Ion Ion (footballer)

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 71)
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

Player

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78^[1]
• Cupa României: 1975–76^[5]

Rapid București

• Divizia B: 1982–83^[1]

Manager

Steaua București

• Liga IV Bucharest:
  • Runner-up: 2017-18

Notes

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