Zoltan Crișan (; 3 May 1955 – 14 October 2003) was a

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n international

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of Hungarian ethnicity who played for

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, Universitatea Craiova, FC Bihor Oradea, Olt Scornicești and

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. He was semifinalist of

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with Universitatea Craiova in 1983. After he ended his playing career, he coached Aurul Brad in

and Montefano in

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. Ion Jianu a Romanian journalist, wrote a book about his life called ''Patimile lui Crișan'' (The Passions of Crișan) published in 2004. Crișan died of

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on 14 October 2003.

Honours

Club

Universitatea Craiova *

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 ...

: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

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 ...

: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83

Individual

* 304 games in

, 50 goals scored. * 41 caps for

, 4 goals scored. * 30 games in

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Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...

and

, 5 goals scored.

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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisan, Zoltan 1955 births 2003 deaths Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Liga I players Liga II players CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players FC Olt Scornicești players Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea players Men's association football wingers Romania men's international footballers Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate football managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent 21st-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Romania 20th-century Romanian sportsmen