Alexandru Nagy (born 28 October 1946 – 1992) was a

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n professional

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of Hungarian ethnicity. Nagy grew up in the youth academies of

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and Crișul Oradea, making its debut in the top-flight for Crișul, in 1965. He played in approx. 133 matches for Crișul (64 in the Divizia A), then in 1972 moved to

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, where also arrived his former teammate,

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(via

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). Jiul won 1974 Cupa României with Nagy as an essential player, together with other important names of the

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Adalbert Rozsnyai Adalbert Rozsnyai (born 17 April 1952) is a Romanian former football player and coach. He played for FC Baia Mare, Jiul Petroşani and Dinamo Bucharest. Rozsnyai was fourth-leading scorer with 13 goals in the Romanian Divizia A during the 1 ...

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. Nagy would play with Jiul the only two european matches in the history of the club, a two-legged encounter against

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, during the

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arabarchive.co.uk In 1975, Nagy moved back to Crișul Oradea, now renamed as FC Bihor Oradea, where he spent two more seasons in the top-flight, playing in approx. 60 matches. Nagy retired in 1977, after 13 seasons of football, 192 matches in the top-flight and 9 goals.

Honours

Bihor Oradea *

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: 1970–71 Jiul Petroșani * Cupa României: 1973–74

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Alexandru Nagy
at labtof.ro

at uefa.com 1946 births Date of death missing Sportspeople from Oradea Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players CA Oradea players FC Bihor Oradea players CSM Jiul Petroșani players {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub