Vasile Simionaș (born 16 November 1950) is a former Romanian professional

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and football player. He usually played as a

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Club career

In April 1968, at the age of seventeen, Simionaș made his

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debut for Dinamo Bacău by coming in for the last 20 minutes in a match against

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. 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

games for them over a fifteen-year period. He was part of the golden team of Politehnica and together with

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and Gabriel Simionov made one of the memorable midfield lines of the Romanian

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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

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and also managed

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for a short period in 2013.Sport Club Bacau si-a aflat adversara din Cupa României: divizionara C Kosarom Pascani
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Honours

Politehnica Iași *

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: 1972–73, 1981–82

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at labtof.ro * 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Iași Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Romania youth international footballers Romania under-21 international footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players FCM Bacău players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players Romanian football managers FCV Farul Constanța managers AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila managers FC Progresul București managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC Astra Giurgiu managers {{Romania-footy-bio-stub