Constantin Pistol is a Romania

Romania

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n former footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for Steaua Bucureşti and was part of their European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 victory in 1986, though he did not play in the final

1986 European Cup Final

The 1986 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, on 7 May 1986, that saw Steaua Bucureşti of Romania defeat Barcelona of Spain in an extraordinary penalty shoot out, after 120 minutes of play could not separate the two sides...

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On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania

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, Traian Băsescu

Traian Basescu

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with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the 1986 European Cup Final.