval-1946 = flag alias-naval-auxiliary = Flaga pomocniczych jednostek pływających Polskiej Marynarki Wojennej.svg flag alias-naval-auxiliary-1955 = POL Bandera pjp PRL v1.svg link alias-naval = Polish Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Poland.svg border-navy = link alias-navy = Polish Navy flag alias-marines = Flag of the Polish Land Forces.svg border-marines = link alias-marines = Polish 7th Coastal Defense Brigade flag alias-air force = Flag of the Polish Air Force.svg border-air force = link alias-air force = Polish Air Force flag alias-army = Flag of the Polish Land Forces.svg border-army = link alias-army = Polish Land Forces size = size flag alias-naval = 25px size flag alias-naval-1919 = 25px size flag alias-naval-1946 = 25px size flag alias-air force = 25px name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 || style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 || Friendly

2 2 November 1988 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania {{ Template:Yesno alias = Greece flag alias = Flag of Greece.svg flag alias-old = Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg flag alias-1970 = Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg flag alias-royal = State flag of Greece (1863–1924;1935–73).svg flag alias-otto = Naval Royal Standard of Greece (1858-1862).svg flag alias-army = Hellenic Army War Flag.svg link alias-army = Hellenic Army border-army= flag alias-air force=Fin Flash of Greece.svg link alias-air force=Hellenic Air Force flag alias-royalnavy = Naval Ensign of Kingdom of Greece.svg link alias-naval = Hellenic Navy flag alias-navy = Flag of Greece.svg link alias-navy = Hellenic Navy link alias-military = Hellenic Armed Forces link alias-royalnavy = Royal Hellenic Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 || 1990 World Cup qualifiers

3 29 March 1989 Municipal Stadium, Sibiu, Romania {{ Template:Yesno alias = Italy flag alias = Flag of Italy.svg flag alias-1861 = Flag of Italy (1861–1946).svg flag alias-1943 = War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg flag alias-2003 = Flag of Italy (2003–2006).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Italy.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Italy.svg flag alias-navy-1947 = Naval Ensign of Italy (1947-2013).svg link alias-naval = Italian Navy link alias-air force = Italian Air Force link alias-army = Italian Army flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Italy.svg link alias-navy = Italian Navy link alias-roller hockey = Italy {{{mw}}} national roller hockey team size = name = variant = altlink = national football team altvar = football

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || Friendly

4 12 April 1989 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland {{ Template:Yesno alias = Poland flag alias = Flag of Poland.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg flag alias-1815 = Flag of the Congress of Poland.svg flag alias-1919 = Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg flag alias-1928 = Flag of Poland (1928–1980).svg flag alias-1955 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1955-1980).svg flag alias-1980 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms, 1980-1990).svg flag alias-1990 = Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg flag alias-naval = PL navy flag IIIRP.svg border-naval = flag alias-naval-1919 = Naval Ensign of IIRP v1.svg border-naval-1919 = flag alias-naval-1946 = Naval Ensign of PRL v1.svg border-naval-1946 = flag alias-naval-auxiliary = Flaga pomocniczych jednostek pływających Polskiej Marynarki Wojennej.svg flag alias-naval-auxiliary-1955 = POL Bandera pjp PRL v1.svg link alias-naval = Polish Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Poland.svg border-navy = link alias-navy = Polish Navy flag alias-marines = Flag of the Polish Land Forces.svg border-marines = link alias-marines = Polish 7th Coastal Defense Brigade flag alias-air force = Flag of the Polish Air Force.svg border-air force = link alias-air force = Polish Air Force flag alias-army = Flag of the Polish Land Forces.svg border-army = link alias-army = Polish Land Forces size = size flag alias-naval = 25px size flag alias-naval-1919 = 25px size flag alias-naval-1946 = 25px size flag alias-air force = 25px name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 || style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 || Friendly

