Florin Cheran
Romanian association football player
Florin Cheran (born 5 April 1947) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Cheran was born on 5 April 1947 in Bucharest, Romania, but spent his childhood in Râmnicu Vâlcea where he played junior-level football at local club Unirea. During that period he also practiced athletics and volleyball, being national champion at the child level long jump. He started to play senior-level football at Divizia B club, Electronica București.
In 1969, Cheran went to play for Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 16 August 1969, under coach Traian Ionescu in a 5–2 victory against Jiul Petroșani. He won four Divizia A titles with The Red Dogs. In the first of these, under the guidance of Nicolae Dumitru and Ionescu, he contributed one goal scored in 29 matches. For the second title, Ion Nunweiller used him in 16 games, and in the third, Nicolae Dumitru sent him on the field 31 times. Finally, for the fourth title, he worked with Ion Nunweiller again, scoring three goals in 34 matches. Cheran also played 23 matches in European competitions with Dinamo, earning historical victories in the European Cup against Madrid giants Real and Atlético, but on both occasions they got eliminated, as the aggregate result was in favor of the Spaniards.
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