Eric Bicfalvi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Carei, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dinamo București | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | Fink Fenster Petrești | 23 | (9) |
| 2006–2007 | Jiul Petroșani | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2012 | Steaua București | 63 | (3) |
| 2008 | → Gloria Buzău (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Volyn Lutsk | 72 | (26) |
| 2015 | Liaoning Whowin | 12 | (0) |
| 2016– | Dinamo București | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006-2007 | Romania U-19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Romania U-21 | 23 | (3) |
| 2014– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2016. | |||
Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi (Romanian pronunciation: ['erik ˈbikfalvi], Hungarian: Bikfalvi Erik, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbikfɒlvi ˈɛrik]; (born 5 February 1988)[1] is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga I side Dinamo București.
Club career
Bicfalvi began his career by Romanian third division side Fink Fenster Petreşti Carei, where he spent one season. During this period he played 23 games and scored 9 goals. At the end of the season Bicfalvi moved to Liga I side Jiul Petroşani. After his team relegated to Liga II, he signed a five-year contract with Steaua Bucharest. Bicfalvi however joined Ukrainian Premier League club Volyn Lutsk in 2012. He scored 17 goals in the League in the 2014–15 season.[2]
On 7 July 2015, after his contract with Volyn Lutsk expired, Bicfalvi transferred to Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin.[3]
International
Bicfalvi played for Romania at U-19 and U-21 level. In August 2013 his manager announced that Bicfalvi, whose mother is of Hungarian origin, wants to represent Hungary in the future.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] In October 2014 Anghel Iordanescu, the new coach of Romania named him as a possible call-up for the next European Qualifier against Northern Ireland.[11][12] On 18 November 2014 he made his debut for the Romanian national team in a friendly match against Denmark.[13][14]
Personal life
Bicfalvi's paternal grandfather, Alexander Bicfalvi (Bikfalvi Sándor) / Alexandru Bicfalvi, ethnic Swedish according to gsp.ro and Hungarian according to nemzetisport.hu, was once a footballer of Victoria Carei; his paternal grandmother, Maria is of Romanian origin. Bicfalvi's father, Marius, died when Eric was 7 years old. Bicfalvi's mother, Elisabeta, is an ethnic Hungarian.[15][16]
References
- ↑ "Eric Bicfalvi". SoccerWay. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Top Scorers. Season 2014/2015
- ↑ 辽足官宣乌超金靴加盟 at sports.sina.com 2015-07-07 Retrieved 2015-07-07
- ↑ "Un fotbalist român, nemulțumit că nu e băgat în seamă de selecționer, vrea să evolueze pentru Ungaria!".
- ↑ "Magyar lenne egy román játékos". rangado.
- ↑ ORIGO. "Bikfalvi a magyar vlogatottsgon gondolkodik". http://www.origo.hu/. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ SZFU. "Magyar válogatott lenne Bikfalvi?". Szatmári Friss Újság.
- ↑ "Magyar válogatott akar lenni a románok elfelejtett játékosa". csakfoci.hu.
- ↑ "Maszol - A magyar válogatott felé tapogatózik Eric Bicfalvi?". http://www.maszol.ro/. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "Játékossors: magyar válogatott lenne a Steaua egykori játékosa? - N". NSO.hu. 13 August 2013.
- ↑ SZFU. "Iordănescu lehet a kapitány, Bikfalvit is meghívta". Szatmári Friss Újság.
- ↑ "OFICIAL: FRF confirmă varianta cu Iordănescu. "Secunzi" surpriză, Bicfalvi şi Puşcaş printre convocaţi".
- ↑ http://www.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/Competitii/Echipa+Nationala/Sanmartean+tine+mortis+sa+joace+si+cu+Danemarca+chiar+daca+are+u
- ↑ http://www.nemzetisport.hu/minden_mas_foci/felkeszules-bevettek-a-danok-a-keseru-pirulat-2377325
- ↑ "Haginál a románok lecsaphatnak a magyar válogatottba vágyó Bicfalvira". Nemzeti Sport. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ↑ "Bunicul lui Eric, Alexander Bicfalvi, este de origine suedez, dar s-a stabilit in Romania si s-a casatorit cu o romanca, Maria. "Nu ma consider nici macar 0,1 la suta suedez, sint roman get-beget", a spus Bicfalvi.". GSP. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
External links
- Eric Bicfalvi profile at Soccerway
- Eric Bicfalvi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Erik Bicfalvi's career - RomanianSoccer.ro
- Eric Bicfalvi at Footballdatabase
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