5 15 November 1989 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania {{ Template:Yesno alias = Denmark flag alias = Flag of Denmark.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Denmark (state).svg border-state = flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-naval = Royal Danish Navy link alias-army = Royal Danish Army flag alias-army = Flag of Denmark (state).svg link alias-air force = Royal Danish Air Force flag alias-air force = Flag of Denmark (state).svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-navy = Royal Danish Navy border-army = border-air force = border-naval = border-navy = size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 || style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 || 1990 World Cup qualifiers

6 25 April 1990 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel {{ Template:Yesno alias = Israel flag alias = Flag of Israel.svg flag alias-1948 = Flag of Israel (1948).svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Israel.svg flag alias-police = Flag of Israel Police V2.svg flag alias-HFC = Flag of IDF Home Front Command.svg flag alias-army = Flag of the Israeli Army (Land Arm) Gray.svg link alias-army = Israeli Ground Forces flag alias-tsahal = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg flag alias-marines = Flag givati.svg link alias-marines = Givati Brigade flag alias-military = Flag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg link alias-military = Israel Defense Forces flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg link alias-naval = Israeli Navy flag alias-air force = Israel Air Force Flag.svg link alias-air force = Israeli Air Force flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Israel.svg link alias-navy = Israeli Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 4–1 || Friendly

7 5 December 1990 Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania {{ Template:Yesno alias = San Marino flag alias = Flag of San Marino.svg flag alias-1465 = Old Flag of San Marino.svg flag alias-1862 = Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg flag alias-civil = Flag of San Marino (civil).svg link alias-army = Sammarinese Armed Forces size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 || Euro 1992 qualifiers

8 15 February 1995 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey {{ Template:Yesno alias = Turkey flag alias = Flag of Turkey.svg link alias-naval = Turkish Naval Forces link alias-navy = Turkish Navy link alias-air force = Turkish Air Force link alias-army = Turkish Land Forces link alias-military = Turkish Armed Forces size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 || Friendly

Managerial career

Ioan Sabău started his coaching career in 2000 with Universitatea Cluj in Divizia C, also being a player, helping the team win promotion to Divizia B, leaving shortly afterwards because of a conflict with the club's officials.[1][8][25][24] At the beginning of the 2003–04 Divizia B, he returned at Universitatea, but left after only two games, going to coach fellow Divizia B team, Gaz Metan Mediaș for two seasons, but did not manage to win a promotion to Divizia A.[24][31][32][33] In 2005 he went to coach Divizia A club, Gloria Bistrița for four seasons, the highlights of this period being a sixth-place finish at the end of the 2006–07 season and a 2–1 home victory against Atlético Madrid in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup final, however the second leg was lost with 1–0, thus losing the final on the away goals rule.[32][34][35] In the 2009–10 season, Sabău coached Politehnica Timișoara, eliminating UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk in the third round of the 2009–10 Champions League, which was his former coach, Mircea Lucescu's team, but was eliminated by VfB Stuttgart in the next round, reaching the 2009–10 Europa League group stage which he did not pass and finished the championship on the fifth position.[24][32][36] In the following years, he went to coach first league clubs, FCM Târgu Mureș on two occasions and Rapid București, his last spell as a coach being in the second league at ASA Târgu Mureș, without any notable results.[32][37] Ioan Sabău has a total of 226 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 86 victories, 56 draws and 84 losses.[38]

Personal life

Sabău is featured on the cover of FIFA 96, playing for Brescia in a match against Notts County at the Anglo-Italian Cup final in a duel with Andy Legg, being the first Romanian that appeared on the cover of a FIFA video game.[19][39][40] He is a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.[41][42] A book about him was written by Ilie Dobre, called Ioan Ovidiu Sabău și Patima fotbalului (Ioan Ovidiu Sabău and the passion for football).[8][43]

Honours

Player

Universitatea Cluj

Dinamo București

Feyenoord

Brescia

Rapid București

Coach

Universitatea Cluj

Individual

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