Mircea Lucian Ciocan (born 17 June 1968) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n former professional

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and currently a football manager. Born in

Vașcău Vașcău () is a town in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It administers five villages: Câmp (''Vaskohmező''), Câmp-Moți, Colești (''Kolafalva''), Vărzarii de Jos (''Alsófüves''), and Vărzarii de Sus (''Felsőfüves''). Demographics Acc ...

, Ciocan grew up and started his senior career at the same club, Oțelul Bihor. In 1987, he moved to FC Bihor Oradea, promoted 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 ...

with the red and blues and after one season in the top-flight, he got the transfer of his career, to Steaua București, the 1986 European Cup winner. For Steaua, Ciocan played in 10 matches and scored 2 goals at the level of

, then moved back to FC Bihor. Most of his career, Lucian Ciocan played for his beloved FC Bihor, managing to gather no less than 239 appearances and scoring 37 goals, at the level of the first three divisions. Ciocan played with success for other teams, such as

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare, Olimpia MCMXXI or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 20 ...

FC Baia Mare Minaur Baia Mare, known also as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, founded in 1947. It currently plays in Romania's third division, Liga III. It played for seven seasons ...

, with the last one managing to promote from the

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. In total, Ciocan collected almost 400 matches at the level of the first three divisions in

and managed to score more than 65 times (58 matches and 6 goals in the

).Lucian Ciocan vrea promovarea în Divizia "C"
crisana.ro He also played for a short time in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

, for the

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side Békéscsaba Előre. After retirement, Lucian Ciocan started his football manager career and was in charge of teams such as

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, Lotus Băile Felix, Luceafărul-Lotus, Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei or FC Bihor Oradea.Lucian Ciocan, noul antrenor al FC Bihor
liga2.prosport.ro He is currently one of the coaches that works in FC Bihor Oradea.

Honours

Player

Bihor Oradea *

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: 1987–88 *

: 1997–98 Baia Mare *

: 1999–2000

Manager

Lotus Băile Felix * Divizia D: 2004–05 Luceafărul-Lotus *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 2007–08

References

1968 births Living people People from Vașcău Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players CSA Steaua București footballers FC Olimpia Satu Mare players CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers Romanian football managers CS Lotus Băile Felix managers CS Luceafărul Oradea managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub