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Ioan Sabău

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Ioan "Neluțu" Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder for clubs in Romania, Italy, and the Netherlands, including Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, Feyenoord, Brescia, and Rapid București. Sabău earned 55 caps for the Romania national team, representing his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996. After retiring from playing, he managed several Romanian clubs, including Gaz Metan Mediaș, Poli Timișoara, and Universitatea Cluj, whom he coached to the Romanian Cup final in the 2022–23 season, which they lost in a penalty shootout. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ioan Sabău is the 7,165th most popular soccer player (down from 6,368th in 2024), the 582nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 549th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ioan Sabău ranks 7,165 out of 21,273. Before him are Manuel Astorga, Constantino Noya, Paulo da Silva, Frank Baumann, Daisuke Matsui, and Essam Abdel-Fatah. After him are Stelios Giannakopoulos, Noa Lang, Mista, Daniel Farke, Masayuki Okano, and Jaime Villegas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ioan Sabău ranks 528. Before him are Evridiki, Michelle Thomas, Kang Chol-hwan, Leonid Agutin, Franck Lagorce, and Gheorghe Craioveanu. After him are Olga Shishigina, Nobutoshi Canna, Peter Nielsen, Kim Thúy, Leo Peelen, and Rena Sofer.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ioan Sabău ranks 582 out of 844. Before him are Tibor Selymes (1970), Valeria Răcilă (1957), Viorica Ioja (1962), Maricica Țăran (1962), Daniel Prodan (1972), and Gheorghe Craioveanu (1968). After him are Ștefan Iovan (1960), Marcel Coraș (1959), Alina Astafei (1969), Géza Szőcs (1953), Marioara Trașcă (1962), and Florin Prunea (1968).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Ioan Sabău ranks 101. Before him are Ștefan Radu (1986), Dumitru Stângaciu (1964), Iosif Rotariu (1962), Tibor Selymes (1970), Daniel Prodan (1972), and Gheorghe Craioveanu (1968). After him are Marcel Coraș (1959), Florin Prunea (1968), Nicolae Stanciu (1993), Bogdan Stancu (1987), Ovidiu Stîngă (1972), and Radu Drăgușin (2002).

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