Gheorghe Craioveanu

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Gheorghe Craioveanu
Personnel
Surname Gheorghe Craioveanu
birthday February 14, 1968
place of birth Hunedoara ,  Romania
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-1989 Constructorul Slatina ?
1989-1990 Metalurgist Slatina ? ( 05)
1990-1991 FC Drobeta Turnu Severin ?
1991-1995 Universitatea Craiova 129 (61)
1995-1998 Real Sociedad San Sebastian 90 (26)
1998-2002 Villarreal CF 120 (28)
2002-2006 Getafe CF. 120 (16)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993-1999 Romania 25 (4)
1 Only league games are given.

Gheorghe "Gică" Craioveanu (born February 14, 1968 in Hunedoara ) is a former Romanian football player . He played a total of 350 games in the Romanian Divizia A and in the Spanish Primera División . He also took part in the 1998 World Cup.

Career

Craioveanu began his career in 1989 at Metalurgistul Slatina in Divizia B , where he moved during the winter break in 1988/89. In 1990 he joined the league competitor FC Drobeta Turnu Severin before the Romanian top club Universitatea Craiova became aware of him and signed him during the winter break of the 1990/91 season . In Craiova he played his first game in Divizia A on March 3, 1991 and was used regularly in the further course of the season, so that he was able to contribute three goals to win the Romanian championship. Craioveanu was able to develop continuously in Craiova. In 1991 and 1993 he won the Romanian Cup, in 1994 and 1995 he was runner-up in Romania.

After Craioveanu became the top scorer in Divizia A in 1994 and 1995 with 22 and 27 goals respectively, foreign clubs took notice of him. Craioveanu then moved to Spain and joined Real Sociedad San Sebastián , who played in the Primera División at the time . After three successful years, which culminated in 3rd place in 1998, he left San Sebastián and moved to newly promoted Villarreal FC . Here, too, he was immediately a regular player, but could not prevent relegation at the end of the 1998/99 season despite 13 goals.

In the following year he succeeded in direct promotion, followed by a 7th place in the Primera Division. After Craiovenau was no longer used regularly in the 2001/02 season, he left Villarreal in 2002 and moved to Getafe FC in the Segunda División . In 2004 he achieved the club's greatest success to date with Getafe, promotion to the Primera Division. He ended his career there in 2006.

National team

Craioveanu played a total of 25 games for the Romanian national soccer team , scoring four goals. He made his debut on September 8, 1993 against the Faroe Islands . Although he had become the top scorer of Divizia A, he was not considered by national coach Anghel Iordănescu for the soccer World Cup in 1994 , so that he only took part in the World Cup in 1998 in France, where he was substituted for Croatia .

successes

  • World Cup participant: 1998
  • Romanian champion: 1991
  • Romanian Cup Winner: 1991, 1993
  • Romanian top scorer: 1994, 1995
  • Promotion to the Spanish Primera División: 2000, 2004

Others

After the end of his active career, Craioveanu kept his residence in Getafe near Madrid . In the 2007 local elections, he ran as an independent candidate with the support of the Partido Popular and joined the city council as a sports advisor. On June 16, 2007, however, he resigned after the Partido Popular had lost its influence in the city council. He is the co-host of a Sunday sports program on the commercial broadcaster laSexta .

Craioveanu is a second marriage to a Spaniard named Gemma and has two children - one from each marriage.

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personal data
SURNAME Craioveanu, Gheorghe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Craioveanu, Gică (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hunedoara , Romania