Lajos Sătmăreanu (also Ludovic Sătmăreanu, hu, Szatmári Lajos, born 21 February 1944) is a former

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player of Hungarian ethnicity.

Club career

Lajos Sătmăreanu, nicknamed '' Facchetti of the

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'' was born on 21 February 1944 in Salonta,

and started to play football in 1958 at local club, Recolta. He made his

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debut on 17 March 1963, playing for Crișana Oradea in a 4–2 away loss against Steaua București, shortly afterwards moving to play at neighboring team, Flamura Roșie Oradea in

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for one season. After another

season, this time spent at ASA Târgu Mureș, Sătmăreanu went to play at Steaua for 10 seasons, winning one

title in the 1967–68 season, being used by coach Ștefan Kovács in 26 matches and also winning 5

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, scoring the last goal of the 4–0 victory against

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from the 1966 final. German club

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wanted to sign Sătmăreanu after his performance at the 1970 World Cup, but Romania's communist regime refused to let him go. During his period spent with '' The Military Men'' he also played 20 games in European competitions, taking part in the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, playing all six games as the team reached the quarter-finals by eliminating Hibernians and

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, being eliminated after 1–1 on aggregate on the away goal rule by

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. In 1975 he went to play at fellow

team, Bihor Oradea, leaving after half of season to go play in

for Progresul București, helping the team earn the promotion to the first league, making his last

appearance on 8 June 1977 in a 2–1 home victory against FCM Reșiţa, having a total of 306 matches with 6 goals scored in the competition.

International career

Lajos Sătmăreanu played for

in 42 matches, scoring one goal, making his debut in a 1–1 friendly against

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, which took place in

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on Estadio Gran Parque Central. He played six games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, also being used by coach

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in all the minutes of the three group matches from the final tournament as

did not advance to the next stage. Sătmăreanu also played 9 matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, scoring one goal in the first quarter-finals game out of three against

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, who eventually defeated

in the third game, advancing to the final tournament. He played four matches at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, his last match being a 1–0 victory against

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International goals

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

Coaching career

Lajos Sătmăreanu worked as a coach at the juvenile level, mostly at Steaua București where between 1977 and 2011 he taught and formed generations of players, which include Daniel Gherasim, Dan Petrescu, Marius Mitu, Robert Niță and George Ogăraru. Afterwards he coached juniors at Școala Privată de Fotbal "Vasile Matincă" for a short while, then he coached senior team Argeșul Mihăilești in the Romanian lower leagues for a few years, before returning to coaching juniors in 2016 at CSA Steaua București.

Honours

Steaua București *

: 1967–68 *

: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 Progresul București *

: 1975–76

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Satmareanu, Lajos 1944 births Living people People from Salonta Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Association football defenders Romanian footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players FC Steaua București players FC Bihor Oradea players ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players FC Progresul București players CA Oradea players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Romanian football managers