| Daniel Bălan | |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Suceava, Romania |
| Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
| Position: | Right back |
| Currentclub: | Foresta Suceava (assistant) |
| Youthclubs1: | Bucovina Suceava |
| Years1: | 1996–1997 |
| Clubs1: | Bucovina Suceava |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 1997–1998 |
| Clubs2: | Foresta II Fălticeni |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1998–2001 |
| Clubs3: | Foresta Fălticeni |
| Caps3: | 55 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2001–2010 |
| Clubs4: | Steaua București |
| Caps4: | 35 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2005 |
| Clubs5: | → FC Vaslui (loan) |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2006 |
| Clubs6: | → Omonia Nicosia (loan) |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2007 |
| Clubs7: | → FC Argeş Piteşti (loan) |
| Caps7: | 7 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2007–2009 |
| Clubs8: | → Alki Larnaca (loan) |
| Caps8: | 45 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2009 |
| Clubs9: | → Aris Limassol (loan) |
| Caps9: | 7 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2010 |
| Clubs10: | → SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (loan) |
| Caps10: | 30 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps11: | 22 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2012 |
| Clubs12: | Botoşani |
| Caps12: | 9 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2012–2017 |
| Clubs13: | Foresta Suceava |
| Caps13: | 127 |
| Goals13: | 8 |
| Years14: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs14: | Bucovina Rădăuți |
| Totalcaps: | 393 |
| Totalgoals: | 13 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2016 |
| Manageryears2: | 2017–2020 |
| Managerclubs2: | Bucovina Rădăuți |
| Manageryears3: | 2020– |
| Managerclubs3: | Foresta Suceava (assistant) |
| Pcupdate: | 21 January 2018 |
Daniel Bălan (born 18 September 1979)[1] is a Romanian former football defender and is currently the manager of Bucovina Rădăuți.
In 2002, he suffered a severe injury, something similar with the one Dutch player Marco van Basten had. After 18 months and multiple surgeries, he returned to the football pitch once more.[2]