Iulian Apostol
| Iulian Apostol | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Iulian Cătălin Apostol | |
| birthday | 3rd December 1980 | |
| place of birth | Galați , Romania | |
| size | 174 cm | |
| position | central midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1996-2000 | Dunărea Galați | 51 (0) |
| 2000-2002 | Metalul Plopeni | 22 (2) |
| 2002-2003 | Gloria Buzau | 19 (1) |
| 2003-2004 | Oțelul Galați | 20 (2) |
| 2004-2007 | Farul Constanța | 55 (6) |
| 2006 | → Oțelul Galați (loan) | 10 (0) |
| 2007-2010 | Unirea Urziceni | 68 (5) |
| 2010 | Steaua Bucharest | 5 (0) |
| 2011 | Unirea Urziceni | 9 (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Rapid Bucharest | 10 (0) |
| 2012 | Rapid II Bucharest | |
| 2013 | Dunărea Galați | 8 (2) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2009-2011 | Romania | 7 (1) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Iulian Cătălin Apostol (born December 3, 1980 in Galați ) is a former Romanian football player on the position of midfielder . He played a total of 179 games in the Romanian League 1 . In 2009 he won the Romanian championship with Unirea Urziceni .
Career
Apostol began his career at Dunărea Galați , where he was brought to the first team in 1996. In his first season, the midfielder has been with the club 14 of Divizia B . The final result was repeated in the following year.
The midfielder had the greatest success with Dunărea in the 1998/99 season when they finished eleventh, but they rose in 1999/2000 and Apostol switched to Metalul Plopeni, with whom he rose from Divizia C to Divizia B in the first season in the Metaluldress . There he finished fifth in the 2001/02 season.
In 2002 he left Metalul and went to league rivals Gloria Buzau . There he was second with the club, where he came in the promotion playoff, but failed. In the 2003/04 season Apostol played again in his hometown for Oțelul Galați . They finished fifth in Divizia A and could thus qualify for the UEFA Cup .
The midfielder left Oțelul after a year and went to Farul Constanța . In his second first division season Apostol was able to finish fifth again. In August 2004 he tested positive for furosemide and was banned for six months for doping . Farul loaned it to Oțelul Galați , there he was ninth with the club. In the 2006/07 season he returned to Constanța . After returning, Apostol made his debut at European level when he was substituted in the second round of the UI Cup against Bulgarian representative Lokomotive Plovdiv in the 61st minute against Bogdan Apostu . The game ended 2-1. After this relatively successful start to the season, they finished 14th in the league.
In 2007 I switched to Unirea Urziceni . With the newcomer at the time, the fifth place could be achieved straight away, in the following season one could even become Romanian champion. In the championship season, Apostol was used 28 times and scored two goals.
In the 2009/10 season Apostol played with Unirea in the UEFA Champions League . In late August 2010, he moved to league rivals Steaua Bucharest . He was unable to assert himself there and returned to Unirea after only four months. The club had in the meantime had to give up many players and could not build on previous successes, but fought to stay in the class. At the end of the season he had to go to League II . He then moved to league rivals Rapid Bucharest . There he was unable to assert himself and only made ten appearances in the 2011/12 season . In the summer of 2012 he was transferred to the second team Rapids before his former club Dunărea Galați signed him in January 2013. There he ended his career a few months later.
National team
The midfielder has played seven times in the national team and scored one goal. Apostol scored the first goal on October 13, 2009 against the Faroe Islands in the 2010 World Cup qualifier . He scored the 1-0 in a 3-1 win in Piatra Neamț .
After Apostol had not been considered for over a year, he celebrated his comeback on February 8, 2011 against Ukraine as part of a tournament in Cyprus, when he came on in the 79th minute for Gabriel Mureşan .
successes
- Promotion to League 2 : 2001
- Romanian champion: 2009
Web links
- Iulian Apostol in the database of weltfussball.de
- Iulian Apostol in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Iulian Apostol on romaniansoccer.ro (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apostol, Iulian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apostol, Iulian Cătălin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd December 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galați |