Tibor Selymes
Tibor Selymes ( born May 14, 1970 in Bălan, Harghita County ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach - functionary of Hungarian origin. As a player Selymes played 395 games in the Romanian Divizia A, the Belgian Jupiler League, the Hungarian Nemzeti National Championship and the Cypriot First Division. He also took part in the Football World Cup 1994, the UEFA European Football Championship in 1996 and the Football World Cup 1998.
Career as a player
Selymes spent his childhood in Târgu Secuiesc, where he at playing football 1983 CSS. Târgu Secuiesc began. Up to the age of 14, he was also active as a professional ice hockey goaltender, but decided for football. In 1987 he moved to Viitorul Braşov and from there to the FCM Braşov. He already moved in 1987 to the first team, which played into the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A. On March 6, 1988, he denied there his first game 3-0 against CSM Suceava. After Selymes immediately became a regular player, he moved to three years in 1990 as one of the leading Romanian clubs to Dinamo Bucharest. There he accomplished in 1992 by winning the Romanian Cup the biggest success of his career.
After three successful years in Bucharest to Selymes decided in 1993 to move abroad and joined the Belgian club Cercle Bruges, who played in the Jupiler League. In Bruges he always struggled to avoid relegation, so that its further development, although he was already international, there were limits. In 1996 he was given the opportunity to move to RSC Anderlecht, the Belgian giants. However, he was unable to win another title in Anderlecht in the three years. In the 1998/99 season came Selymes are less in use and was established in July 1999, shortly after the start of the 1999/2000 season, on loan at Premier League rivals Standard Liege.
After he was exiled by coach Michel Preud'homme in the second team by default in the summer of 2001, Selymes left Belgium after eight years and joined the Hungarian Nemzeti National Championship to Haladás Szombathely. Again, he was rarely used and could not prevent the descent of the club to the second division at the end of the season. Lázár Szentes, the coach of Haladás Szombathely, moved in July 2002 to Debreceni VSC and took Selymes with. In 2004 Selymes left Hungary for six months, leaving his career in the Cypriot First Division at AEL Limassol finish.
Due to his speed he was at first used as a left winger before he was charged with more and more defensive duties, so that he eventually made a name for himself as a left-back.
Overall Selymes denied 19 European matches for Dinamo Bucharest and RSC Anderlecht.
National
Tibor Selymes played between 1992 and 1999 a total of 46 games for the Romanian national football team, but scoring no goals. He made his debut on 26 August 1992 in Mexico. Selymes ran as a regular player for the Football World Cup 1994 in the United States and the European Football Championship in England in 1996. For the World Cup in France in 1998 he was also nominated by national coach Anghel Iordănescu, but did not play. László Bölöni nominated him in September 2000 for the last time for the squad of the national team, but Selymes was injured just before the World Cup qualifier against Italy and was not on 7 October 2000 for use.
Career as a coach
After the end of his career Selymes received from the Romanian-Hungarian businessman László Máriusz vizer the offer, head coach at the club FC Sopron sponsored by him from the Nemzeti National Championship to be. Shortly after taking office, he won the 2005 Hungarian Cup. His commitment sparked violent protests by István Kisteleki, the President of the Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség out because Selymes A-, but not possessed as many other coaches of the first Hungarian League only one of a PRO license. In February 2006 vizer dissolved the contract with coach Selymes and appointed Giuseppe Signori to player coach. In the summer of 2006, he returned as manager of FC Sopron, but moved after only two matchdays of the season 2006/ 07 in the Office of the President. After only a few weeks Selymes again took over the coaching job at FC Sopron, gave it to the end of November 2006, however, at Aurél Csertői from.
On 19 September 2007 Selymes sparked the Italian Lorenzo Rubinacci from as coach of the Romanian second division Liberty Salonta, which was also funded by vizer. After only one draw and five defeats in their first six games of the second division season 2008/ 09 Selymes announced mid-September 2008 his contract with Liberty to seek his fortune as a trainer in Kuwait. However, the exchange fell through due to different financial concepts, whereupon Selymes was asked in October 2008 by László Máriusz vizer to return as president to Liberty Salonta after the coaching position had already been awarded to the Argentinian Héctor Alberto Ortega. A short time later, however, took over Selymes the coach role, but announced his contract on 17 November 2008 after the 15th matchday of the league II and was replaced by his former assistant coach Gheorghe Ghiţ. On 26 November 2008 he gave up the post of president at Liberty Salonta and was junior by Máriusz vizer, the son of club patron replaced.
On 12 August 2009 he was coach at the Bucharest club Sportul Studenţesc, with whom he promoted to the Liga 1 abolished in 2010. After the sixth round of the 2009/10 season he left the club and was 5 September 2010 head coach of Premier League rivals Astra Ploieşti. After a disappointing start to the season 2011/12 he was released after the second match on August 1, 2011. On 27 September 2011, Selymes successor of Ioan Sabău as Coach for FCM Târgu Mureş. After four games, he broke 2 November 2011 his contract already back on and returned a day later back as a coach to Astra Ploieşti. There he was made redundant after the home defeat on December 17, 2011 compared CFR Cluj for the second time during the same season. On January 15, 2012 Selymes was involved as a passenger in a serious car accident, but in which he was unhurt.
In early April 2013, took Selymes the second team Dinamo Bucharest, was this post in June 2013 but already again, after he had received the opportunity to be head coach of newly promoted AFC SAGEATA Năvodari in Liga 1. A post he had in December 2013, evacuate and was replaced by Catalin Anghel.
Achievements
As a player
- World Cup qualifiers: 1994, 1998
- EM participants: 1996
- Romanian champions: 1992
As a coach
- Hungarian Cup winner: 2005
- Promotion to League 1: 2010
Awards
On 25 March 2008 Selymes was " sporty Meritul " III by Romanian President Traian Basescu for the achievements in the national team with the Order of Merit. Class excellent.
Relationship
Tibor Selymes is the nephew of Nicolae Miklos Selymes ( born March 11, 1940), who played a total of 99 times in Divizia A for Steagul Rosu Brasov and Dinamo Bucharest (15 goals) and 1962 one match for Romania denied. In addition, he is the son of Tibor Selymes who could reach the fourth place in Divizia C and thus the best finish in club history in the season 1969/70 as manager of Minerul Bălan. Selymes is divorced and has two daughters from his marriage. His family lives in Szombathely.