Dan Marian Matei (born 25 June 1981) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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. In his career, Matei played for teams such as

Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

, Gloria Bistrița,

FCM Târgu Mureș The word FCM may refer to: Science and technology * FCM (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen * Flow cytometry * Food contact materials * Fuel-containing material * Flight control module, a computer that assists in the control of an aircraft C ...

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

or Sănătatea Cluj.

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* * 1981 births Living people Footballers from Cluj-Napoca Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Unirea Urziceni players FC Universitatea Cluj players ACF Gloria Bistrița players CSM Câmpia Turzii players FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players FC UTA Arad players 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1980s-stub