Tudor Băluță

Tudor Băluță
Tudor Băluță (2019)
Personnel
Surname	Tudor Cristian Băluță
birthday	March 27, 1999
place of birth	Craiova ,  Romania
size	191 cm
position	Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2007-2013	Gheorghe Popescu Football School
2013-2015	Academia de fotbal Gheorghe Hagi
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2015-2019	Viitorul Constanța	42 (2)
2019–	Brighton & Hove Albion	0 (0)
2019	→ Viitorul Constanța (loan)	11 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2017-2018	Romania U-19	6 (3)
2019–	Romania U-21	5 (1)
2018–	Romania	5 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: October 3, 2019 2 As of October 3, 2019

Tudor Cristian Băluță (born March 27, 1999 in Craiova ) is a Romanian football player . The defensive midfielder , who can also be used as a central defender in defense, moved to England in the Premier League at Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019 .

Career

society

Viitorul Constanța

Băluță began his footballing career at the age of eight in his hometown, when he joined the football school of former national player Gheorghe Popescu from Craiova . Six years later he started attending the youth academy of the Viitorul Constanța professional club . As a 17-year-old, he made his debut for Constanța in the top Romanian league by substitution in the 7-1 victory over ASA Târgu Mureş on May 2, 2016 - four days later a second brief assignment followed. When his club brought in the first Romanian championship in the club's history in the subsequent 2016/17 season , Băluță was still left out. From the 2017/18 season, however, he was an integral part of the team; he also celebrated his international debut in the Europa League against Red Bull Salzburg , which ended with a 4-0 defeat. With his performances in the central midfield and the flexible deployment capability also in the defense network, he developed into one of the greatest talents in Romanian football, which was also expressed in increasing appointments to the Romanian national teams. Comparisons were made with the "midfield strategist" Gheorghe Popescu, who in turn "ennobled" Băluță with the words "Incredible determination, smart boy, complete footballer".

Brighton & Hove Albion

After Băluță had confirmed his good form in the first 15 games of the 2018/19 season, he signed a contract with English first division club Brighton & Hove Albion on January 31, 2019 until the summer of 2022 . The transfer business included that Băluță continued to run for the current season for Constanța. There he was in the starting line-up of the team on May 25, 2019, which won the Romanian Cup 2-1 in the final against Astra Giurgiu .

National team

Băluță played his first international A match for Romania on May 31, 2018 by substituting for Dragoș Nedelcu in a 3-2 win against Chile . A year later, he played the U-21s in the 2019 European Championship finals in Italy , although he was not represented in previous qualifying matches. He scored a goal in the 4-1 opening win against Croatia and he played in all remaining games up to the 2-4 semi-final against Germany .

Title / Awards

• Romanian Cup : 2019

Web links

• Profile at Brighton & Hove Albion
• Tudor Băluță in the database of weltfussball.de
• Tudor Băluță in the soccerbase.com database (English)
• Tudor Baluta in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Tudor Băluță in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Determinare incredibila, baiat destept, fotbalist complet!" Gica Popescu, cuvinte uriase pentru Tudor Baluta (Sport.ro)
2. ↑ Albion Sign Romania International (brightonandhovealbion.com)