Tibor Selymes (born 14 May 1970) is a Romanian former football player and current manager of

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club Știința Miroslava.

Playing career

Born in

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of Hungarian descent, Selymes made his debut in Divizia A with FC Brașov in 1988. He later played many years in Belgium. Selymes got 46 caps for the

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between 1992 and 1999, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup,

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and the 1998 World Cup.

Managerial career

In September 2010 he was appointed as manager of Astra Ploiești. He was sacked in August 2011, after only two games from the 2011–12 season, both lost by Astra. He then took control of

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, but stayed there for only three games, resigning after one draw and two defeats. He returned to Astra in November 2011. On 16 December 2011, he was fired from Astra, the second time this season. On 2 April 2013, Selymes returned to Dinamo, after 20 years. He signed a contract for two months to manage the second team of the club. On 17 June 2013, he signed

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that will make its

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debut. On 6 January 2014, Selymes was appointed as the manager of the

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club

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. The club was relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season, and Selymes left. In September 2014, he signed a contract with former Romanian champions Oțelul Galați. He resigned in March 2015. In June 2015, he was named the new manager of Petrolul Ploiești.

Personal life

Tibor is the nephew of Nicolae Selymes, who was also an international footballer who played for

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and FC Brașov in the 1960s. In 2010 Selymes attempted to launch his own airline but ultimately failed when he did not pass the sufficient qualifications to fly an aeroplane.

Honours

Club

;Dinamo București *

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: 1991–92 ;Anderlecht *

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: 1999–2000

Managerial statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selymes, Tibor 1970 births Living people People from Bălan Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian footballers Association football defenders Romania international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players Liga I players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Dinamo București players Belgian First Division A players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Standard Liège players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers Cypriot First Division players Debreceni VSC players AEL Limassol players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary Romanian football managers FC Sopron managers FC Sportul Studențesc București managers FC Astra Giurgiu managers ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș managers AFC Săgeata Năvodari managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers FC Olimpia Satu Mare managers CS Știința Miroslava managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers