Valer Săsărman (25 August 1969 – 29 August 2021) was a Romanian professional

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who played as a defender. Săsărman started his career at Laminorul Beclean, but played for the rest of it for Gloria Bistrița, appearing in 329

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

matches and scoring seven goals. After retirement Săsărman started his football manager career, returning to the same teams for which he played. He died on 29 August 2021, after suffering a

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at his home from Măluț,

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

Honours

Gloria Bistriţa *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: 1989–90 *

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: 1993–94, runner-up 1995–96 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

runner-up:

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* 1969 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Bistrița-Năsăud County Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players ACF Gloria Bistrița players Romanian football managers ACF Gloria Bistrița managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1960s-stub