Career
Born in Dobroiești, Sameş began playing football for the youth side of Football Club Steaua Bucureşti. He made his Romanian first division debut at age 19, playing for Football Club Universitatea Craiova while on loan from Steaua during 1971. After two seasons in Craiova, he returned to Steaua and would made 274 league appearances for the club and be named Romanian football player of the year in 1979.
After he retired from playing football, Sameş became a football manager and coached Steaua"s youth academy from 1992 until 2011.
On 17 July 2011, Sameş died in a Bucharest hospital after suffering from cancer for six months.