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    (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4Romanian association football manager and former player       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.Table of Contents       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Club career[edit]International career[edit]International[edit]International goals[edit]Managerial career[edit]Personal life[edit]Honours[edit]Player[edit]Coach[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Club career[edit]Ioan Sab\u0103u, nicknamed Mo\u021bul after the people from \u021aara Mo\u021bilor because of his ambition, was born on 12 February 1968 in C\u00e2mpia Turzii, starting to play football at junior level in 1985 at Universitatea Cluj, under the guidance of coaches Alexa Uif\u0103leanu and Nicolae Szoboszlay.[1][2][3] He made his professional debut playing for Universitatea in the 1984\u201385 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 9 minutes of a 1\u20130 loss against Rapid Bucure\u0219ti, also under the guidance of coach Remus Vlad.[1][2][4][5][6] In 1988, Sab\u0103u had offers from Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti and Steaua Bucure\u0219ti, 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 Ceau\u0219escu, his son Valentin who was Steaua’s unofficial president and brother Ilie who was a Romanian army general insisted and pressured Sab\u0103u 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 T\u00e2rgu Mure\u015f, 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\u201389 European Cup Winners’ Cup where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1\u20131 on aggregate by Sampdoria and in the following season the club won the title and the cup with Sab\u0103u playing 24 Divizia A matches in which he scored five goals and scored one goal in the 6\u20134 victory from the 1990 Cupa Rom\u00e2niei Final against Steaua Bucure\u0219ti, also appearing in 7 matches in which he scored two goals in the 1989\u201390 European Cup Winners’ Cup where Dinamo reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2\u20130 on aggregate by Anderlecht.[1][7][9][10] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Sab\u0103u 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\u201392 European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-finals, appearing in 3 matches from the campaign and was colleague in his second season with fellow Romanian, Marian Damaschin.[1][11][12][13] In 1992 he was sold by Feyenoord to Mircea Lucescu’s Brescia for over one million\u20ac, 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 R\u0103ducioiu, Dorin Mateu\u021b and D\u0103nu\u021b Lupu, the team’s nickname being “Brescia Romena”.[1][2][14][15][16][17] In July 1996, Lucescu signed with Serie A club, Reggiana, bringing Ioan Sab\u0103u with him, but the team finised on the last place in the end of the season.[1][16][18] After another Serie A season at Brescia, Sab\u0103u returned to Romania in 1998 at Rapid Bucure\u0219ti, at the advice of coach Mircea Lucescu, appearing in 22 matches in which he scored one goal in the 1998\u201399 season, helping the team win the first title after 32 years.[1][19][20] In the 2000\u201301 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][21][22] In 2001, he returned to play for Rapid for two seasons, winning the 2002\u201303 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\u20130 home victory against UTA Arad.[1][23] He made his last appearance as a footballer at the end of the 2004\u201305 Divizia B season for Gaz Metan Media\u0219, a team which he was also at that time its head coach.[1][21] Ioan Sab\u0103u 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 3 goals scored in European competitions.[1] A book about him was written by Ilie Dobre, called Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u \u0219i Patima fotbalului (Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u and the passion for football).[8][24]International career[edit]Ioan Sab\u0103u played 55 games and scored 8 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\u20130 away victory against Israel.[25][26] He scored his first goal three days later in a friendly which ended 2\u20132 against Poland.[25] He played 6 matches and scored two goals at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, one in a 3\u20130 victory against Greece and one in the 3\u20131 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.