Ioan Tomeș (also known as János Tomes; 15 June 1941 – 12 November 2020) was a

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n professional

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of Hungarian ethnicity. He played as a

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for teams such as CS Oradea, Steaua București,

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

or Crișul Oradea and after retirement worked as a football coach at

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during the 1980s. After 1990, he moved to

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, where he worked as a coach, especially for

Debreceni VSC Debreceni Vasutas Sport Club is a Hungarian professional football club based in Debrecen that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the first tier of Hungarian football. They are best known internationally for reaching the group stages of the U ...

.Gyászol a Loki: elhunyt Tomes János
(Loki mourns: János Tomes passed away). dvsc.hu

Honours

Steaua București *

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: 1961–62

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Ioan Tomeș
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