Viorel Vișan (born 21 January 1952) is a Romanian former footballer and

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. He was mostly known for his spell as a player at Politehnica Timișoara with whom he won the 1979–80 Cupa României, scoring one goal in the final against Steaua București, also helping them eliminate

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in the

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Playing career

Vișan was born on 21 January 1952 in Gădăleni, Romania, starting to play football at the youth system of

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

. He started his senior career during the 1968–69 Divizia B season at the end of which CFR earned promotion to the first division. In the following season, coach Constantin Rădulescu gave him his

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debut on 7 December 1969, while he was aged 17 in ''The Railwaymen's'' 4–2 away loss to Farul Constanța. In 1976, Vișan signed with Politehnica Timișoara where his first performance was earning a third place in the 1977–78 season. Afterwards he made his debut in European competitions, playing in four games from the

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campaign as they eliminated MTK Hungária in the first round, being eliminated by Budapest Honved in the following one. He won the only trophy of his career, the 1979–80 Cupa României, being used by coach Ion Ionescu all the minutes of the

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with Steaua București in which he opened the score in the 2–1 victory. He then helped the club eliminate

in the first round of the

, being eliminated with 4–1 on aggregate in the following one by

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. He reached with Poli another

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final in

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, which was lost to Universitatea Craiova, Vișan being used the full 90 minutes by coach Ionescu in the 6–0 loss. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 6 December 1981 in Politehnica's 2–0 away loss to Argeș Pitești, having a total of 346 appearances in the competition and 10 matches in European competitions. Vișan ended his career in 1985, after playing two years for CFR Timișoara in the second league and one at UM Timișoara in the third league.

Managerial career

Vișan started his career as head coach in 1991 at Politehnica Timișoara, following the departure of Costică Rădulescu, being replaced in the summer of the same year by Ion Ionescu for whom he continued to work as an assistant. From 1999 until 2000 he worked as head coach and assistant at

CSM Reșița Asociația Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, which competes in the Liga II. The club was foun ...

. In 2003 he had his second spell as head coach at Politehnica, after which he gained a total of 29 games managed in

. Vișan also coached juniors, winning the 2002–03 national junior championship with Politehnica Timișoara.

Honours

CFR Cluj *

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: 1968–69 Politehnica Timișoara *

: 1979–80, runner-up 1980–81

References

External links

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Viorel Vișan player profile
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