Ion Ion (born 21 June 1954) is a Romanian football manager and former player.[1][2]

Ion Ion
Personal information
Full name Ion Ion
Date of birth (1954-06-21) 21 June 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Centrul 23 August București
1971–1972 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1979 Steaua București 133 (14)
1979 Metalul București
1979–1986 Rapid București[a] 56 (6)
1986–1988 Carpați Mârșa 25 (3)
1988 Automatica București
Total 214 (23)
Managerial career
1988–1992 Rapid București (youth)
1992–1996 Jiul Petroșani (assistant)
1996 Jiul Petroșani (caretaker)
1997 Jiul Petroșani
1997–1998 Al Shabab
1998–1999 Al Ain (assistant)
1999–2000 Al-Muharraq
2001–2002 Romania U18
2002–2003 Fujairah
2003–2005 Național București (technical director)
2005–2006 Muscat Club
2007–2008 ROVA Roşiori
2009–2011 Tunari
2012–2013 Al Shahaniya
2017–2018 Steaua București
2019 Sporting Roșiori
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In his coaching career he has coached several clubs from Oman, Bahrain, UAE and Qatar.[3]

He managed Steaua București for the 2017–18 season, but his contract was not renewed after the club failed to gain promotion to Liga III.[4]

Honours

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Player

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Steaua București

Rapid București

Manager

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Steaua București

Notes

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  1. ^ The statistics for the 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ion Ion at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Ion Ion at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Cine este noul antrenor al Stelei Armatei: "Era o poezie de fotbalist"". GSP (in Romanian). 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Marius Lăcătuş va antrena Steaua în sezonul următor". Mediafax.ro. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1975–1976". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 July 2020.