Ioan Ovidiu Sabau

Universitatea Cluj
Manager

Born on : February 12, 1968 (56 years) at Câmpia Turzii

Nationality : Romania

Height : 1m77

Weight : 73 kg

Number of international caps : 55 (8 goals)

First cap : vs Israel 03/02/1988

First international goal : vs Poland 06/02/1988

1995-1996
1989-1990

Other photos

Current season statistics (2023/2024)

14 Victories 12 Draws

7 Losses 9 League Ranking

43 Goals for 32 Goals against

Main position
Right Midfielder	80%
Centre Midfield	20%

Identities

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau

Ioan Ovidiu Sabău

Ovidiu Sabău

Ovidiu Sabau

Manager careerLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 13:01

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Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
2023/2024	U Cluj	1	28	36%10	39%11	25%7	9	3	30	28								5	80%4	20%1		Romanian Cup1/4 1/4 de finale	13	4								33	42%14	36%12	21%7		43	32
2022/2023	U Cluj	1	18	50%9	22%4	28%5	10	16	23	23								3	67%2	33%1		Romanian CupFinaFinale	3	1								21	52%11	24%5	24%5		26	24
2013/2014	Târgu Mures	2	13	38%5	38%5	23%3	3	28	13	8																						13	38%5	38%5	23%3		13	8
2012/2013	Rapid	1	11	45%5	27%3	27%3	6	18	14	12	4	75%3		25%1	(C3) Europa League3e t3e tour	6	5	1	100%1			Romanian Cup6e t6e tour	6	0								16	56%9	19%3	25%4		26	17
2011/2012	Târgu Mures	1	21	29%6	24%5	48%10	15	35	24	32								1	100%1			Romanian Cup6e t6e tour	1	0								22	32%7	23%5	45%10		25	32
2010/2011	Târgu Mures	1	28	39%11	29%8	32%9	9	45	29	29								2	50%1		50%1	Romanian Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	1	2								30	40%12	27%8	33%10		30	31
2009/2010	FC Timisoara	1	34	44%15	41%14	15%5			55	27	10	10%1	50%5	40%4	(C3) Europa LeagueGrouGroupe A Champions LeagueBarrBarrages	6	13	2	50%1	50%1		Romanian Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	9	2								46	37%17	43%20	20%9		70	42
2008/2009	Gloria Bistrita	1	34	32%11	15%5	53%18	13	38	32	44								3	33%1	33%1	33%1	Romanian Cup1/4 1/4 de finale	5	4								37	32%12	16%6	51%19		37	48
2007/2008	Gloria Bistrita	1	34	32%11	26%9	41%14	10	42	34	40	6	50%3	17%1	33%2		7	6															40	35%14	25%10	40%16		41	46
2006/2007	Gloria Bistrita	1	34	47%16	18%6	35%12	6	54	42	35																						34	47%16	18%6	35%12		42	35
2005/2006	Gloria Bistrita	1	30	37%11	20%6	43%13	10	39	27	34	2			100%2	Intertoto Cup2e t2e tour	2	4															32	34%11	19%6	47%15		29	38
2004/2005	Gaz Metan
2003/2004	Gaz Metan
Total			285	39%110	27%76	35%99	91	318	323	312	22	32%7	27%6	41%9		21	28	17	65%11	24%4	12%2		38	13								324	40%128	27%86	34%110		382	353

Sabau's career statisticsLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 13:01

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

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eff.

Games played

goals

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eff.

Games played

goals

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goals

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eff.

2004/2005

2002/2003

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Rapid	Supercupa României	1			1		90	100%		100%	1	100%	0%	0%
Rapid	(C3) UEFA Cup	3			1	1	207	100%		75%		67%	33%	0%
Rapid	Divizia A	16	1	1033	6	6	1033	81%	3	53%	1	69%	19%	13%

2001/2002

Rapid

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Rapid	Divizia A	6	3	3	489	83%	1		83%	17%	0%
Rapid	(C3) UEFA Cup	3		3	214	100%		75%	67%	33%	0%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1		1	90	100%		50%	100%	0%	0%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying	2	3		172	100%		100%	0%	50%	50%

2000/2001

U Cluj

1999/2000

Rapid

Club	Competition						V	D	L
Rapid	Champions League	1		75	100%	50%	0%	0%	100%
Romania	Friendlies	1	1	68	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	2	2	171	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%

1998/1999

Rapid

180

241

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Rapid	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	180	4		180	100%		50%	50%	50%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1				1	42	0%	1	50%	0%	100%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	1				1	19	0%	1	14%	100%	0%	0%

1997/1998

Brescia

497

677

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Brescia	Coppa Italia	2					2		180	23	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%
Brescia	Serie A	7	1		497		15	1	497	23	86%	1	21%			43%	14%	43%

1996/1997

Reggiana

1311

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Reggiana	Serie A	19	1		1311		23	3	1311	20	79%	4	56%			11%	47%	42%

1995/1996

Brescia

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Brescia	Coppa Italia	1	2		120	100%	100%		0%	0%	100%
Brescia	Serie B	1	2		90	100%			100%	0%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	1		1	90	100%	33%	1	0%	100%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	2	1	1	140	100%	67%		50%	0%	50%

1994/1995

Brescia

994

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Brescia	Serie A	12					12	4	907	0	83%	2	35%			17%	25%	58%
Romania	Friendlies	1	1		87				87	0	100%		50%			0%	100%	0%

1993/1994

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Brescia	Coppa Italia	3	2	135	2	1	270	100%		60%		67%	33%	0%
Brescia	Serie B	25	6	330	25	4	1979	96%	1	66%	1	36%	40%	24%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	3			1	1	206	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1			2		69	100%		17%		0%	0%	100%

1992/1993

Brescia

684

830

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Brescia	Coppa Italia	2			3		135	100%		100%	0%	50%	50%
Brescia	Serie A	32	4	684	39	8	2735	97%	1	94%	28%	34%	38%
Brescia	Serie B Playoffs	1			3		90	100%		100%	0%	0%	100%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4			8		360	100%		80%	25%	25%	50%

1991/1992

Feyenoord

190

275

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Feyenoord	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	3				3	213	67%	1	38%	33%	67%	0%
Feyenoord	Eredivisie	12	5	190	8	7	951	92%	1	35%	58%	17%	25%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	2			1	1	135	50%	1	67%	50%	50%	0%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1			1		76	100%		50%	100%	0%	0%

1990/1991

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Feyenoord	Eredivisie	27	6	394	24	12	2362	100%		79%	1	26%	52%	22%
Feyenoord	KNVB-Beker	1				1	90	100%				100%	0%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	5	1	381	5	2	381	80%	1	100%		40%	20%	40%
Romania	Friendlies	1			1		90	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1				1	55	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%

1989/1990

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Romania	Friendlies	2					1	159	0	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	1		153	3		153	0	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%
Romania	Friendlies	4	1		350	3	2	350	0	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%
Romania	World Cup	4		2		3	2	357	8	100%	100%	25%	50%	25%
Din. Bucarest	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	7	2		315	5	2	630	0	100%	88%	57%	0%	43%

1988/1989

Din. Bucarest

225

396

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Din. Bucarest	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	6			2	4	513	100%	100%	50%	50%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	2				2	149	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4	1	347	1	3	347	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	2	2	90	2	1	180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1987/1988

Targu-Mures

412

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Romania	Friendlies	5	1		412		8	1	412	0	100%		100%			20%	40%	40%

1986/1987

CSU Universitatea Cluj

1985/1986

CSU Universitatea Cluj

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

KNVB-Beker	1	1991
Liga I	1	2003
Supercupa României	1	2002

Manager's titles

Runner-ups

Romanian Cup

2023

Transfers

24/08/23 >	U Cluj	mana.
01/01/23 > 06/06/23	U Cluj	mana.
10/10/13 > 22/03/14	Târgu Mures	mana.
01/07/12 > 20/10/12	Rapid Bucarest	mana.
18/03/12 > 01/07/12	Târgu Mures	mana.
03/09/10 > 27/09/11	Târgu Mures	mana.
01/07/09 > 26/05/10	FC Timisoara	mana.
01/07/05 > 15/06/09	Gloria Bistrita	mana.
01/07/03 > 25/06/05	Gaz Metan	mana.

01/07/16 >	Retired
01/07/04 > 01/07/05	Gaz Metan	Free
01/07/01 > 01/07/03	Rapid Bucarest
01/07/00 > 01/07/01	U Cluj
01/07/98 > 01/07/00	Rapid Bucarest
01/07/97 > 01/07/98	Brescia
01/07/96 > 01/07/97	Reggiana
01/07/92 > 01/07/96	Brescia
01/07/90 > 01/07/92	Feyenoord	600 k€
01/07/88 > 01/07/90	Din. Bucarest	80 k€
01/10/87 > 01/07/88	Targu-Mures
01/07/85 > 01/10/87	CSU Universitatea Cluj

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 13:01

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
Târgu Mures	65	37%24	28%18	35%23	68	71
Gloria Bistrita	143	37%53	20%28	43%62	149	167
FC Timisoara	46	37%17	43%20	20%9	67	42
Rapid	16	56%9	19%3	25%4	26	17
U Cluj	54	46%25	31%17	22%12	69	56

Player career by clubLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 13:01

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Brescia	86	13		539	7003		1	94%81	30%26	37%32
Din. Bucarest	13	2		572	1143			100%13	54%7	23%3
Feyenoord	43	11		329	3616	1		95%41	37%16	21%9
Rapid	32	2		1144	2288	2		88%28	69%22	9%3
Reggiana	19	1		1311	1311			79%15	11%2	42%8
Romania	55	8	2	545	4358	1		93%51	45%25	24%13

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
Pandurii TJ	14	7	18	14
Farul	11	6	11	9
Poli Iasi	10	6	12	7
UTA Arad	10	6	8	6
Rapid	15	5	19	23
U Craiova	14	5	17	21
Hermannstadt	7	5	11	6
Botosani	6	5	13	0
Steaua	17	4	14	20
Din. Bucarest	13	4	11	22
Otelul	13	4	14	13
Ceahlaul	8	4	17	11
Gaz Metan	8	4	11	9
Arges	7	4	9	7
Sportul	5	4	11	5
Gloria Bistrita	5	4	8	2
CFR Cluj	18	3	17	30
Astra Ploeisti	7	3	10	5
Mioveni	6	3	7	3
Vaslui	13	2	11	20

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Vitesse	4	1	1
Sampdoria	8	1	0
Juventus	6	1	0
Utrecht	3	0	0
Israel	3	3	1
Foggia	3	2	0
ADO Den Haag	3	2	0
Maastricht VV	3	2	1
Volendam	3	2	3
Switzerland	2	1	0
Tottenham	2	1	0
Atlantas	2	2	0
Roda JC	2	0	0
Kuusysi	2	2	0
Cremonese	2	1	0
Fidelis Andria	2	1	0
Greece	2	1	1
UTA Arad	2	2	0
Piacenza	2	1	1
Fiorentina	7	1	0

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
Steaua	17	9	20
Din. Bucarest	13	8	22
CFR Cluj	18	8	30
Vaslui	13	8	20
Poli Timisoara	11	7	17
Rapid	15	5	23
U Craiova	14	5	21
Pandurii TJ	14	5	14
FC Brașov	8	4	9
Otelul	13	4	13
Farul	11	3	9
Progresul	4	3	5
Ceahlaul	8	3	11
Arges	7	3	7
Gaz Metan	8	3	9
Urziceni	9	3	8
Slaven	2	2	4
Bihor Oradea	2	2	2
Poli Iasi	10	2	7
Petrolul	5	2	4

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Parma	6	3	8
Juventus	6	3	10
Lazio	4	3	9
Fiorentina	7	3	15
Sampdoria	8	3	11
Ajax	3	3	9
Anderlecht	2	2	2
Czechoslovakia	3	2	8
AC Milan	3	2	5
Torino	3	2	3
Inter Milan	3	2	5
Bologna	2	2	6
Ancona	4	2	10
Cagliari	2	2	5
Slovenia	2	1	3
Yugoslavia	1	1	1
Cameroon	1	1	2
Bari	2	1	2
Fiorenzuola	1	1	2
Ireland	2	1	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2004/2005	Gaz Metan	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2002/2003	Rapid	70%	10%	20	60%	40%	15	Slightly positive
2001/2002	Rapid	78%	0%	9	43%	35%	23	Very positive
2000/2001	U Cluj	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1999/2000	Rapid	0%	100%	1	64%	17%	36	-
1998/1999	Rapid	50%	0%	2	78%	5%	37	-
1997/1998	Brescia	33%	44%	9	22%	52%	27	Positive
1996/1997	Reggiana	11%	42%	19	6%	71%	17	Positive
1995/1996	Brescia	50%	50%	2	30%	43%	37	-
1994/1995	Brescia	17%	58%	12	0%	87%	23	Extremely positive
1993/1994	Brescia	39%	21%	28	40%	27%	15	-
1992/1993	Brescia	26%	40%	35	0%	50%	2	-
1991/1992	Feyenoord	53%	20%	15	61%	6%	33	Slightly negative
1990/1991	Feyenoord	29%	21%	28	45%	36%	11	Negative
1989/1990	Din. Bucarest	57%	43%	7	76%	9%	33	Slightly negative
1988/1989	Din. Bucarest	50%	0%	6	87%	8%	39	-
1987/1988	Targu-Mures	0%	0%	0	38%	55%	29	-
1986/1987	CSU Universitatea Cluj	0%	0%	0	41%	47%	34	-
1985/1986	CSU Universitatea Cluj	0%	0%	0	41%	44%	34	-

Key figures

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau hasn't lost in Liga I any of the last 11 at home matches

Sabau hasn't lost in Liga I any of the last 9 matches

He hasn't lost in Liga I any of the last 4 away from home matches

Sabau hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 19 at home matches

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 9 matches

The player hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 4 away from home matches

