Artur Ioniță

Artur Ioniță
Personal information
Full name Artur Ioniță
Date of birth (1990-08-17) 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]

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
Runner-Up : 2011-12
Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa
Runner-Up : 2009-10

References

External links

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