Mircea Bolba (31 October 1961 – 6 January 2021) was a

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n football midfielder and manager.

Career

As a footballer, Bolba played for

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 ...

, Steaua București, ASA Târgu Mureș, Politehnica Timișoara and

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, among others. After retirement, Bolba started his career as a manager, coaching over years especially teams from

Satu Mare County Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is Satu Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Szatmár megye'', in German language, Ge ...

, such as

(several times), Fink Fester Petrești, Talna Orașu Nou or Turul Micula. Bolba also managed other teams, especially from the region of

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, among them Arieșul Turda, Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei,

Unirea Dej Fotbal Club Unirea Dej, commonly known as Unirea Dej, is a Romanian professional football club based in Dej, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football. It is one of Romania's oldest football teams, f ...

or Someșul Dej. Mircea Bolba died in the morning of 6 January 2021, at the age of 59. At the moment of death, he was the manager of Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, a fan-owned football club and also a phoenix club of

. Bolba died from COVID-19 in 2020.

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