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Miodrag Belodedici: the Romanian football superstar who straddled the Iron Curtain

November 3, 2021

Miodrag Belodedici was Eastern European football's lucky charm, winning two Champions League titles in the 1980s. He also witnessed the fall of Ceaușescu and the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.

 

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