Sabau has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 20 away from home matches

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 away from home matches

He has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 21 matches

Sabau hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 7 matches

Sabau hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 5 at home matches

Ioan Ovidiu Sabau hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 10 at home matches

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Dinamo Bucarest
07/09/1988	C2CWC	Din. Bucarest - Kuusysi Lahti	3 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
13/09/1989	C2CWC	Dinamo Tirana - Din. Bucarest	1 - 0	First loss
01/11/1989	C2CWC	Din. Bucarest - Panathinaikos	6 - 1	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals
Feyenoord Rotterdam
02/09/1990	E	Feyenoord - Maastricht VV	6 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal
23/09/1990	E	Willem II - Feyenoord	3 - 2	First loss
12/05/1991	E	Feyenoord - Volendam	3 - 0	First time scoring 2 goals
Brescia
26/08/1992	CI	Brescia - Hellas Verona	2 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first loss
20/09/1992	SA	Brescia - Pescara	1 - 0	First victory
13/12/1992	SA	Atalanta - Brescia	1 - 1	First goal
31/10/1993	SB	Brescia - Ancona	3 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
19/12/1993	SB	Venezia - Brescia	2 - 0	First red card
Reggiana
08/09/1996	SA	Reggiana - Juventus	1 - 1	First match with the club
15/09/1996	SA	Napoli - Reggiana	1 - 0	First loss
21/09/1996	SA	Parma - Reggiana	3 - 2	First start, first goal
05/01/1997	SA	Perugia - Reggiana	1 - 3	First victory
Rapid Bucarest
13/08/1998	C2CWC	Grevenmacher - Rapid Bucarest	2 - 6	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal
04/08/1999	CL	Skonto Riga - Rapid Bucarest	2 - 1	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 17/04/2024 at 13:01

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Serie A	Serie A	70	6	908		5450	89%62		23%16	34%24	43%30
Coppa Italia	Coppa Italia	8	2	353		705	100%8		25%2	38%3	38%3
Serie B	Serie B	26	6	345		2069	96%25	1	38%10	38%10	23%6
Serie B Playoffs	Serie B Playoffs	1				90	100%1				100%1
Eredivisie	Eredivisie	39	11	301		3313	97%38		36%14	41%16	23%9
KNVB-Beker	KNVB-Beker	1				90	100%1		100%1
Liga I	Liga I	22	1	1522		1522	82%18		73%16	18%4	9%2
Supercupa României	Supercupa României	1				90	100%1		100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	23	5	360		1801	96%22		39%9	35%8	26%6
World Cup	World Cup	4			2	357	100%4		25%1	50%2	25%1
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	15	2	616		1232	100%15		67%10	13%2	20%3
World Cup Qualifying	World Cup Qualifying	2				172	100%2			50%1	50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	11	1	796		796	73%8		45%5	36%4	18%2
Champions League	Champions League	1				75	100%1				100%1
Cup Winners' Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	18	3	512		1536	94%17		50%9	33%6	17%3
Europa League	Europa League	6				421	100%6		67%4	33%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2002/2003	Rapid	1	1	63	30	20	3	7	59	25
2001/2002	Rapid	1	3	50	30	15	6	9	50	31
1999/2000	Rapid	1	2	72	34	22	6	6	65	38
1998/1999	Rapid	1	1	89	34	28	5	1	79	18
1997/1998	Brescia	1	15	35	34	9	8	17	45	63
1996/1997	Reggiana	1	18	19	34	2	13	19	28	67
1995/1996	Brescia	2	16	46	38	12	10	16	48	49
1994/1995	Brescia	1	18	12	34	2	6	26	18	65
1993/1994	Brescia	2	3	44	38	15	14	9	68	53
1992/1993	Brescia	1	14	30	34	9	12	13	36	44
1991/1992	Feyenoord	1	3	49	34	20	9	5	54	19
1990/1991	Feyenoord	1	8	32	34	8	16	10	39	40
1989/1990	Din. Bucarest	1	1	57	34	26	5	3	96	23
1988/1989	Din. Bucarest	1	2	62	34	30	2	2	130	30
1987/1988	Targu-Mures	1	12	29	34	13	3	18	49	66
1986/1987	CSU Universitatea Cluj	1	10	32	34	14	4	16	53	46
1985/1986	CSU Universitatea Cluj	1	7	33	34	14	5	15	53	52

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January 20, 2013

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Ioan Ovidiu Sabau

Universitatea ClujManager

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Ioan Ovidiu Sabau

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Ovidiu Sabău

Ovidiu Sabau

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Dinamo Bucarest

Feyenoord Rotterdam

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