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Vasile Simionaș
Vasile Simionaș (16 November 1950 – 19 March 2025) was a Romanian professional football manager and football player who played as a midfielder.
Simionaș was born on 16 November 1950 in Iași, Romania. At the age of two, his family moved to Bârlad, then in 1956 they settled in Roman where he spent most of his childhood. He started playing junior level football at the age of 14 at Laminorul Roman. In 1966 he went to neighboring club Victoria where he continued to play at junior level but also at senior level in Divizia C and Divizia B. After scoring a goal from the center of the field in a game, an official from Dinamo Bacău brought him to the team. At Bacău he learned a lot about football from the club's youth coach, Costică Rădulescu. On 27 April 1968, at the age of 17, Simionaș made his Divizia A debut for Bacău when he was sent by coach Nicolae Dumitru for the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to Progresul București. He scored his first goal in the spring of 1969 in Bacău's 3–1 home win against Steaua București.
In June 1969, he moved back to his hometown at Politehnica Iași. Over the years at Politehnica he was coached by managers such as Virgil Mărdărescu or Ilie Oană, and together with Mihai Romilă and Gabriel Simionov he formed one of the best midfield lines of the Romanian league in the 1970s. Until 1984, Simionaș played 359 Divizia A matches for The Copou Squad, scoring 42 goals, and during this period, the team was relegated twice to Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back each time after one year.
In 1985 he played the last games of his career while being a player-coach at CSM Suceava in Divizia B. Simionaș has a total of 368 matches with 43 goals netted in the Romanian top-league, Divizia A.
In 1971, Simionaș played eight games for Romania's under-23 squad. He also played for Romania's Olympic team in a 3–2 home loss to Denmark in the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers. He won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1972 edition hosted by Romania.
Simionaș made his first appearance for Romania on 30 January 1972 as coach Gheorghe Ola used him the entire match in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 away victory against Morocco. His following game was a 1–0 loss to Bulgaria in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup final. Simionaș's third and last match played for the national team took place on 2 July 1976 in a 2–2 draw against Iran.
Simionaș, while still an active player, was appointed head coach at Politehnica Iași for the 1983–84 Divizia A season. He finished the season in eight place but despite this performance, he was replaced with Constantin Oțet for the following season, remaining in the club as his assistant. However, the results were poor and he and Oțet had to leave the team. Shortly afterwards, Simionaș went as a player-coach at Divizia B club CSM Suceava. He did not spend much time at Suceava as he was called back to Politehnica Iași, but could not avoid the team's relegation. He stayed with the club, fighting for promotion with Oțelul Galați but eventually failing to promote.
He made a comeback at Suceava, managing to gain promotion to the first league after competing with Politehnica Iași at the end of the 1986–87 Divizia B season. In the following season, Simionaș did not manage to keep Suceava in the first league, leaving with a few rounds before the end of the season. In the next two years he had spells at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, CFR Pașcani and Politehnica Iași. In 1991 he went to Dacia Unirea Brăila which he helped avoid relegation to Divizia B. He then went to work at Progresul București which he got promoted from the second to the first division. He returned to Politehnica Iași in Divizia B, trying to gain promotion but eventually finishing second, below Argeș Pitești.
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Vasile Simionaș
Vasile Simionaș (16 November 1950 – 19 March 2025) was a Romanian professional football manager and football player who played as a midfielder.
Simionaș was born on 16 November 1950 in Iași, Romania. At the age of two, his family moved to Bârlad, then in 1956 they settled in Roman where he spent most of his childhood. He started playing junior level football at the age of 14 at Laminorul Roman. In 1966 he went to neighboring club Victoria where he continued to play at junior level but also at senior level in Divizia C and Divizia B. After scoring a goal from the center of the field in a game, an official from Dinamo Bacău brought him to the team. At Bacău he learned a lot about football from the club's youth coach, Costică Rădulescu. On 27 April 1968, at the age of 17, Simionaș made his Divizia A debut for Bacău when he was sent by coach Nicolae Dumitru for the last 20 minutes of a 2–0 away loss to Progresul București. He scored his first goal in the spring of 1969 in Bacău's 3–1 home win against Steaua București.
In June 1969, he moved back to his hometown at Politehnica Iași. Over the years at Politehnica he was coached by managers such as Virgil Mărdărescu or Ilie Oană, and together with Mihai Romilă and Gabriel Simionov he formed one of the best midfield lines of the Romanian league in the 1970s. Until 1984, Simionaș played 359 Divizia A matches for The Copou Squad, scoring 42 goals, and during this period, the team was relegated twice to Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back each time after one year.
In 1985 he played the last games of his career while being a player-coach at CSM Suceava in Divizia B. Simionaș has a total of 368 matches with 43 goals netted in the Romanian top-league, Divizia A.
In 1971, Simionaș played eight games for Romania's under-23 squad. He also played for Romania's Olympic team in a 3–2 home loss to Denmark in the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers. He won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1972 edition hosted by Romania.
Simionaș made his first appearance for Romania on 30 January 1972 as coach Gheorghe Ola used him the entire match in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 away victory against Morocco. His following game was a 1–0 loss to Bulgaria in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup final. Simionaș's third and last match played for the national team took place on 2 July 1976 in a 2–2 draw against Iran.
Simionaș, while still an active player, was appointed head coach at Politehnica Iași for the 1983–84 Divizia A season. He finished the season in eight place but despite this performance, he was replaced with Constantin Oțet for the following season, remaining in the club as his assistant. However, the results were poor and he and Oțet had to leave the team. Shortly afterwards, Simionaș went as a player-coach at Divizia B club CSM Suceava. He did not spend much time at Suceava as he was called back to Politehnica Iași, but could not avoid the team's relegation. He stayed with the club, fighting for promotion with Oțelul Galați but eventually failing to promote.
He made a comeback at Suceava, managing to gain promotion to the first league after competing with Politehnica Iași at the end of the 1986–87 Divizia B season. In the following season, Simionaș did not manage to keep Suceava in the first league, leaving with a few rounds before the end of the season. In the next two years he had spells at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, CFR Pașcani and Politehnica Iași. In 1991 he went to Dacia Unirea Brăila which he helped avoid relegation to Divizia B. He then went to work at Progresul București which he got promoted from the second to the first division. He returned to Politehnica Iași in Divizia B, trying to gain promotion but eventually finishing second, below Argeș Pitești.