Dan Marian Matei (born 25 June 1981) is a

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n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. In his career, Matei played for teams such as

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

, Gloria Bistrița,

FCM Târgu Mureș The word FCM may refer to: Science and technology * FCM (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen * Flow cytometry * Food contact materials * Fuel-containing material * Flight control module, a computer that assists in the control of an aircraft Co ...

UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A ...

or Sănătatea Cluj.

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* * 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Universitatea Cluj players ACF Gloria Bistrița players CSM Câmpia Turzii players FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players FC UTA Arad players {{Romania-footy-defender-stub