Mircea Lucian Ciocan (born 17 June 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a football manager. Born in Vașcău, 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 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 Divizia A, then moved back to FC Bihor.[1]

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 or FC Baia Mare, with the last one managing to promote from the Divizia C to Divizia A. In total, Ciocan collected almost 400 matches at the level of the first three divisions in Romania and managed to score more than 65 times (58 matches and 6 goals in the Divizia A).[2][3][4] He also played for a short time in Hungary, for the Nemzeti Bajnokság I side Békéscsaba Előre.

After retirement, Lucian Ciocan started his football manager career and was in charge of teams such as Baia Mare, Lotus Băile Felix, Luceafărul-Lotus, Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei or FC Bihor Oradea.[4][5][6] He is currently one of the coaches that works in FC Bihor Oradea.

Honours

Player

Bihor Oradea

Baia Mare

Manager

Lotus Băile Felix

Luceafărul-Lotus

References

  1. ^ Fotbaliştii care au creat istoria clubului STEAUA BUCUREŞTI. fcsteaua.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Ciubotaru, Constantin (2024). Loturi Divizia A (volume 2). București: Editura Babel. pp. 1–209.
  3. ^ Ciubotaru, Constantin (2024). Loturi Divizia B. București: Editura Babel.
  4. ^ a b Lucian Ciocan vrea promovarea în Divizia "C". crisana.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ Lucian Ciocan, inlocuitorul lui Mircea Bolba la FC Silvania. magazinsalajean.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ Lucian Ciocan, noul antrenor al FC Bihor. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Ciocan
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