Gheorghe Bucur
Bucur playing for Romania in September 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gheorghe Bucur | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger / Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Kuban Krasnodar | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1998–2005 | Sportul Studenţesc | 169 | (76) |
2005–2010 | Politehnica Timişoara | 124 | (52) |
2010– | Kuban Krasnodar | 153 | (28) |
National team‡ | |||
2001 | Romania U-21 | 2 | (1) |
2005–2013 | Romania | 26 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2016. |
Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian football player, currently playing at Russian Premier League side Kuban Krasnodar. He is a short and speedy forward.
Bucur has won the top league goalscorer award in the Romanian Liga 1 twice, in the 2004–05 and in the 2008–09 seasons. He was tied on goals with another player on both occasions, first with Claudiu Niculescu and then with Florin Costea.
Club career
Before joining Politehnica, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studenţesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2001–02 season. After winning the title of Romanian top league goalscoarer of the Divizia A in 2006, he was transferred to Timişoara, for a rumored sum of US$800,000.[1] Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that deal.
In the autumn of 2009 he scored a brace in the Third Champions League Qualifying Round to help Timișoara knockout Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]
On 3 February 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Russian club Kuban Krasnodar for a fee worth $1.8 million. [3]
International career
Gigel Bucur first played for the Romania national team in 2005 and amassed twenty six appearances until 2013, scoring four goals, including a brace against Armenia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4]
On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 June 2005 | Farul, Constanţa, Romania | Armenia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 8 June 2005 | Farul, Constanţa, Romania | Armenia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 9 September 2009 | Ghencea, Bucureşti, Romania | Austria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 14 October 2009 | Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Statistics
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sportul Studențesc | 1998–99 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
1999–2000 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
2000–01 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
2001–02 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | ||
2002–03 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
2003–04 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 29 | ||
2004–05 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | ||
Total | 169 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 79 | ||
Timişoara | 2005–06 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
2006–07 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | ||
2007–08 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | ||
2008–09 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 20 | ||
2009–10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 11 | ||
Total | 124 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 144 | 62 | ||
Kuban Krasnodar | 2010 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | |
2011–12 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
2012–13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
2013–14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Total | 150 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 162 | 29 | ||
Career Total | 443 | 156 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 484 | 170 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 4 April 2016
Honours
Club
Individual
References
- ↑ "Azi" article
- ↑ "Gigel Bucur, despre dubla cu Sahtior". roportal.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ↑
- ↑ "Romania-Armenia 3-0". hotnews.ro. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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