Viorel Vișan

Playing career Vișan was born on 21 January 1952 in Gădăleni, Romania and began playing junior-level football at CFR Cluj. He started his senior career during the 1968–69 Divizia B season, at the end of which CFR earned promotion to the first division. Vișan won the only trophy of his career, the 1979–80 Cupa României, after being used by coach Ion Ionescu the entire match in the 2–1 victory against Steaua București in the final, in which he opened the score. He then helped the club eliminate Celtic in the first round of the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup, being eliminated with 4–1 on aggregate in the following round by West Ham United. Subsequently, he reached another Cupa României final in 1981, which was lost to Universitatea Craiova, Vișan playing the full 90 minutes under coach Ionescu in the 6–0 loss. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 6 December 1981 in Politehnica's 2–0 away loss to Argeș Pitești, totaling 346 appearances in the competition and 10 matches in European competitions. He was replaced in the summer of the same year by Ion Ionescu for whom he continued to work as an assistant. In 2003 he had his second spell as head coach at Politehnica, having a total of 33 games managed in Divizia A.

Honours CFR Cluj Divizia B: 1968–69 Politehnica Timișoara Cupa României: 1979–80, runner-up 1980–81