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Adrian Ropotan
Adrian Ropotan (born 8 May 1986) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Adrian Ropotan was born in Galați on 8 May 1986, playing his first Divizia A match for Dinamo București on 18 March 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Pandurii Târgu Jiu. In the following season, he played 21 league games under coach Mircea Rednic, helping Dinamo win the 2006–07 Liga I title, also appearing in 8 matches in the UEFA Cup as the team reached the sixteenths-finals where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Benfica. Ropotan was transferred to Dynamo Moscow for 3 million euros on 13 February 2009. In 2011 he was loaned by Dynamo Moscow to Tom Tomsk where he played alongside fellow Romanian Ovidiu Dănănae. After the loan ended, Ropotan returned to Dynamo Moscow where he worked with Romanian coach Dan Petrescu. After his contract with Dynamo Moscow expired, he signed for Volga as a free agent where he was teammate with fellow Romanian Mihăiță Ple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakistan Science and technology Computing * fc (Unix), computer program that relists commands * FC connector, a type of optical-fiber connector * Flash controller * Family Computer, Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System game console * Fibre Channel, a serial computer bus * Microsoft File Compare program * fc a casefolding feature in perl Vehicles * Fairchild FC, 1920s and 1930s aircraft * Holden FC, a motor vehicle * A second generation Mazda RX-7 car * Fully cellular, a type of container ship Medicine A two-in-one vaccine against the flu and common cold. Other sciences * Female condom (FC1, FC2), a contraceptive * Foot-candle (symbol fc or ft-c), a unit of illumination * Formal charge, a Lewis structure concept in ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Liga I
The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 2 June 2019, being the fourth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced. Dunărea Călărași and Hermannstadt joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Liga II. CFR Cluj managed to defend the title for the first time in their history, while FCSB became the first team in the country to finish as runner-ups for four consecutive seasons in a row. Teams The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2017–18 Liga I and two new teams from the 2017–18 Liga II. Teams promoted to the Liga I The first club to be promoted was Dunărea Călărași, following their 3–1 win against Ripensia Timișoara on 5 May 2018. Dunărea will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history. The second club to be promoted was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Răduț
Mihai Cosmin Răduț (born 18 March 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Voluntari. Răduț started out at Internațional Curtea de Argeș in 2009, and one year later earned a transfer to Steaua București. He also represented Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Astra Giurgiu and Voluntari in his native country, while abroad he featured for Hatta Club, Lech Poznań and Aris Limassol. Internationally, Răduț made his full debut for Romania in a 2–3 friendly loss to Ukraine in May 2010. Club career Răduț made his professional debut for Internațional Curtea de Argeș on 31 August 2009, in a 1–0 Liga I loss to Oțelul Galați. He ended his debut season with four goals from 26 appearances. On 17 June 2010, Răduț was transferred to FC Steaua București for a rumoured fee of €1 million. He registered his debut in a 2–1 league defeat of Universitatea Cluj, on 25 July 2010. International career Răduț represented Romania at and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula and shares borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia, while having maritime borders in the Persian Gulf with Qatar and Iran. Abu Dhabi is the nation's capital, while Dubai, the most populous city, is an international hub. The United Arab Emirates is an elective monarchy formed from a federation of seven emirates, consisting of Abu Dhabi (the capital), Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. Each emirate is governed by an emir and together the emirs form the Federal Supreme Council. The members of the Federal Supreme Council elect a president and vice president from among their members. In practice, the emir of Abu Dhabi serves as president while the ruler of Dubai is vice pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Liga I
The 2015–16 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Orange for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began 10 July 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016, being the first to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced. FC Steaua București were the defending champions for a third consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Astra Giurgiu became winners for the first time in their history. Teams The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16 Liga II division. Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I. It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II. It is their second season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorinel Munteanu
Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager. A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in two editions of the World Cup, those held in the United States in 1994 and France in 1998, as well as two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000. Club career Munteanu was born in Grădinari. He started his football career playing for Metalul Bocșa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986. After a year he went to play for FCM Reșița and then in 1988 for Olt Scornicești, while 1989 found him at Inter Sibiu. Dinamo Bucharest bought him from FC Inter Sibiu in 1991 only to sell him to Cercle Brugge two years later. After two years in Belgium, he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg until 2003. In 2003, aged 35, he was released from his contract by VfL Wolfsburg and signed with Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Cristea
Andrei Cristea (; born 15 May 1984) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Although deployed as a forward, Cristea is better known for his pace and his range of passing instead of his goalscoring abilities, and represented the Romania national team from 2003 to 2010. Club career Cristea started football in his home town and made his debut in the Divizia A in 2001, for local club FCM Bacău. In the summer of 2004, Cristea transferred to Steaua București for a fee of $1 million. However, he did not manage to earn a first-team place there, despite scoring two goals that eliminated Valencia CF in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup season. He was put on the transfer list in the summer of 2006. Cristea moved to fellow Liga I club Politehnica Timişoara, in a swap which saw Gigel Coman move to Steaua București. After failing to impress at Politehnica Timişoara, he was loaned to Politehnica Iaşi for the second part of the 2007–08 season, where he had a great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihăiță Pleșan
Mihăiță Păunel Pleșan (born 19 February 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Mihăiță Pleșan was born on 19 February 1983 in Moldova Nouă, Romania and he started playing junior level football at age 9 at local club, Minerul. He started his senior career at FC Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 14 April 2001 under coach Ilie Balaci in a 2–0 away loss in front of Astra Ploiești. He scored his first goal in the competition on 15 April 2003 when he closed the score in a 2–1 win over Național București. In the 2004–05 season, Pleșan had the most prolific season of his career by scoring 8 goals, including two braces against CFR Cluj and Gloria Bistrița, however "U" Craiova relegated at the end of the season, so alongside several other teammates, he went to play for Dinamo București. At Dinamo, Pleșan scored his first goal on September 2005 in a 5–2 win over rivals Rapid Bucure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier League teams Sheffield Wednesday, Chelsea, Bradford City and Southampton. He notably played in the 1989 European Cup final with Steaua București and won the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea. Petrescu also played in Serie A with Genoa, as well as having spells with Foggia and Olt Scornicești. He earned 95 caps for the Romania national team, being selected in two World Cup squads, in 1994 and 1998, and in two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000. Petrescu became player-assistant manager to Walter Zenga at Național București towards the end of his playing career, and has since had an extensive career as a head coach in Poland, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, China and Turkey, in addition to his native country. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu Dănănae
Ovidiu Liviu Dănănae (born 26 August 1985) is a Romanian football coach and a former player who played as a right back for teams such as: CSM Reșița, FC U Craiova 1948, Tom Tomsk or Apollon Limassol, among others. Career statistics International Honours Player ;FC U Craiova 1948 *Liga II: 2005–06 *Liga III: 2019–20 * Liga IV Dolj: 2017–18 * Cupa României – Dolj County: 2017–18 Manager ;FC U Craiova 1948 II * Liga IV Dolj: 2022–23 *Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the c ... Supercup: 2023 External links * * * * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders CSM Reșița players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–07 UEFA Cup
The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the first side to win the competition two years in a row since Real Madrid achieved this feat in 1985 and 1986. Walter Pandiani of Espanyol was the top goalscorer of this UEFA Cup edition with 11 goals scored. Association team allocation A total of 155 teams from 52 UEFA associations participated in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. Associations were allocated places according to their 2005 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05.UEFA Country Ranking 2005< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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