Claudiu Vasile Bumba (born 5 January 1994) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a winger or an

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for

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club Fehérvár. He started out at as a senior at

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramur ...

teams FC and FCMU, before moving to FCM Târgu Mureș at age 17 to record his

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debut. After a loan spell at Roma Primavera between 2012 and 2013, Bumba returned to the then-renamed ASA Târgu Mureș for two additional years. Since leaving the latter, he went on to appear for sides in Israel, Turkey and Hungary, apart from stints in his native country. A former Romania youth international at several levels, Bumba earned his first and only

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for the full side in 2012, in a 4–0 friendly victory over

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Club career

Early career

Bumba made his debut for

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

on 10 October 2009, aged 15, in a 1–1

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draw with Gaz Metan CFR Craiova. After the dissolution of the club, he chose to stay in the city with the newly-founded

FC Maramureș Universitar Baia Mare FC Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare was a Romanian football team from Baia Mare, Maramureș County, founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2013. History The club was founded in 2010 to continue the football tradition in Baia Mare after the dissolut ...

, which he aided in achieving promotion to the second division.

Târgu Mureș

Bumba moved to

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of the

in June 2011. On 22 July that year, he registered his debut in the competition in a 0–1 loss at

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, and on 15 October scored his first league goal to earn his side a 1–1 away draw at Sportul Studențesc. In February 2012, former Târgu Mureș manager Maurizio Trombetta confirmed that Italian team

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was monitoring Bumba. On 25 March, he netted in a 2–0 win over Astra Ploiești. In May, he was included by website and TV channel Sport.ro in a top ten list of Romanian youths to watch. Bumba finished his breakthrough season in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 census. It lies on the Mureș River, the ...

with three goals from 29 appearances, but his performances could not help his team avoid relegation to the Liga II. In the summer of 2012,

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paid

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600,000 to loan Bumba for one season. On 6 September, after recovering from an injury, he scored for the under-19 team in a 2–1 defeat of

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in the Supercoppa Primavera. Bumba returned to Târgu Mureș in July 2013, after the club changed its name from "FCM" to "ASA 2013". On 11 January 2015, Bumba penned down a three-and-a-half-year deal with fellow Liga I club Astra Giurgiu, but after less than a month returned to ASA Târgu Mureș due to a breach of contract. He amassed 31 appearances and eight goals during the 2014–15 season, as his team finished second in the league championship with only three points behind

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Hapoel Tel Aviv

On 19 June 2015, Bumba transferred to

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team Hapoel Tel Aviv in a move worth €650,000. He signed a four-year contract and was assigned the number 7 shirt. His debut was recorded on 1 August, starting in a 1–3

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loss to

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in the

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. Bumba featured in 31 games and scored two goals in all competitions during his first campaign in Israel, as Hapoel finished ninth overall in the national league. In the winter of 2017, he chose to leave the club because of unpaid wages.

Dinamo București / Concordia Chiajna

In February 2017, after a move to

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fell through, Bumba returned to Romania by signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with Dinamo București as a

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. He scored his first goal for "the Red Dogs" on 10 April, in a 2–1 league win against Astra Giurgiu. Bumba won his first major trophy on 20 May 2017, following Dinamo's 2–0 defeat of ACS Poli Timișoara in the Cupa Ligii final, despite not making any appearances in the competition throughout the

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. On 24 August, the club announced the termination of Bumba's contract on a mutual agreement, and one month later he moved to

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, wh ...

. On 27 September 2017, less than a week after joining Chiajna, he made his debut and netted in a 3–2 Liga I win over his previous club Dinamo București.

Adanaspor

Bumba changed countries again on 20 July 2018, after agreeing to a two-year deal with Turkish team

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. He contributed with three goals from 27 appearances during his first and only

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in the

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Kisvárda / Fehérvár

On 19 July 2019, Bumba signed for Hungarian club

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on a two-year contract with an option for another year. He made his debut on 31 August, entering as a 64th-minute substitute in a 0–3

loss to Fehérvár. On 24 June 2022, Bumba was formally unveiled as a Fehérvár player after agreeing to a two-year deal with the team.

International career

Bumba made his debut for the Romania national under-17 team on 21 September 2010, scoring the only goal in a victory over

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. He represented the side at the 2011 UEFA European Football Championship, where Romania finished last in its group. On 6 October 2011, Bumba made his debut for the under-19 team by coming on in the 44th minute of a match against Sweden. Bumba played one game for the Romania senior team on 27 January 2012, when manager

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brought him on in the 79th minute for Cristian Tănase in a 4–0 friendly victory over

. He impressed with his physical fitness, having an excellent muscular mass and stamina for his age.

Personal life

Bumba has partial Hungarian heritage through one of his great-grandmothers, as he revealed in August 2021. In the same interview, he also stated that he considers taking up Hungarian citizenship after not being called up to the Romania national team in several years.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

FCMU Baia Mare *

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Dinamo București *

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: 2016–17

References

External links

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Claudiu Bumba
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bumba, Claudiu 1994 births Living people Romanian people of Hungarian descent Sportspeople from Baia Mare Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Association football wingers Liga I players Liga II players CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players A.S. Roma players Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players FC Dinamo București players CS Concordia Chiajna players TFF First League players Adanaspor footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kisvárda FC players Fehérvár FC players Romania youth international footballers Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Israel Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary