Ştefan Iovan (born 23 August 1960) is a Romanian former football player and

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. Iovan played for several clubs, most notably

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, and represented

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34 times between 1983 and 1990.

Club career

Iovan made his debut at CSM Reşiţa in 1977, before joining the squad of Luceafărul București one year later. Luceafărul was then a team formed by the

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to gather the young talents of Romanian football and did not play in any league. Iovan returned to Reşiţa in 1979, but in the winter of 1981 joined

where he played for ten years, until 1991. In 1991 he joined the English club

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, but returned to Steaua București in 1992 for half a season only before signing with Rapid Bucharest, then Electroputere Craiova in 1995. His last season as a professional football player was 1996–97 with CSM Reşiţa. Iovan played a total of 373 games in

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and scored 20 goals. He was champion of

on six occasions and also won the Romanian Cup three times, all with Steaua Bucharest. He was the team

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of Steaua when they won the 1986 European Cup and the

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. On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of

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with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the

1986 European Cup Final The 1986 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, on 7 May 1986 that saw Steaua București of Romania defeat Barcelona of Spain in a penalty shoot out after 120 minutes of play could not sepa ...

International career

At the international level, he played for

in 34 games and scored three goals. He also played 12 times for the Romanian Under 21 side.

Coaching career

After retiring from football he was assistant coach at

, leading the team once as head coach. He is currently the assistant manager of

Honours

;Steaua București * Romanian League: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89,

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* Romanian Cup: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89 *

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: 1985–86 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iovan, Stefan 1960 births Living people Romanian footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players CSM Reșița players FC Steaua București players FC Rapid București players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in England FC Steaua București assistant managers CSA Steaua București managers Association football defenders Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in England