He put Messi on a stretcher and failed Benfica. What is made of Sepsi?

László Sepsi it's a name that should leave little homesick for Benfica's side. Left-rooted defense, the Romanian was only six months in service of the Club of Light, although he was connected to the emblem incarnated for several seasons.

Born in the city of Ludus, Romania, Sepsi took the first steps in sport-king at the local club, Muresul, finishing the training process between SS Targu-Mureș, Olimpia Satu Mare and Sporting Pitești, all of them modest Romanian clubs.

The lefty made his professional debut in 2004/05 with the Gaz Metan jersey, which no longer exists. In 2005 accompanied fellow countryman László Boloni, former Sporting coach, to the French of Rennes, before returning to Romania through Gloria Bistrița's door at the following time, where he was for a season and a half.

Sepsi left Romania again in 2008 and January 12 of that year was being announced as a reinforcement of Benfica. He arrived as a substitute for Miguelito, who had abandoned the Light in the meantime, and was the alternative to the very title Léo. At the time, it was seen as the future of Romania's selection. It debuted for the eagles on 17 February, played a minute more discounts and made an assist for the goal of Nuno Assis in front of the Naval.

However, what would be a great entrance quickly turned into ignorance and erasure. Sepsi played nine consecutive games with the eagles' jersey, but was eventually caught by a final season straight marked by the coach swap between Camacho and Chalana. At the beginning of the following season, Quique Flores gave a march guide to the left-winger, who never wore the colors of Benfica again.

International for Romania, Sepsi played 12 games and two assists by Benfica© Getty Images

Sepsi's career continued in Spain, where he was two consecutive seasons loaned to Racing Santander. He was in the service of the cantabrian club that played against Lionel Messi and left the Argentine with marks. In a recent interview with the Romanian portal Prosport, Sepsi revealed that, in a ball match, he hit the Argentinean's knee and he had to leave the stretcher lawn. Messi would eventually return to the playing field later.

After joining Benfica, Sepsi returned to Romania in January 2010 to sign for Poli Timisoara. As the club did not obtain registration license, the lefty was demoted to the second local division and fought with his team for promotion. In February 2012, Targu Mures was hired in the first division. After the demotion of this new team, he was hired by champion Cluj. In early 2014, it was loaned back to Targu Mures for six months. After access to the first division, the loan was extended for a year.

After this new adventure in Romania, Sepsi returned abroad and signed by the Germans of Nuremberg in 2015/16. After three seasons in Germany, he became a champion in the second German division and was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2018. However, the contract expired that summer and the lefty joined the Romanian club Universitatea Cluj, where he ended his career a year later.

Sepsi played 53 games in Nuremberg's sweater© Getty Images

What now, Sepsi?

After a few years with no news about Lászlo Spesi, the former player became involved in the luxury real estate business and has sold several dwellings.

In addition, Sepsi entered into a business that seeks to connect three seemingly distinct markets: bottled water, cryptocurrency and real estate. The project is called River Token. Each bottle of water has a unique code under the lid, which can be inserted into a mobile app. For each valid code, the buyer receives a virtual point, which can later be converted into the River cryptocurrence.

Every week Sports to the Minute presents you with a new edition of the heading ‘What is made of...?’, which aims to remember the path of some personalities of the football world who ended up falling into oblivion.