Florea Voicilă (born 1 January 1954) is a

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n politician, former football

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and

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. He spent most of his playing career in the Romanian lower leagues, with only two short spells in the first league at

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and

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, scoring about 465 goals throughout his career. After he retired from playing football, Voicilă worked as a

in the Romanian lower leagues, president at FCM Alexandria and as a local councilor of

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. His sons Dănuț Narcis and Ionuț Florin were also footballers, the first one managed to play in the first league, being also a

in the Romanian lower leagues and the second one played only in the Romanian lower leagues.

International career

Florea Voicilă played two friendly games at international level for

, earning his caps while playing in the second division for Automatica Alexandria. He made his debut under coach

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when he came as a substitute and replaced Mihai Zamfir in the 83rd minute of a 2–1 loss against

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. He also played in a 1–1 against

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when he came as a substitute and replaced Nicolae Dobrin in the 56th minute.

Political career

Since 2004, Voicilă has been a

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, representing the

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.https://liberinteleorman.ro/florea-voicila-cel-mai-sincer-dintre-consilieri/

Honours

Player

Rulmentul Alexandria *

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: 1973–74, 1997–98

References

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