Lajos Sătmăreanu

Lajos Sătmăreanu
Sătmăreanu in 1970
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-02-21)21 February 1944
Place of birth Nagyszalonta, Kingdom of Hungary (now Salonta, Romania)
Date of death 30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 81)
Place of death Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Right-back
Youth career
1958–1960 Stăruința Salonta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1962 Stăruința Salonta
1962–1963 Crișana Oradea 4 (0)
1963–1964 Flamura Roșie Oradea 18 (1)
1964–1965 ASA Târgu Mureș 12 (1)
1965–1975 Steaua București 271 (11)
1975 Bihor Oradea 14 (1)
1975–1977 Progresul București 20 (0)
Total 339 (14)
International career
1965–1967 Romania Olympic 2 (0)
1967–1973 Romania 42 (1)
Managerial career
1977–1989 Steaua București (youth)
1989 Bihor Oradea
1989–2011 Steaua București (youth)
2011 Școala Privată de Fotbal "Vasile Matincă" (youth)
2011–2016 Argeșul Mihăilești
2016–2022 CSA Steaua București (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lajos Sătmăreanu (Romanian: [ˈlajoʃ sətməˈre̯anu]; also known as Ludovic Sătmăreanu, Hungarian: Szatmári Lajos, 21 February 1944 – 30 June 2025) was a Romanian footballer and manager who played as a right-back. He played for the Romanian Olympic and national teams, as well as various Romanian clubs, winning a Divizia A title and five Cupa României. Later in life, he coached or managed various clubs, both youth and professional clubs.