Alexandru Octavian Ioniță (); born 5 August 1989) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Ioniţă began his youth career in the summer of 1999, when he joined Viscofil București.

Rapid București

In summer 2006, he was scouted by

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, where he initially played for the

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. In 2008, he was loaned to

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for which he scored four goals from nine games. In February 2010 he was transferred to German side

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for a fee of

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2.5 million, but he remained at Rapid București until 1 July 2010.

1. FC Köln

Ioniţă signed a four-year contract. He had limited playing time at Köln in his first season. In May 2011, he suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle which kept him out of action for several months. Therefore, he made only seven league appearances during the

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season. In January 2012 after his return from injury, Ioniţă was loaned back to Rapid București for six months, with the

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team having the first option to buy the player for

800,000. He then moved in Turkey signing a one-year contract with the Turkish side Ordurspor. In 2014, he moved in Cyprus and signed with AEL Limassol. He returned in Romania due to family reasons, where he had spells with Voluntari and ASA Târgu Mureș. On 13 January 2017, he parted ways with ASA Târgu Mureș, citing financial instability of the Romanian clubs.

Honours

Club

UTA Arad *

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: 2019–20

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ionita, Alexandru 1989 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players Liga I players FC Rapid București players AFC Rocar București players 1. FC Köln players AEL Limassol players FC Voluntari players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players Liga II players FCV Farul Constanța players CS Sportul Snagov players FC UTA Arad players Liga III players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany TFF First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cypriot First Division players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus