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He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Ukrainian team that finished in 12th place.
He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Ukrainian team that finished in 12th place.
Stratan is Moldavian by birth, but in 1997 received Russian citizenship. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine, and graduated from the Institute of Physical Education there. He played for two years in Slovenia, and one year in France, and lived for some time in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, where he played for Shturm 2002.
He finally settled in Volgograd, Russia.