Daniel Bălan

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Daniel Bălan
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Bălan
Date of birth	September 18, 1979
Place of birth	Suceava, Romania
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti On loan to Omonia Nicosia
Number	-
Youth clubs
	Bucovina Suceava
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-97 1997-98 1998-2001 2001-2005 2005 2005-2006 2006	Bucovina Suceava Foresta II Fălticeni Foresta Suceava Steaua Bucharest FC Vaslui Steaua Bucharest Omonia Nicosia	1 (1) 27 (0) 55 (3) 28 (0) 15 (0) 6 (0) ?(?)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 5, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of September 5, 2006.

For the O-Zone singer, see Dan Bălan.

Daniel Bălan (born September 18, 1979) is a Romanian soccer player, currently under contract withSteaua Bucharest, but loaned to Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus.

Prior to joining Steaua, Bălan also played for Bucovina Suceava, Foresta II Fălticeni and FC Vaslui (on loan).

In 2002 he suffered a very serious injury, something similar with the one Marco van Basten had and was not able to play football for a period of two years.