Alexandru Sătmăreanu

Alexandru Sătmăreanu
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu
Date of birth (1952-03-09) 9 March 1952
Place of birth Oradea, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1971 Crișul Oradea 48 (8)
1971–1980 Dinamo București 193 (17)
1980–1982 VfB Stuttgart 32 (3)
1982–1984 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 29 (0)
1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) 1 (1)
1984–1985 FSV Salmrohr
Total 303 (29)
International career
1974–1978 Romania 30[a] (0)
Managerial career
1989–1992 Eintracht Trier
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Ștefan Sătmăreanu (born 9 March 1952) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender.[3]

Club career

Crișul Oradea

Sătmăreanu was born on 9 March 1952 in Oradea, Romania.[4] He began his career in his hometown at Crișul, making his Divizia A debut on 21 September 1969 under coach Ladislau Vlad in a 2–1 away victory against ASA Târgu Mureș.[4][5] The team was relegated at the end of that season to Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first division after only one season.[4]

Dinamo București

Sătmăreanu joined Dinamo București in 1971, helping the team win three league titles in the 1972–73, 1974–75 and 1976–77 seasons.[4][6] In the first one he played 16 games under coach Ion Nunweiller and in the second Nicolae Dumitru used him in 29 games, scoring three goals.[4][6] In the third one he made 34 appearances with five goals scored while working once again with Nunweiller.[4][6] In November 1975 he scored a goal in a league derby against Steaua București that ended in a 3–3 draw.[7] Sătmăreanu also represented The Red Dogs in 20 games in European competitions in which he scored two goals, including the only goal of Dinamo's 1–0 home victory against Real Madrid in the 1975–76 European Cup.[4][8] For the way he played in 1977, Sătmăreanu was placed third in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.[9] On 3 November 1979, he made his last Divizia A appearance in 1–1 draw against FCM Galați, totaling 223 matches with 18 goals in the competition.[4]

VfB Stuttgart

After playing for Dinamo in a 1979 UEFA Cup match against Eintracht Frankfurt, he illegally remained in Frankfurt and signed with VfB Stuttgart, defying Romania's communist regime which prohibited defection.[10][11] Sătmăreanu made his Bundesliga debut on 17 January 1981 under coach Jürgen Sundermann in a 2–1 away win over Nürnberg.[4][12] He made a total of 12 appearances with two goals scored against Bayer Uerdingen and Borussia Dortmund in his first season, helping the team finish in third place.[4][12][13] In the following season he appeared in both legs of Stuttgart's 5–3 aggregate loss to Hajduk Split in the first round of the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.[4][14] He made his last Bundesliga appearance on 8 April 1982 in a 2–0 away loss to Eintracht Braunschweig, having a total of 32 matches with three goals in the competition.[4][15]

Late career

After two seasons with Stuttgart, Sătmăreanu went to play in the United States for the North American Soccer League team Fort Lauderdale Strikers where he was known as Alexander Szatmar.[4][16] In 1984, he returned to Germany to play for FSV Salmrohr in the third league for one year, before ending his career.[2][3]

International career

Sătmăreanu played 28 games for Romania, making his debut on 23 July 1974 when coach Valentin Stănescu introduced him at half-time to replace Cornel Dinu in a 4–1 friendly victory against Japan.[1][17] He played six games in the Euro 1976 qualifiers and four during the 1978 World Cup qualifiers.[1] Sătmăreanu also played two games in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup and three during the successful 1977–80 Balkan Cup.[1]

After retirement

After ending his playing career, Sătmăreanu owned several businesses in Germany and Luxembourg, and also served as a coach and president at Eintracht Trier, and president at Bihor Oradea.[10][18]

Honours

Crișul Oradea

Dinamo București

Romania

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Including two appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Alexandru Sătmăreanu". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Alexandru Sătmăreanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b "Alexandru Sătmăreanu". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Alexandru Sătmăreanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ "FC ASA Targu Mures vs FC Bihor 1-2". Labtof. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1975–76". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Au fost Hamburg, Crusaders, Real Madrid, Inter. 10 victorii de legendă pentru Dinamo în Europa la revenirea "câinilor" în cupele continentale după o pauză de 5 ani" [There were Hamburg, Crusaders, Real Madrid, Inter. 10 legendary victories for Dinamo in Europe when the "dogs" returned to the continental cups after a 5-year break] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
    "Dinamo București vs. Real Madrid". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b ""Regret că m-am născut mai repede cu zece ani"" ["I regret that I was born ten years earlier"] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 13 April 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Stranierii Romaniei: Fotbalisti de care n-ai auzit dar au jucat la echipe bune de afara!" [Foreigners of Romania: Footballers you haven't heard of but played for good teams abroad!] (in Romanian). Playbuzz.ro. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
    "Germania dopajului sistematic. VfB Stuttgart şi Freiburg, acuzate de dopaj în anii '70-'80! Printre jucătorii de atunci, Joachim Low, Hitzfeld şi românul Sătmăreanu II" [Systematic doping Germany » VfB Stuttgart and Freiburg, accused of doping in the 70s-80s! Among the players from that time, Joachim Low, Hitzfeld and the Romanian Sătmăreanu II] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
    "Dinu: Am fost obligați să dăm informații când au rămas în străinătate Sătmăreanu și doctorul Ciortea" [Dinu: We were forced to give information when Sătmăreanu and Dr. Ciortea stayed abroad] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Alexandru Sătmăreanu. Bundesliga 1980/1981". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  13. ^ "1. FC Nürnberg vs. VfB Stuttgart 1 - 2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu. UEFA Cup 1981/1982". WorldFootball. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu. Bundesliga 1981/1982". WorldFootball. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  16. ^ "Alexander Szatmari". nasl jerseys.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Romania 4-1 Japan". European Football. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Alexandru Sătmăreanu va fi noul preşedinte al FC Bihor!" [Alexandru Sătmăreanu will be the new president of FC Bihor!] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
    "Sătmăreanu II a fost validat de AGA" [Sătmăreanu II was validated by the GMS] (in Romanian). Crisana.ro. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Trofeo Costa de Valencia – (Valencia-Spain) 1972–1979". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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