Nicolae Florentin Mureșan (born 19 January 1956) is a

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n former professional

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. Mureșan grew up in the youth academy of

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, club for which he played almost its entire career, in over 340 matches (196 matches in

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). He was the most constant player of the team during the 1980s, one of the best periods in the history of the club and is also the most-capped player alongside Cornel Georgescu. After 1991, Nicolae Mureșan moved to

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, but he periodically returns to

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

in order to meet his former teammates.Simpozion aniversar - "110 ani de fotbal în Bihor şi 40 de ani de FC Bihor"
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Honours

Bihor Oradea *

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: 1981–82, 1987–88 Înfrățirea Oradea *

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: 1977–78

References

1956 births Living people Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players AS Înfrățirea Oradea players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub