Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, August 05, 2025, 21:22 / Updated Tuesday, August 05, 2025 21:23
CFR Cluj announced that he offered the first professional contract to Bogdan Hoban, an offensive midfielder born in 2008, the son of Ovidiu Hoban, the “second” of Dan Petrescu on the first team.
The name Hoban is identified with CFR Cluj. The father, Ovidiu, played for 6 years at CFR Cluj, between 2017 and 2023, conquering 5 champion titles. Two years after the withdrawal, he is Dan Petrescu's “second” at the first Vișinie team.
Newer, CFR Cluj also has another Hoban. This is the son of Ovidiu, Bogdan, who signed his first professional contract.
The son of Ovidiu Hoban, “second” of Dan Petrescu, signed the first professional contract with CFR Cluj
Bogdan, born in 2008, is an offensive midfielder, and the club describes him as “one of the most talented players of our academy.”
Football initially in 2014, at the age of 6, as long as the Hoban family was set in Israel, Ovidiu being fresh at Hapoel Beer Sheva. He played two and a half years before returning to the country and signing with CFR Cluj.
“In the pack” he also signed his son. Even CFR transmits that “from 2017, Bogdan continued his training in Romania, joining the CFR Academy, where noted by technique, vision and game intelligence”.
In fact, the entire presentation made by the club is superlative: “an example of uninterrupted motivation and dedication, Bogdan impressed with constant evolutions and maturity in the game, confirming that it is a name to be followed in the years to come.”
