Zoltan Crișan ( hu, Krizsán Zoltán; 3 May 1955 – 14 October 2003) was a

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n international

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of Hungarian ethnicity who played for

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

, Universitatea Craiova,

FC Bihor Oradea FC Bihor Oradea may refer to: * FC Bihor Oradea (1958) Fotbal Club Bihor Oradea (), commonly known as Bihor Oradea or simply as FC Bihor, was a Romanian professional football club based in Oradea, Bihor County. It was founded under the name of ...

, Olt Scornicești and

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea was a football club based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania. It was founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004. It won one Romanian Cup, in 1973. History In 1946 ''Vâlceana'' appeared in the Third Division. In ...

. He was semifinalist of

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with Universitatea Craiova in 1983. After he ended his playing career, he coached Aurul Brad in

and Montefano in

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. Ion Jianu a Romanian journalist, wrote a book about his life called ''Patimile lui Crișan'' (The Passions of Crișan) published in 2004. Crișan died of

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on 14 October 2003.

Honours

Club

Universitatea Craiova *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83

Individual

* 304 games in

, 50 goals scored. * 41 caps for

, 4 goals scored. * 30 games in

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, Cup Winners' Cup and

, 5 goals scored.

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisan, Zoltan 1955 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Liga I players Liga II players CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players FC Olt Scornicești players Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea players Men's association football wingers Romania men's international footballers Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate football managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent 21st-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Romania