Lajos Sătmăreanu

**Lajos Sătmăreanu** (, 21 February 1944 – 30 June 2025), also known as **Ludovic Sătmăreanu**, was a Romanian footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played as a right-back for teams in Romania, and spent 10 years at Steaua București, where he won a Divizia A and five Cupa României titles. In 1970, West German club Hertha BSC wanted to sign Sătmăreanu, after his performance at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, but Romania's communist regime refused to let him go.

Sătmăreanu was capped 42 times for Romania, and played for them at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He made his debut in a 1–1 friendly draw against Uruguay in Montevideo.

After retiring from football, he became a manager. He mainly worked as a youth manager for Steaua București between 1977 and 2011. He also worked as a youth manager at CSA Steaua București between 2016 and 2022.

Sătmăreanu died on 30 June 2025, at the age of 81.

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sătmăreanu goal_.

|#|Date|Venue|Cap|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|29 April 1972|Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary|31||**1**–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 1972 quarter-finals|

## Honours

**Steaua București**
- Divizia A: 1967–68
- Cupa României: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
**Progresul București**
- Divizia B: 1975–76
**Individual**
- Romanian Footballer of the Year (_third place_): 1968, (_fourth place_): 1969

## Other websites

- Lajos Sătmăreanu at Labtof.ro

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lajos Sătmăreanu
- **image**: Lajos Sătmăreanu.jpg
- **caption**: Sătmăreanu in 1970
- **birth place**: Salonta, Nagyszalonta, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary (now Salonta, Romania)
- **death place**: Romania
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Right-back
- **youthyears1**: 1958–1960
- **youthclubs1**: CSM Olimpia Salonta, Stăruința Salonta
- **years1**: 1960–1962
- **clubs1**: CSM Olimpia Salonta, Stăruința Salonta
- **years2**: 1962–1963
- **clubs2**: CA Oradea, Crișana Oradea
- **caps2**: 4
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1963–1964
- **clubs3**: Flamura Roșie Oradea
- **caps3**: 18
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 1964–1965
- **clubs4**: ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA Târgu Mureș
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 1965–1975
- **clubs5**: FC Steaua București, Steaua București
- **caps5**: 271
- **goals5**: 11
- **years6**: 1975
- **clubs6**: FC Bihor Oradea (1958), Bihor Oradea
- **caps6**: 14
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 1975–1977
- **clubs7**: FC Progresul București, Progresul București
- **caps7**: 20
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 339
- **totalgoals**: 14
- **nationalyears1**: 1965–1967
- **nationalyears2**: 1967–1973
- **nationalteam1**: Romania Olympic football team, Romania Olympic
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: Romania national football team, Romania
- **nationalcaps2**: 42
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 1977–1989
- **managerclubs1**: FC Steaua București, Steaua București (youth)
- **manageryears2**: 1989
- **managerclubs2**: FC Bihor Oradea (1958), Bihor Oradea
- **manageryears3**: 1989–2011
- **managerclubs3**: FC Steaua București, Steaua București (youth)
- **manageryears4**: 2011
- **managerclubs4**: Școala Privată de Fotbal "Vasile Matincă" (youth)
- **manageryears5**: 2011–2016
- **managerclubs5**: Argeșul Mihăilești
- **manageryears6**: 2016–2022
- **managerclubs6**: CSA Steaua București (football), CSA Steaua București (youth)