Ovidiu Hoban

Ovidiu Hoban earns my respect for refusing to leave the pitch behind. A defensive midfielder from Baia Mare who spent his career doing the thankless work of breaking up play, he transitioned into coaching and now coaches CFR Cluj's under-17 side. I admire that arc deeply. The holding-midfield role is the least celebrated and most essential job on the field, and a man who mastered it is exactly who you want teaching positioning and grit to younger players. Careers of single-minded dedication like his deserve far more recognition.

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Name (English)

Ovidiu Hoban

Name (Japanese)

オヴィディウ・ホバン

Reading

おゔぃでぃう・ほばん

Born

December 27, 1982 (age 43)

Origin

Baia Mare, Maramureș County, Romania

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ovihoban/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu%20Hoban
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2363283

Tags

• Maramureș County
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.