Sándor Kulcsár (also known as Alexandru Culcear; born 16 July 1965) is a

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n former professional

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player and manager of Hungarian ethnicity.

Club career

Born in

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, Kulcsár started his football career at

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for which he played in two

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season. In the 1987–88 season he scored 23 goals for the red and blues, being transferred at

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, club owned by the miliția and managed by

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. Every player that signed with Victoria was automatically enrolled in the miliția, but Kulcsár was a Hungarian ethnic, so the

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forced him to change his name into one with a Romanian resonance, being known between 1988 and 1990 as Alexandru Culcear. In 1990 the Ceaușescu's dictatorship fell and Victoria was dissolved, being accused of misleading performances. Kulcsár returned for 2 seasons at Bihor Oradea until the club relegated in the second league. From 1992 until his retirement Sándor played in Hungary for various clubs such as: Békéscsaba Előre,

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, among others.

Manager career

In 2009 he was for a short period the assistant manager of Ovidiu Lazăr at Bihor Oradea. In 2022 he was appointed the first president of the new club FC Bihor Oradea (2022).

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Sándor Kulcsár
at bksc.hu 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Sălaj County Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players Victoria București players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers Diósgyőri VTK players Ferencvárosi TC footballers BFC Siófok players Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players Bőcs KSC footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary FC Bihor Oradea (2022) {{Romania-footy-bio-stub