Dr. Mircea Neșu (29 September 1940 – 20 October 2014) was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n footballer who played as a

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Career

Mircea Neșu played for

Crișana Oradea Crișana Oradea was a association football, football club based in Oradea, Romania. It was founded in 1929 and dissolved in 1954. History The club was founded in 1929. The players from the first year of existence were: Putirică, Combi, Aurel, ...

, Viitorul București, Universitatea Cluj and Crișul Oradea, having earned 145 matches and 5 goals in the Romanian top-league

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 ...

. He played 99

matches, scoring five goals for Universitatea Cluj, a team with which he also won the only trophy in his career, the 1964–65 Cupa României. After he ended his playing career he became a

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who arbitrated

and

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 ...

matches during 1978–1986. He also arbitrated at international and European club level. In 1992, Neșu was

Romanian Democratic Convention The Romanian Democratic Convention (; abbreviated CDR) was an electoral alliance of several democratic, anti-communist, anti-totalitarian, and centre-right political parties in Romania, active from 1991 until 2000. The most prominent leaders o ...

's candidate for mayor of Oradea, but he lost the elections to

Petru Filip Petru Filip (; born 23 January 1955 in Slobozia, Romania) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Senate, representing Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (ju ...

. He also worked as a doctor. His son, Mihai Neșu and grandson

Nikos Barboudis Nikos Barboudis (; born 6 March 1989) is a Romanian-born Greek football player who last played as a right back for Ayia Napa. His uncle, Mihai Neşu, was also a football player, who represented Romania at international level. His grandfather, M ...

were also footballers.

Honours

Crișana Oradea *

: 1961–62 Universitatea Cluj *

Cupa României The Cupa României () 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. It is the Romania ...

: 1964–65 Crișul Oradea *

: 1970–71

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