[25] He played 7 games and scored one goal at the Euro 1992 qualifiers, made 8 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][14][25] He played one game at the successful Euro 1996 qualifiers, being selected by coach Anghel Iord\u0103nescu to be part of the squad that went at the final tournament but did not play a single match, being injured.[14][25] Ioan Sab\u0103u 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 Hungary which ended with a 2\u20130 away victory and two in both legs of the play-off against Slovenia which was lost with 3\u20132 on aggregate.[25]For representing his country at the 1990 World Cup, Sab\u0103u was decorated by President of Romania Traian B\u0103sescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul “Meritul Sportiv” \u2013 (The Medal “The Sportive Merit”) class III.[27][28]International[edit]Appearances and goals by national team and year.[25]National teamYearAppsGoalsRomania1988921989831990122199150199230199350199410199521199620199700199820199930200010200130Total568International goals[edit]Scores and results list Romania’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sab\u0103u goal.[25]List of international goals scored by Ioan Sab\u0103uGoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition16 February 1988Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel\u00a0Poland2\u201312\u20132Friendly22 November 1988Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania\u00a0Greece3\u201303\u201301990 World Cup qualifiers329 March 1989Municipal Stadium, Sibiu, Romania\u00a0Italy1\u201301\u20130Friendly412 April 1989Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland\u00a0Poland1\u201311\u20132Friendly515 November 1989Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania\u00a0Denmark2\u201313\u201311990 World Cup qualifiers625 April 1990Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel\u00a0Israel3\u201304\u20131Friendly75 December 1990Stadionul Na\u021bional, Bucharest, Romania\u00a0San Marino1\u201306\u20130Euro 1992 qualifiers815 February 1995\u0130zmir Atat\u00fcrk Stadium, \u0130zmir, Turkey\u00a0Turkey1\u201301\u20131FriendlyManagerial career[edit]Ioan Sab\u0103u 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][22][21] At the beginning of the 2003\u201304 Divizia B, he returned at Universitatea, but left after only two games, going to coach fellow Divizia B team, Gaz Metan Media\u0219 for two seasons, but did not manage to win a promotion to Divizia A.[21][29][30][31] In 2005 he went to coach Divizia A club, Gloria Bistri\u021ba for four seasons, the highlights of this period being a sixth-place finish at the end of the 2006\u201307 season and a 2\u20131 home victory against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup final, however the second leg was lost with 1\u20130, thus losing the final on the away goals rule.[30][32][33] In the 2009\u201310 season, Sab\u0103u coached Politehnica Timi\u0219oara, eliminating UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk in the third round of the 2009\u201310 Champions League, which was his former coach, Mircea Lucescu’s team, but was eliminated by VfB Stuttgart in the next round, reaching the 2009\u201310 Europa League group stage which he did not pass and finished the championship on the 5th position.[21][30][34] In the following years, he went to coach first league clubs, FCM T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219 on two occasions and Rapid Bucure\u0219ti, his last spell as a coach being in the second league at ASA T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219, without any notable results.[30][35] Ioan Sab\u0103u 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.[36]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Personal life[edit]Sab\u0103u 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.[17][37][38] He is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.[39][40]Honours[edit]Player[edit]Universitatea ClujDinamo Bucure\u0219tiFeyenoordBresciaRapid Bucure\u0219tiCoach[edit]Universitatea ClujReferences[edit]^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Ioan Sab\u0103u at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)^ a b c d e f “Sab\u0103u: “Munceam s\u0103 nu scap m\u00e2ncarea”“ [Sab\u0103u: “I was working not to drop the food”] (in Romanian). Zcj.ro. