Mourning in Romanian football. FCSB announced the death of doctor Radu Paligora, at just 50

Mourning in Romanian football. FCSB announced the death of doctor Radu Paligora, at just 50

FCSB today plays the last match in the championship, with CFR Cluj, and the two teams have sadness: Radu Paligora, the doctor who worked on both bands, died after a long period of fighting with a serious illness.

Radu Paligora left us. Facebook photo

“Today he left us, at the age of 50, the one who was a doctor, colleague and friend, Dr. Radu Paligora. Our club sends condolences to the grieving family. God rest in peace!”the FCSB club announced today.

Radu Paligora became a person known in Romanian football after occupying the position of doctor of the red-blue band between 2004 and 2014. After the time spent at FCSB, Paligora worked at Al-Hilal and Al-Wasl along with Laurențiu Reghecampf, with an experience in Ludogorets. In 2021, the doctor returned to Romania, being employed by CFR Cluj, to then work with Gică Hagi at Constanța Lighthouse (October 2021 – September 2022).

Radu Paligora fought in the last year with a serious illness, bone cancer, which, unfortunately, he could not defeat.

Adrian Stoica

Adrian Stoica

Adrian is the founder and the visionary behind Cluj Napoca, a media platform committed to capturing and sharing the vibrant stories of Cluj-Napoca and Romania with an international audience. A graduate in international journalism from the University of Bucharest and holder of a Master’s in Cultural Studies from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Adrian has a robust educational background that equips him to understand and analyze the complexities of his native region's culture and history.