Marian Aliuță (born 3 February 1978) is a

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n retired footballer who played as midfielder.

Career

Aliuță started to play football at Steaua București and as soon as he reached the age of 18 is loaned to Steaua Mizil and then to Chindia Târgovişte and

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. Released from him contract with Steaua București, Aliuță signed with

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in 1997 and then with

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one year later. Year 1999 finds him in Ukraine, playing for Shakhtar Donetsk from where he returned to

in 2002 to finally make his debut for Steaua București. At that time being, with US$135,000 the highest paid footballer from

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. Despite being voted as ''The Best Player of

'' at the end of 2002–03 season, Aliuță leaves Steaua București after an altercation with the club's Chief Executive Mihai Stoica.

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is his next club, which he left after only few weeks to play in

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for

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and then in the 2005–06 season he played for FC Metalurg Donetsk. In November 2006, he signed a two-year contract with

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. After a 1-year spell in Greece, he returned to

where he signed for

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, a club with a huge fan base. In the summer of 2008, he moved to

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contenders

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. But after only 11 games he had a dispute with the club's powerful owner,

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and was given a free transfer. In the beginning of 2009 signed for the

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club Neftchi Baku, joining his long-time friend Adrian Neaga.

Honours

Club

;Sheriff Tiraspol * Moldovan Cup: 1998–99 ;Shakhtar Donetsk * Ukrainian Premier League: 2001–02 *

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: 2000–01, 2001–02 ;Vaslui *

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: 2008

References

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