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Ioan Sab\u0103u: “C\u00e2nd aveam bani, m\u00e2ncam spanac cu ou\u0103”. Nelu\u021bu va evolua m\u00e2ine \u00eempotriva legendelor Barcelonei” [Ioan Sab\u0103u: “When I had money, I ate spinach with eggs.” Nelu\u0163u will play tomorrow against the legends of Barcelona] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c “Universitatea Cluj 1984\u201385 season” (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.^ “Universitatea Cluj 1985\u201386 season” (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.^ “Nelu\u021bu, copilul navetist din tren” [Nelutu, the commuter child on the train] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.^ a b c “Cum au fost create marile echipe ale anilor ’80?. Episodul 3: Dinamo – Show cu doar 14 “c\u00e2ini”. Dar de ras\u0103” [How were the great teams of the ’80s created? Episode 3: Dinamo – Show with only 14 “dogs”. But dogs of race] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c d e “REMEMBER. Culisele transferului lui Sab\u0103u la Dinamo \u0219i cum a \u00eencercat Steaua s\u0103-l fure” [REMEMBER. Behind the scenes of Sab\u0103u’s transfer to Dinamo and how Steaua tried to steal him] (in Romanian). Sportulclujean.ro. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Dinamo, reunire cu gandul la Sampdoria” [Dinamo, reunited with the fought at Sampdoria] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Romanian Cup \u2013 Season 1989\u20131990”. RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 September 2022.^ “Trei decenii de la Marele Exod” [Three decades since the Great Exodus] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Dennis Man, gata s\u0103 doboare toate recordurile! Feyenoord a venit la Bucure\u0219ti pentru el. C\u00e2t cere Becali + c\u00e2t ar oferi olandezii” [Dennis Man, ready to break all records! Feyenoord came to Bucharest for him. How much is Becali asking + how much the Dutch would offer] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Ioan Sab\u0103u, de Jehova’s getuige van Feyenoord” [Ioan Sab\u0103u, the Jehovah’s Witness of Feyenoord] (in Dutch). Staantribune.nl. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c “Sab\u0103u explic\u0103 pentru prima dat\u0103 cauza care l-a f\u0103cut s\u0103 rateze dou\u0103 turnee finale:”Emo\u021biile m-au costat”“ [Sab\u0103u explains for the first time the cause that made him miss two final tournaments: “Emotions costed me”] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Dezv\u0103luiri incredibile f\u0103cute de Nelu\u0163u Sab\u0103u: “A chemat lumea poli\u0163ia, au crezut to\u0163i c\u0103 s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat ceva!”“ [Incredible revelations made by Nelu\u0163u Sab\u0103u: “People called the police, everyone thought something had happened!”] (in Romanian). Orangesport.ro. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b “Mircea Lucescu and The Tale of The “Brescia Romena”“ (in Romanian). Cultofcalcio.com. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b “Brescia Romena” (in Romanian). Onromanianfootball.medium.com. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Pe urmele lui Luce” [On the footsteps of Luce] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Mircea Lucescu are COVID, dar va fi prezent pe Stadionul Giule\u0219ti s\u00e2mb\u0103t\u0103. “Familia Lucescu face parte din istoria Rapidului”. Exclusiv” [Mircea Lucescu has COVID, but will be present at Giule\u0219ti Stadium on Saturday. “The Lucescu family is part of Rapid’s history.” Exclusive] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Cum l-a convins Mircea Lucescu pe Nelu\u021bu Sab\u0103u s\u0103 vin\u0103 la Rapid! “M-a sunat \u0219i Cornel Dinu. Dac\u0103 o f\u0103cea cu 30 de minute \u00eenainte, m\u0103 \u00eentorceam la Dinamo!”“ [How Mircea Lucescu convinced Nelutu Sab\u0103u to come to Rapid! “Cornel Dinu also called me. If he would have did it 30 minutes before, I would have gone back to Dinamo!”] (in Romanian). Playsport.ro. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c d e “Bine ai revenit, “Mo\u0163ule”! Nelu\u0163u Sab\u0103u a debutat, la 47 de ani, la Inter Ciugud!” [Welcome back, “Mo\u021bule”! Nelu\u0163u Sab\u0103u made his debut, at 47 years old, at Inter Ciugud!] (in Romanian). Alba-sport.ro. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c “Universitatea Cluj 2000\u201301 season” (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.^ “Romania National Champions”. RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u, fotografii inedite din perioada Feyenoord. Omagiu din \u021aara Lalelelor adus “Mo\u021bului”“ [Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u, new photos from the Feyenoord period. Tribute from the Land of Tulips to “The Mo\u021b”] (in Romanian). Sportulclujean.ro. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ a b c d e f g h “Ioan Sab\u0103u profile”. European Football. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Israel 0-2 Romania”. European Football. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului \u0219i Medaliei Meritul Sportiv” (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al Rom\u00e2niei Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p.\u00a03. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Decorarea unor personalit\u0103\u021bi ale fotbalului rom\u00e2nesc”. Administra\u021bia Preziden\u021bial\u0103. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Universitatea Cluj 2000\u201301 season” (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.^ a b c d “Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u, gata s\u0103 revin\u0103 pe banc\u0103 dup\u0103 7 ani: “M\u0103 vor antrenor-manager”“ [Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u, ready to return to the bench after 7 years: “They want me coach-manager”] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Sabau, antrenor la “U” Cluj” [Sabau, coach at “U” Cluj] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Se \u00eemplinesc 10 ani de la Gloria – Atletico Madrid. Bistri\u021benii, la un pas de a elimina o echip\u0103 plin\u0103 de vedete” [It’s been 10 years since Gloria – Atletico Madrid. The people from Bistri\u021ba, one step away from eliminating a team full of stars] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Gloria, oleee! Se \u00eemplinesc 10 ani de la victoria cu Atletico! Totul despre acea dubl\u0103 de poveste!” [Gloria, oleee! It’s been 10 years since the victory with Atletico! All about that story double!] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Poli in “era” Iancu: 6 ani = 0 trofee! Din 2004 si pana in prezent Poli a fost pregatita de nu mai putin de 10 antrenori” [Poli in the Iancu “era”: 6 years = 0 trophies! From 2004 until now, Poli has been trained by no less than 10 coaches] (in Romanian). Opiniatimisoarei.ro. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Sab\u0103u a plecat de la ASA Tg. Mure\u0219, dup\u0103 \u00eenfr\u00e2ngerea de pe teren propriu cu FC Bihor” [Sab\u0103u left ASA Tg. Mure\u0219, after the home defeat against FC Bihor] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Top 60 antrenori” [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Singurul rom\u00e2n de pe coperta jocului FIFA! Cum a ap\u0103rut Ioan Sab\u0103u pe “coverul” edi\u021biei din 1996: “Nici nu \u0219tiam asta! Cum fac s\u0103 v\u0103d poza?”“ [The only Romanian on the cover of the FIFA game! How Ioan Sab\u0103u appeared on the “cover” of the 1996 edition: “I didn’t even know that! How do I see the picture?”] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ “Singurul juc\u0103tor rom\u00e2n care a ap\u0103rut pe coperta jocului FIFA din 1994 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een prezent. Cum ar\u0103ta coperta jocului \u00een fiecare edi\u0163ie” [The only Romanian player who appeared on the cover of the FIFA game from 1994 until now. What the cover of the game looked like in each edition] (in Romanian). Orangesport.ro. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2022.^ (in Romanian) Daniel Con\u021bescu “Iehovistul Sab\u0103u le-a ar\u0103tat calea: ‘Timi\u0219oara va c\u00e2\u0219tiga titlul. Dup\u0103 dou\u0103 \u00eenfr\u00e2ngeri, Dorinel va fi \u00eenjurat'” (“Jehovah’s Witness Sab\u0103u Shows Them the Way: ‘Timi\u015foara Will Win the Title. After Two Defeats, Dorinel Will be Cussed Out'”), Evenimentul ZIlei, 17 March 2011; Retrieved 17 March 2011^ EXCLUSIV Ioan Ovidiu Sab\u0103u discut\u0103 deschis despre apropierea de Martorii lui Iehova \u2013 De ce nu s\u0103rb\u0103tore\u0219te Cr\u0103ciunulExternal links[edit]Ioan Sab\u0103u managerial positions     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/ioan-sabau-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Ioan Sab\u0103u – Wikipedia"}}]}]