Andreias Cristian Calcan (born 9 April 1994) is a Romanian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a winger for

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

club Cherno More Varna.

Club career

Early years / Universitatea Cluj

Calcan started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for CSS Slatina under the command of Ion Pârvulescu, the coach who previously discovered two other significant Romanian players:

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and

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. When he was fourteen he moved to Ardealul Cluj of

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and in 2010 he joined

FC Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

together with twelve other teammates. On 23 August 2013, Calcan made his debut in

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

, the Romanian top football league, in a 6–0 away loss against

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Willem II

On 22 July 2016, Calcan moved abroad for the first time to sign a two-year contract with Dutch side Willem II.

Honours

Club

Universitatea Cluj *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

runner-up: 2014–15 Viitorul Constanța *

: 2018–19 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Calcan, Andreias 1994 births Living people Footballers from Slatina, Romania Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players FC Universitatea Cluj players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players FC Viitorul Constanța players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Willem II (football club) players FC Dordrecht players Almere City FC players Újpest FC players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers FC Argeș Pitești players PFC Cherno More Varna players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria