Ştefan Iovan (born 23 August 1960) is a former Romanian professional

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who played as a defender, currently head of youth development at

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club

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Club career

Iovan made his debut in

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at FCM 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 Steaua București 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

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, then

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in 1995. His last season as a professional football player was 1996–97 with CSM Reşiţa. Iovan played a total of 359 games in

and scored 20 goals. He was champion of

on five occasions and also won the

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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.

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.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Iovan goal.''

Coaching career

After retiring from football he was assistant coach at Steaua București and Romania national team.

Honours

Steaua București *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 *

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: 1984–85, 1986–87, 1988–89 *

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: 1985–86 *

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* Intercontinental Cup runner-up:

Rapid București *

runner-up: 1994–95 CSM Reșița *

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: 1996–97

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iovan, Stefan 1960 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players CSM Reșița players FCSB players FC Rapid București players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players English Football League players FCSB non-playing staff FCSB managers Liga I managers Romania national football team managers Men's association football defenders Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Romanian expatriate sportspeople in England Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Dolj County UEFA Champions League–winning players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen