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Vasile Marchiș
Vasile Marchiş (born 22 February 1972) is a former Romanian football player. He is the only Romanian footballer to have won the Veikkausliiga, Finnish championship. Early life Vasile Marchiş was born and raised in Bistra, Maramureș, a small village near the border between Romania and Ukraine. When Marchiş was 14 years old, a Greco-Roman wrestling trainer from Sighetu Marmaţiei, a town where Vasile was attending the high school, noticed him and took him to the gym. Despite performing very well as a wrestler, his childhood dream was to play professional football. After three years, Marchiş went to a football trial at Mecanica, a team from Sighetu Marmaţiei. He was accepted, but his wrestling trainer refused Vasile's request and did not let him to the football pitch. After a talk between the two trainers, Marchiş begun his footballing career. Career Youth After playing for Mecanica, Vasile moved to another Sighet-based football club, CIL. When he was playing for this team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistra, Maramureș
Bistra ( ro, Bistra; uk, Бистрий; rue, Быстрый; hu, Petrovabisztra) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. The Ukrainian border is located to the north of the commune. It is made up of three villages: Bistra (commune seat), Crasna Vișeului ( hu, Petrovakraszna; rue, Красна Вишовська) and Valea Vișeului ( hu, Visóvölgy; uk, Вишiвска Дοлина; rue, Вишовська Долина). The first documentary mention of the settlement dates to 1411. Etymology and History The name Bistra comes from the Valea Bistrei river, with its spring in the Hodea (Hovdea) mountain peak. The first documented mention of the village's population was in 1882, with 550 people living there. By 1896, the population had grown to 661, out of which 470 were Greek Catholic, 38 Roman Catholic and 153 Jews. In 1913, the village had a recorded population of 672, 511 being Ukrainians. The settlement continues to have a Ukrainian majority, the bigge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
