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Ovidiu Hoban
	Hoban playing for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Ovidiu Ștefan Hoban
Date of birth	27 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Baia Mare, Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	CFR Cluj (caretaker)
Youth career
1992–1998	Maramureș Baia Mare
1998–2002	Bihor Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2004	Clausen
2004	Universitatea Craiova
2005	FC Oradea
2005–2011	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2012	Universitatea Cluj
2012–2014	Petrolul Ploiești
2014–2017	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2017–2023	CFR Cluj
Total
International career
2013–2017	Romania
Managerial career
2023–2024	CFR Cluj U16
2024	CFR Cluj U18
2024–	CFR Cluj (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ovidiu Ștefan Hoban (born 27 December 1982) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who played as a defensive midfielder. He is in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj.

International career edit

Hoban made his international debut against Trinidad & Tobago, playing the second half of a friendly game on 4 June 2013.^[1] He scored his first international goal during the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying against Finland in an eventual 1–1 draw. He was selected in the 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016 and started in Romania's opening match against France before being used as a substitute in their following game against Switzerland. He started in their final match against Albania which they lost 1-0 and were eliminated from the tournament.

Career statistics edit

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2013	6	0
	2014	5	0
	2015	5	1
	2016	11	0
	2017	3	0
Total		30	1

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hoban goal.

List of international goals scored by Ovidiu Hoban
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 October 2015	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania	Finland	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours edit

Petrolul Ploiești

Cupa României: 2012–13
Supercupa României runner-up: 2013

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

CFR Cluj

Liga I: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Supercupa României: 2018, 2020^[2]

Individual

Toto Cup top scorer: 2015–16 (3 goals)

References edit

^ "România - Trinidad&Tobago 4-0". FRF.ro (in Romanian). 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "FOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj a câștigat Supercupa României!" [PHOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj won the Romanian Supercup!] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.