Valer Săsărman

Valer Săsărman
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-08-25)25 August 1969[1]
Place of birth Braniștea, Romania[1]
Date of death 29 August 2021(2021-08-29) (aged 52)[2]
Place of death Măluț, Romania[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Defender[1]
Youth career
1985–1986 Laminorul Beclean
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 Laminorul Beclean
1988–2001 Gloria Bistrița[a] 329 (7)
Total 329 (7)
International career
1990–1991 Romania U21 15 (0)
1990 Romania Olympic 1 (0)
1991 Romania B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Someșul Gaz Beclean (youth)
2002–2005 Someșul Gaz Beclean
2008–2009 Gloria Bistrița (youth)
2009–2010 Voința Mărișelu
2013–2014 Gloria II Bistrița
2014 Gloria Bistrița (assistant)
2014–2015 Gloria Bistrița
2015–2016 Gloria Bistrița (youth)
2017 FC Bistrița
2017–2021 1. FC Gloria (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valer Săsărman (25 August 1969 – 29 August 2021) was a Romanian professional footballer 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 matches and scoring seven goals.[1][3] After retirement, Săsărman worked as a coach at both youth and senior level.[3]

Club career

Săsărman was born on 25 August 1969 in Braniștea, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1985 for Laminorul Beclean.[1][3] He began playing for the club's senior squad in 1986 in Divizia C.[1][3] In 1988, he joined Divizia B club Gloria Bistrița, helping them gain promotion to the first league at the end of the 1989–90 season.[1][3] He made his Divizia A debut on 12 August 1990 under coach Remus Vlad in a 0–0 draw against Argeș Pitești.[1][4] Săsărman spent 13 seasons with Gloria and helped the team win the 1993–94 Cupa României, as coach Constantin Cârstea used him the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 win over Universitatea Craiova in the final.[1][3][5][6] Subsequently, he played the entire match under Cârstea in the 1994 Supercupa României, as they were defeated 1–0 by Steaua București.[7] Săsărman helped Gloria reach another Cupa României final in 1996 where he played as a starter under Remus Vlad in the 3–1 loss to Steaua.[8] During his time with Gloria, Săsărman also made 10 appearances in European competitions (including three in the Intertoto Cup).[1] Notably, he played in a 2–1 win over Real Zaragoza in the 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup and a 1–1 draw against Gabriel Batistuta's Fiorentina in the 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup.[1][2][9][10] In his last four years of his career, he was the team's captain as Costel Câmpeanu left the club.[2][9] Săsărman has a total of 329 matches with seven goals in Divizia A, all of them for Gloria.[1][3][5]

International career

From 1990 to 1991, Săsărman was consistently featured for Romania's under-21, Olympic and B sides.[11]

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Săsărman started coaching juniors in 2001 at Someșul Gaz Beclean.[5] One year later, he became the head coach of Someșul's senior team in Divizia C, leading them until 2005.[3] In 2008, he went back to coaching juniors for one year at Gloria Bistrița.[3] Afterwards, Săsărman went to coach Voința Mărișelu in the fourth league.[12] From 2013 to 2014, he led Gloria II Bistrița.[3] In January 2014, he became assistant coach for the club's main squad in the third division and in September that year he became its head coach until 2015.[3][13] Between 2015 and 2016, Săsărman coached juniors once again at Gloria.[3][14] Afterwards, he was head coach at fourth-tier club FC Bistrița.[3][15] From 2017 to 2021, he worked as a youth coach at 1. FC Gloria.[3]

Death

Săsărman died on 29 August 2021, after suffering a stroke at his home in Măluț, Bistrița-Năsăud County.[2][3][16]

Honours

Gloria Bistrița

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1988–89 and 1989–90 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Valer Săsărman at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Valer Săsărman, fotbalist legendar al Gloriei Bistrița, a murit la vârsta de 52 de ani" [Valer Săsărman, legendary football player of Gloria Bistrița, died at the age of 52] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Fotbalul beclenar de-a lungul timpului, 1999-2007 ( V )" [Football in Beclean Over Time, 1999–2007 (V)] (in Romanian). Rasunetul.ro. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "ACF Gloria Bistrita vs FC Arges 0-0". Labtof. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Prima ediție a Memorialului Valer Săsărman a adus la start 6 echipe cu copii născuți în anii 2015-1016" [The first edition of the Valer Săsărman Memorial brought together six teams of children born in 2015–2016.] (in Romanian). Frf.ro. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Romanian Cup – Season 1993–1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Romanian Super Cup – Season 1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Romanian Cup – Season 1995–1996". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Valer Săsărman, glorie a Bistriței" [Valer Săsărman, glory of Bistrița] (in Romanian). Observatorbn.ro. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Valer Săsărman. Cup Winners Cup. 1994/1995". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "Valer Săsărman. Cup Winners Cup. 1996/1997". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Valer Săsărman profile". 11v11. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Voința Mărișelu este gata să stingă Luceafărul" [Voința Mărișelu is ready to extinguish Luceafărul.] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Valer Săsărman este noul antrenor al Gloriei Progresul Bistrița" [Valer Săsărman is the new coach of Gloria Progresul Bistrița.] (in Romanian). Mesagerul.ro. 25 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "Săsărman, ca și uns antrenor secund la Gloria!" [Săsărman, almost appointed assistant coach at Gloria!] (in Romanian). Liga.prosport.ro. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "Gloria Bistrița, victorie în deplasare cu Industria Galda. Valer Săsărman: Sperăm să ne revenim" [Gloria Bistrița secures away win against Industria Galda. Valer Săsărman: We hope to bounce back.] (in Romanian). Timponline.ro. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "Gloria, "reunire tristă": "Totul se învârte în jurul banilor". Ce spune președintele Stanciu" [Gloria, a "sad reunion": "Everything revolves around money." What President Stanciu says.] (in Romanian). Timponline.ro. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Fotbal, juniori: AF Gloria Bistrita pe podium la CFR Cluj U 13 Junior Cup" [Youth Football: AF Gloria Bistrița on the podium at the CFR Cluj U13 Junior Cup] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "Regal fotbalistic la nivel juvenil –etapa de zonă juniori D, la Complexul Sportiv "Jean Pădureanu"" [A youth football showcase – the Junior D regional stage at the "Jean Pădureanu" Sports Complex.] (in Romanian). Rasunetul.ro. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "FC Bistrița și-a stabilit lotul pentru retur. Cine face parte din stafful tehnic" [FC Bistrița has finalized its squad for the second half of the season. Who is on the coaching staff?] (in Romanian). Timponline.ro. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
    "FC Bistrița – Comuna Recea, vineri în Liga a III-a" [FC Bistrița vs. Comuna Recea, Friday in Liga III] (in Romanian). Timponline.ro. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! S-a stins din viață Valer Săsărman, jucător emblematic al Gloriei Bistrița" [Mourning in Romanian football! Valer Săsărman, emblematic player of Gloria Bistrița, passed away] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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