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Romanian footballer and manager

Vasile Simionaș
Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-11-16) 16 November 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Iași, Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Politehnica Iași (board member)
Youth career
	Victoria Roman
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1968	Victoria Roman
1968–1969	Dinamo Bacău	8	(1)
1969–1984	Politehnica Iași	359	(42)
Total		367	(43)
International career
1971–1972	Romania U21
1972–1976	Romania	4	(0)
Managerial career
1983–1985	Politehnica Iași
1987–1988	CSM Suceava
1990	Farul Constanța
1991	Dacia Unirea Brăila
1991–1992	Național București
1994–1999	Oțelul Galați
1999	Astra Ploiești
2000	Farul Constanța
2001–2005	Politehnica Iași
2013	Kosarom Pașcani
2021–	Politehnica Iași (board member)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional football manager and football player. He usually played as a midfielder.

Club career

In April 1968, at the age of seventeen, Simionaș made his Divizia A debut for Dinamo Bacău by coming in for the last 20 minutes in a match against Progresul București. A year later he moved to Politehnica Iași.

Simionaș is widely considered to be the most important player in the history of Politehnica Iași, having amassed 359 Divizia A games for them over a fifteen-year period. He was part of the golden team of Politehnica and together with Mihai Romilă and Gabriel Simionov made one of the memorable midfield lines of the Romanian league.

Managerial career

After retiring, Simionaș started his football manager career and made a name for himself with Oțelul Galați in the nineties, where he became one of the most important managers in the club's history. After 2005, Simionaș started to work as an observer for the Romanian Football Federation and also managed CSM Pașcani for a short period in 2013.