Alexandru Radu (born 7 September 1982) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n former professional

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who played as a

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 boundarie ...

. In his career Radu, who is nicknamed "The Cat", played almost only for teams from

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs ...

: FC Snagov,

Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II. Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, when ...

, Berceni,

SC Popești-Leordeni Sport Club Popești-Leordeni, commonly known as SC Popești-Leordeni, or simply as Popești-Leordeni, is a Romanian football club based in Popești-Leordeni, Ilfov County. Founded in 2011 as ''CS Popești-Leordeni'' the club situated near Buch ...

and

Sportul Snagov Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Lig ...

, the only exception being

Viitorul Axintele Asociația Sportivă Viitorul Axintele, commonly known as Viitorul Axintele, or simply as Axintele is a Romanian football club based in Axintele, Ialomița County currently playing in the Liga IV – Ialomița County, the fourth tier of the Roma ...

. In the summer of 2018 Radu announced his retirement, becoming a fitness coach.

Honours

;FC Snagov *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

: 2005–06, 2007–08 ;ACS Berceni *

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* * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players CS Concordia Chiajna players CS Sportul Snagov players AS Voința Snagov players {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub