Gabriel Mureșan

Early career

Mureșan was born on 13 February 1982 in Sighișoara, Romania and began playing junior-level football while being aged 13 at local club Dealul Mare. When he was 17 he went for six months at Gaz Metan Mediaș. Afterwards, he returned to Dealul Mare Sighișoara, starting his senior career in the fourth league. After half a year, Mureșan put his football career on hold, going to work at an amusement park in Germany for a year and a half. He then returned to Dealul Mare, being close to earning promotion to the third league, but eventually Mobila Sovata finished above them. Mureșan had an offer to play for Sovata, but eventually went to first league side, Gloria Bistrița. However, in his half a year spent at Gloria he made no appearances in the league, so he decided to sign with Mobila Sovata.

Gaz Metan Mediaș and Gloria Bistrița

In 2004, during a friendly played between Mobila Sovata and Gaz Metan Mediaș, Mureșan's style of play impressed the opponents' coach Ioan Sabău who chose to transfer him to the second league side. In 2005 when Sabău left Mediaș to go to Gloria Bistrița, he took Mureșan with him, and gave him his Liga I debut on 24 September in a 2–1 away loss to Pandurii Târgu Jiu. He scored his first goal on 21 October in a 2–1 win over FCM Bacău. In the following round he netted from a free kick the only goal of a 1–0 away victory against Steaua București. Mureșan would score another goal in a 2–0 win against Sportul Studențesc București,…

Mureșan made nine appearances for Romania, making his debut on 2 June 2007 when coach Victor Pițurcă sent him to replace Dorel Stoica in the 79th minute of a Euro 2008 qualification game against Slovenia which ended with a 2–1 victory. His second game for the national team was in a 2–2 draw against France in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and he also played in three matches during the Euro 2012 qualifiers. On 11 July 2011, Mureșan captained the team in a friendly 2–0 away loss to Paraguay. One month later he made his last appearance for Romania in another friendly that was a 1–0 away victory against San Marino.

In September 2020, Mureșan was elected mayor of Apold, the commune where he spent his childhood, after receiving 63.09% of the votes, while running for PNL. He was re-elected in 2024 with 88.83% of the votes.

CFR Cluj

Liga I: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12 Cupa României: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 Supercupa României: 2009, 2010 ASA Târgu Mureș

Supercupa României: 2015