Marcel Sabou

[1][2] In 2013 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles.[3] Sabou is one of the few footballers who managed to escape from Romania's communist regime, at that time defection from the country being illegal.[4][5][6] His escape was in 1989 while he was playing for Dinamo București in a friendly tournament held in Madrid, Spain.[6] They bought tickets to Frankfurt where Sabou said he had a friend who would help them, but when they arrived they didn't have an entrance visa so they were sent back to Madrid.[4][5] Viscreanu and Sabou made an agreement that they would not sign a contract one without the other, but Sabou did not respect this pact as he signed with Real Madrid Castilla without thinking of Viscreanu's situation, a fact that ruined their friendship.
TimișoaraMidfielderPolitehnica TimișoaraDinamo BucureștiReal Madrid CastillaTenerifeRacing SantanderSporting GijónDesportivo ChavesRomania U-21footballerCD TenerifeSporting de Gijónamyotrophic lateral sclerosisdisease that causes the deathneuronsvoluntary musclesRomania's communist regimeMadridGheorghe ViscreanuFrankfurtRayo Vallecanocommunist blocLiga II1986–87