Lucian Bălan

Lucian Bălan (25 June 1959 – 12 November 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach, winner of the European Cup in 1986 and the European Supercup in 1987, both with Steaua Bucureşti and former coach at a football school in Baia Mare.[1]

Lucian Bălan
Bălan in 1986
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-06-25)25 June 1959
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 12 November 2015(2015-11-12) (aged 56)
Place of death Baia Mare, Romania
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1970–1973 Autobuzul Bucureşti
1973–1976 High School No. 1 Bucureşti
1976–1978 Minerul Cavnic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1985 FC Baia Mare 164 (17)
1985–1989 Steaua Bucureşti 87 (5)
1989–1990 Beerschot Antwerp 11 (1)
1989–1990 Real Murcia 17 (0)
1990–1991 Steaua Bucureşti 15 (0)
Total 294 (23)
National team
1987 Romania 1 (0)
Teams managed
1993–1994 Phoenix Baia Mare
1994 FC Baia Mare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made one appearance for the Romanian national football team in 1987.[2]

Bălan died by suicide on 12 November 2015.[1][3]

References
  1. "Veste şocantă. S-a sinucis fostul campion din "Generaţia de Aur" a Stelei, Lucian Bălan!" (in Romanian). Special Arad. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1980–1989 – Details". RSSSF.
  3. Soccer-Former Steaua midfielder Balan commits suicide – club. Reuters (12 November 2015)


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