Adrian Rus ( hu, Rus Adrián; born 18 March 1996) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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and the

Romania national team Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

Club career

Rus started his career as a senior in 2014 with hometown side

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 2018. The club play ...

, before moving to Hungary the following year and representing Fehérgyarmat,

Balmazújváros Balmazújváros is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 18,149 people (2001). Twin towns – sister cities Balmazújváros is twinned wi ...

and Puskás Akadémia. The latter team loaned him out for the 2018–19 season to Sepsi OSK in his native country. On 25 June 2019, Rus continued in Hungary and its

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

by signing for Fehérvár. On 1 August 2022, Rus signed a four-year contract with Italian team

International career

Rus was selected in the Romania under-21 squad for the 2019 UEFA European Championship, recording one appearance as his team was eliminated by defending champions

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in the

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. After the conclusion of the under-21 tournament, Rus received his first call-up to the Romania senior team, and on 8 September 2019 started in a 1–0 victory over

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counting for the Euro 2020 qualification.

Personal life

Born in

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...

, near the Romanian border with Hungary, Rus acquired

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of the latter country and was eligible for its national team. He however stated in a 2019 interview for the

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that feels "100% Romanian" and desires to represent his country of birth.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rus goal.''

Honours

Fehérvár *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

runner-up:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rus, Adrian 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Satu Mare Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian footballers Association football defenders FC Olimpia Satu Mare players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Balmazújvárosi FC players Puskás Akadémia FC players Fehérvár FC players Liga I players Liga III players Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players Serie B players Pisa S.C. players Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy