Florin Gardoș

Florin Gardoș

Gardoș training for Steaua in 2012
Personal information
Full name Florin Gardoș[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Southampton
Number 5
Youth career
1998–2001 Olimpia Satu Mare
2001–2003 CSȘ Satu Mare
2003–2004 Florența Odoreu
2004–2006 Someșul Satu Mare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Concordia Chiajna 51 (1)
2010–2014 Steaua București 81 (3)
2014– Southampton 11 (0)
National team
2008 Romania U19 1 (0)
2009–2011 Romania U21 9 (1)
2011– Romania 13 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014

Florin Gardoș (Romanian pronunciation: [flɔˈrin ˈgardɔʃ]; born 29 October 1988)[3] is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Southampton and the Romania national team.

Club career

Steaua București

Gardoș was born in Satu Mare. On 17 June 2010 he was transferred to Steaua București.[4] On 16 August 2010 Gardoș made his team debut for Steaua in Liga I against Victoria Brănești.[5] In September 2011, he was suspended 10 games for breaking the leg of Băcilă, Pandurii Târgu Jiu's player.[6]

Southampton

On 14 August 2014, he joined Premier League side Southampton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €7.5 million, signing a four-year deal.[7][8]

He made his first appearance as a substitute in a 3–1 victory at West Ham. His first start came on 23 September in a 2–1 League Cup victory over Arsenal.[9]

On 23 July 2015, it was announced by Southampton manager Ronald Koeman that Gardoș would be sidelined for up to seven months due to a knee injury suffered in a 3–0 win in a pre-season friendly against Feyenoord.[10]

International career

He made his debut for the senior team in a friendly game on 8 February 2011, against Ukraine.[11]

Personal life

Gardoș was born in Satu Mare to his parents, Traian and Dorina.[12][13]

Career statistics

As of 1 March 2015[14][15]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Concordia Chiajna 2006–07 ????---??
2007–08 ????---??
2008–09 ????---??
2009–10 ????---??
Total 511--------511
Steaua București 2010–11 23050-51-331
2011–12 8000-3010120
2012–13 21120-80-311
2013–14 29240-11000442
Total 813110--271101204
Southampton 2014–15 1103030--170
Total 1103030----170
Career total 143414030271101885

Honours

Club

Steaua București

References

  1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. "Premier League Player Profile Florin Gardos". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. "F. GARDOȘ" (in Romanian). soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. Mihai Răduț și Florin Gardoș au semnat cu Steaua! (Romanian)
  5. "DUM-DUM-DUMI! Steaua - Victoria Brănești 2-1" (in Romanian). Prosport. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. "Gardoș a fost suspendat 10 etape" (in Romanian). ziuadecj.realitatea.net. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  7. "Southampton sign defender Gardos". BBC Sport. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  8. "Southampton sign Shane Long from Hull and Florin Gardos from Steaua". The Guardian. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  9. "Arsenal 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. "Gardos blow for Southampton". BT Sport. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  11. "România - Ucraina 2-2, 2-4 (lov. dep.)/ Revanșă amânată" (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  12. "Reportaj acasă la Florin Gardoș, cel mai curtat stelist al momentului" (in Romanian). Sportnews.ro. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  13. "Gardoș, românul de milioane de euro pe care Ungaria îl visa la națională să" (in Romanian). sport.ro. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  14. "Florin Gardos". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  15. "F. GARDOȘ". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  16. 1 2 "F. Gardos". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  17. "Dinamo București vs. Steaua București 1 - 2 (Cupa României)". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  18. Gafiuc, Justin (11 July 2013). "Trei goluri cu executare » Petrolul a capitulat în fața Stelei, 0-3. Trupa lui Reghe, a șasea Supercupă din istorie!". gsp.ro. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

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