Alexandru Chipciu
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Chipciu playing for Steaua in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexandru Mihăiță Chipciu | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Brăila, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Steaua București | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Brăila | ||
| 2004–2006 | Sporting Pitești | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2011 | Brașov | 76 | (13) |
| 2008 | → Forex Brașov (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Brăila (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2012– | Steaua București | 115 | (23) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Romania U-17 | 2 | (1) |
| 2008 | Romania U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011– | Romania | 19 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. | |||
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Alexandru Mihăiță Chipciu (born 18 May 1989 in Brăila[1]) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian side Steaua București and the Romania national team.
He moved to Steaua București in the winter of 2011, after five seasons with FC Brașov. Chipciu helped Steaua to UEFA Europa League success and to their first title in more than half a decade within two years of joining them.[2]
Youth career
Chipciu started his football career in 2001 at the youth squad of CF Brăila and Sporting Pitești, from 2004 to 2006. After that he moved to FC Brașov.[3]
Club career
FC Brașov
At the age of just 18 he made the breakthrough in the first squad, scoring 4 goals in his first year with FC Brașov. But, after the teams pretentions grew, wanting the promotion to the Liga I, he got less play time.
Loan to Forex Brașov and Brăila
For the first half of the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to Liga II side Forex Brașov.[4] In the second half of the season he went to Liga III side CF Brăila to gain experience.[5]
Back at now, Liga I side, FC Brașov, Chipciu again got little playing time in the first season. In the 2010–11 season he exploded,[6] being one of the best players of FC Brașov and attracting the attention of Romanian giants Steaua București and Dinamo București.[7] He eventually choose to remain at FC Brașov, signing a new contract that will keep him at the team until 2015.[8] He had a great start to the 2011–12 season, scoring two very important goals in the first three games.
Steaua București
On 21 December 2011, Steaua București signed him for a transfer fee of €1,2m. The player penned a five-year contract with the club.[9] The transfer became official on 25 January, when the transfer window was declared opened.[10]
On 31 March, Chicpiu scored his first goal for Steaua to bing home a 1–1 draw from Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[11] A week later, on 8 April, Chipciu scored another goal in a 4–1 win against Sportul București, after an impressive build-up play.[12] On 7 May, he was red-carded in the match against Concordia Chiajna, after a foul against the Brazilian full back Guilherme.[13]
In the autumn of 2012 Chipciu helped Steaua Bucharest qualify from the UEFA Europa League group stage, after defeating teams like VfB Stuttgart, Molde FK and FC Copenhagen.[14] Subsequently Steaua defeated AFC Ajax on penalty shoot-outs, before losing in the last 16 against Chelsea FC with 3–2 on aggregate.[15]
On May 10, 2013, in the one of the last matches of the 2012–13 season, Alexandru Chipciu suffered an injury playing against Dinamo Bucharest and he was subsequently sidelined for 5 months after a fractured tibia.[16] Two weeks later Chipciu received a winners medal for the 2012–13 Liga I, after Steaua defeated FC Brașov in the last match of the season. This was his first championship title.
International career
Chipciu made his debut for the Romania U-17 side in a match against Serbia U-17 on 29 March 2006. He also played for Romania U-19.
He made his debut for the senior team in 2011 in a match against San Marino.[17] Chipciu scored his first senior international goal in a friendly away match against Greece on 15 November 2011. The match was played in Austria despite Greece being given "home advantage".
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 November 2011 | Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach, Austria |  Greece | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 22 March 2013 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 4 June 2014 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Algeria | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
Career statistics
Club
(Correct as of 23 April 2016)
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Brașov | 2006–07 | 15 | 4 | ? | ? | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| 2007–08 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Forex Brașov (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |
| CF Brăila (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–09 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 4 | |
| FC Brașov | |||||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 13 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 15 | |
| Steaua București | |||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | — | 41 | 8 | |||
| 2013–14 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 29 | 7 | |||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 8 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 8 | |
| Total | 115 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 33 | |
| Career total | 215 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 275 | 52 | |
Honours
Club
- Brașov
- Steaua București
- Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Romanian Cup: 2014–15; Runner-up: 2013–14
- Romanian Supercup: 2013; Runner-up: 2014, 2015
- League Cup: 2014–15
References
- ↑ Chipciu
- ↑ "Steaua, colecţia toamnă – iarnă!". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 2 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Alexandru Mihăiţă CHIPCIU
- ↑ Vezi ce jucator din Liga I a refuzat Steaua pentru FC Brasov
- ↑ Alexandru Chipciu si Marius Lupu au fost cistigurile echipei brailene in finalul turului
- ↑ "Tupeu de puşti » Braşoveanul Chipciu e una dintre marile revelaţii ale turului de campionat". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 2 December 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ A fost dorit de Steaua şi Dinamo, dar rămîne fidel Braşovului » Chipciu şi-a prelungit contractul pînă în 2015
- ↑ "A fost dorit de Steaua şi Dinamo, dar rămîne fidel Braşovului / Chipciu şi-a prelungit contractul pînă în 2015"
- ↑ Chipciu a semnat cu Steaua
- ↑ PERIOADA DE TRANSFER DE IARNĂ PENTRU CLUBURILE DIN PRIMELE TREI LIGI
- ↑ Steaua loses title hopes
- ↑ Chipciu superb goal against Sprotul
- ↑ Chicpiu only 1 match day suspension
- ↑ "Ce adversari poate întîlni Steaua". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 6 December 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Au trecut testul Champions League". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Chipciu are fractură de tibie". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Chipciu, titular cu San Marino
External links
- Official FCSB profile (Romanian)
- Alexandru Chipciu profile at Soccerway
- Profile at Romaniansoccer.ro
- Alexandru Chipciu – UEFA competition record
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