Cătălin Carp (born 20 October 1993) is a Moldovan professional

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who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for

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club

Neftchi Fergana FC Neftchi Fergana ( uz, Neftchi Fargʻona futbol klubi, Uzbek Cyrillic: Нефтчи Фарғона футбол клуби) is an Uzbek football club based in Fergana. They play in the top division in Uzbekistani football and are multiple ch ...

Club career

Carp made his way through the youth system of the Ukrainian football club

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

. In January 2012 Carp signed a three-year deal with Ukrainian Premier League side

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. On 27 January 2017, he joined a Russian Premier League club FC Ufa on a 3.5-year contract. On 18 January 2021, he exercised the option to terminate his contract early. On 28 October 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Romanian club

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. On 13 July 2022, Carp returned to Ufa. Carp left Ufa following their relegation to the third-tier

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in June 2023. In June 2023, Carp returned to Romania when he joined

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on a one-year contract with the option for a further year.

International career

On 14 August 2013, Carp made his debut for the Moldova national football team in a friendly match against

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Personal life

His father, Ilie Carp, was a football scout and coach, who previously managed in

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.''

Honours

Steaua București * Cupa Ligii: 2015–16 Viitorul Constanța *

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: 2016–17

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* 1993 births Footballers from Chișinău Living people Moldovan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Moldova men's youth international footballers Moldova men's under-21 international footballers Moldova men's international footballers FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players CFR Cluj players FCSB players FC Viitorul Constanța players FC Ufa players FC Tambov players FC Dinamo București players FC UTA Arad players FC Neftchi Fergana players Ukrainian First League players Liga I players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players Uzbekistan Super League players Moldovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan {{Moldova-footy-bio-stub