János Bojtor (also known as Ioan Boitor; born 2 February 1958) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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for teams such as Înfrățirea Oradea,

FC Bihor Oradea FC Bihor Oradea may refer to: * FC Bihor Oradea (1958), a dissolved football club in Oradea, Romania * FC Bihor Oradea (2022) Asociația Club Sportiv Fotbalistic Oradea (), commonly known as Bihor Oradea or simply as FC Bihor, is a Romanian pro ...

Jiul Petroșani Jiul may refer to these places in Romania: * the River Jiu ( + ) ** Jiul de Vest ** Jiul de Est * A village in Țuglui Țuglui is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, ...

or Progresul Timișoara. Bojtor played 25 matches in the

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

and scored 2 goals (in a memorable match played on 30 May 1987, between

and Universitatea Craiova, ended with the victory of Jiul, score 3–0). He is currently the goalkeeping coach of

CA Oradea Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

. As a goalkeeper, Bojtor was well known for his reflexes, but also for his goals, officially scoring 2 goals in the first division and 5 goals in the second division, for Jiul and Înfrățirea. Unofficially, he scored approx. 50 goals ''(no stats for late 1970s and early 1980s at the level of Divizia B and C)'', most of them for Înfrățirea. As a goalkeeping coach, he worked for various teams such as LPS Bihorul Oradea, Viitorul Oradea or Liberty Salonta, among others and trained goalkeepers such as

Marius Popa Marius Cornel Popa (born 31 July 1978) is a Romanian former professional footballer who serves as a goalkeeping coach for Liga I club FCSB. Club career He started his career at the local team, Bihor Oradea in 1997 and three years later moved t ...

Cosmin Vâtcă Cosmin Andrei Vâtcă (born 12 May 1982), is a Romanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Vâtcă began his career in his home town of Turda at CSS Turda. The first important club for which he played was FC Bihor. He made his ...

Cristian Bălgrădean Cristian Emanuel Bălgrădean (; born 21 March 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga III club Unirea Alba Iulia. Since making his debut in the first division in 2010, Bălgrădean has amassed over 200 m ...

, among others.Un orădean la Euro 2008
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Honours

Player

Înfrățirea Oradea *

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 1984–85 Jiul Petroșani *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: 1988–89

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János Bojtor
at caoradea.ro 1958 births Living people Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players AS Înfrățirea Oradea players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players CSM Jiul Petroșani players Romanian football managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub