Artur Ioniță

Artur Ioniță

Personal information
Full name	Artur Ioniță
Date of birth	17 August 1990
Place of birth	Chișinău, Moldova
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hellas Verona
Number	23
Youth career
1997-2007	FC Zimbru Chişinău
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007	FC Zimbru Chişinău	2	(1)
2008–2009	FC Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa	42	(10)
2009–2014	FC Aarau	129	(16)
2014–	Hellas Verona	46	(6)
National team^‡
2009–2012	Moldova-21	21	(5)
2009–	Moldova	21	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:18, 12 February 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2014

Artur Ioniță (born 17 August 1990) is a Moldovan footballer currently playing for Hellas Verona and the Moldova national team. He usually plays as a left winger.

Career

Artur Ioniță made his professional debut at the Moldovan Divizia Națională club Zimbru Chișinău in 2007. In 2008-2009 he played for FC Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa.

From 2009 to 2014 he played for the Swiss team FC Aarau, with which he transferred from the Swiss Challenge League to the Swiss Super League.

Ioniță was then transferred to the Italian Serie A club in July 2014 on a free transfer.^[1] He made his début against Atalanta, as a substitute for Mounir Obbadi.

Ioniță scored his first goal for Hellas during his second appearance for the club, as a substitute in the second half of the match and securing a goal against Torino F.C. on the 65th minute giving his team a 1–0 win. This made him the first Moldovan footballer to score a goal in Seria A.

He subsequently scored a second goal in the game, against Genoa, playing the full 90 minutes of the play; an assist for Panagiotis Tachtsidis on the 52nd minute.

International career

Ioniță has played 12 matches for Moldova and has scored 2 goals. He made his debut appearance for Moldova in 2009, in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Switzerland. Moldova lost the match 0–2. He scored his first international goal during a 5-2 win in Podgorica against Montenegro and then scored again in a 1-1 draw at home to Lithuania.

Between 2009 and 2012 Ioniță played for the U-21 team of Moldova.

International goals

Under-21

Scores and results list Moldova U21's goal tally first.^[2]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 August 2009	Main Arena, Complexul Sheriff, Tiraspol, Moldova	Latvia	1–0	1–0	2011 UEFA U-21 Championship Qual.
2.	4 September 2010	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–0	2011 UEFA U-21 Championship Qual.
3.	6 September 2011	Stadiumi Skënderbeu, Korçë, Albania	Albania	1–0	3–4	2013 UEFA U-21 Championship Qual.
4.				2–1

Senior team

Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.^[2]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 October 2013	Stadion Pod Goricom, Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	4–1	5–2	2014 FIFA World Cup Qual.
2.	18 November 2013	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Lithuania	1–1	1–1	Friendly

Honours

FC Aarau

• Swiss Challenge League : 2012-13

Runner-Up : 2011-12

Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa

• Moldovan National Division:

Runner-Up : 2009-10

• Moldovan Footballer of the Year: 2014^[3][4]

References

1. "Ufficiale: Artur Ionita in gialloblù da luglio" (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
2. Ioniță′s matches at soccerway
3. Artur Ionița – cel mai bun în 2014 (video)
4. S-au dat marele premii! Artur Ionita, desemnat de Federatia Moldoveneasca de Fotbal jucatorul anului 2014

External links

• Artur Ioniță profile at Soccerway
• Artur Ioniță matches at soccerway
• Artur Ioniţă player info at Sport1.de (German)
• Swiss Super League profile (German)