Andrei Octavian Bădescu (born 12 February 1985) 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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whose career was largely played in Romania, with brief stints in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and

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Player career

Romania

Born in

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

, Bădescu began his playing career there for Universitatea Craiova in the 1st Romanian League. He played for the Junior Team Group '83 in 1998 and one year later played for Under 21 before being called up to the senior team a few times. In the summer of 2000 he left for Stiinta CFR Craiova in

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season. Current format Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...

, where he played 27 games in the regular season and helped the team get promoted to

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 ...

. Two years later he signed with

FC Extensiv Craiova FC Caracal was a Romanian professional football club from Caracal, Olt County, Romania. History The club was founded in Craiova in 1949 under the name of Metalul Craiova. It had various names during its history (see below), but the name which ...

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

but played only 4 games. Eight months later he came back to Stiinta CFR Craiova (today Gaz Metan CFR Craiova) in

where he played 35 games and he was named under 21 player of the League (GDS.ro). After one and a half seasons,

AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Swi ...

loaned him for half a season but he sustained several injuries and did not play in any official games. Bădescu returned to the Romania in 2005 when he signed for

team Gica Popescu Soccer School, for whom he played in 30 games. In 2006, Bădescu signed with Poli Timișoara and soon after he got loaned to Marcel Baban Soccer School in the Romanian

where he played 36 games in the regular season and was named Best Goalkeeper of the League. In June 2007, he signed with Botoşani of

where he played 7 friendly games before badly injuring his knee.

Canada

Bădescu was most recently the 3rd goalkeeper of the Montreal Impact and the 1st goalkeeper of the second team Trois-Rivieres Attak of the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; french: Ligue canadienne de soccer — LCS) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (C ...

with which he won the regular season and the CSL Play-off Final against

Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club ( sr, Фудбалски клуб Српски бели орлови / ''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned socce ...

. With Montreal Impact he won the

USSF D2 Pro League The USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro League) was a temporary professional soccer league created by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2010 season. The twelve-team league was formed as a compromise between the feuding U ...

in 2009. On 17 March 2010 he re-signed with the Montreal Impact for two more seasons. He and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract on 17 February 2011 due to multiple injuries.

Coaching career

*2010–2011 UQAM Soccer (GK Coach) *2010–2011

Montreal Impact Academy Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

*2011–2012 Capital City F.C. (Goalkeeper Coach\assistant) *2012–2014

Kingston FC Kingston FC were a Canadian soccer team based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team was awarded a franchise in 2011 as a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and participated in the league for three seasons, 2012 to 2014. In February 2015, Ki ...

(Goalkeeper coach\assistant) *2015–present

West Ottawa SC West Ottawa Soccer Club was a Canadian women's semi-professional soccer club based in Kanata, Ontario, just west of Ottawa that competed in the women's division League1 Ontario. The club continues to operate as a youth club. History The club ...

(Head Goalkeeper Coach)

References

External links

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Montreal Impact bio

Impact Team
* http://www.paginiromanesti.ca/2010/03/28/fotbal-impact-si-a-luat-portar-roman/ * http://m.digisport.ro/Sport/FOTBAL/gica+popescu+fotbal+academie * http://m.sport.ro/stranieri/sunt-jucatori-romani-in-reunion-vezi-lista-cu-cei-80-de-stranieri-din-toate-colturile-lumii-care-va-fi.html * http://fr.canoe.ca/24hmontreal/sports/archives/2010/03/20100317-163932.html * http://www.rds.ca/grand-club/billet/mon-portrait-de-l-impact-gardiens-1.1184846 * https://montroyalfc.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/impact-de-montreal-les-nouveaux/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Badescu, Andrei Living people 1985 births Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players FC U Craiova 1948 players Liga II players CS Turnu Severin players FC Botoșani players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Trois-Rivières Attak players AC Bellinzona players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland