János Lukács (also known as Ioan Lucaci; 1 November 1946 – 6 March 2016) was a

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n professional

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of Hungarian ethnicity. Lukács grew up in his hometown at the local side, Forestierul Tileagd, then in 1965 moved to

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 ...

club Crișul Oradea, for which he made its debut in the top-flight. Lukács played in 145 top-flight matches and scored 3 goals in the "red-white-blues" kits of FC Bihor (as Crișul was renamed in 1972). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was considered one of the most powerful defenders in the

n league and was part of the FC Bihor's golden team, together with players such as: Attila Kun,

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, Paul Popovici, Cornel Georgescu,

Nicolae Florescu Nicolae "Bubi" Florescu (14 November 1949 – 21 September 2011) was a Romanian professional Association football, footballer and manager. In his career, he played mostly for SR Brașov, Steagul Roșu Brașov and FC Bihor Oradea (1958), FC Bihor ...

, Alexandru Nagy, Cornel Lupău or

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, among many others.

Honours

Bihor Oradea *

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: 1970–71, 1974–75

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János Lukács
at labtof.ro 1946 births 2016 deaths Footballers from Bihor County Romanian men's footballers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1940s-stub