Eugen Cătălin Baciu (born 25 May 1980 in

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) is a

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player.

Club career

*12 May 2001: Made his

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debut in the

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2–0 defeat of

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. *Prior to joining Steaua București in 2004, he played for Laminorul Roman and

. *Steaua have signed Bacău's Eugen Baciu for a fee of €230,000. *He is not a first team regular at Steaua București, but when he is brought on the pitch, he does his job very well. He was brought at Steaua București as a replacement for the injured

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, in 2004. The Steaua București fans did not think that he was good enough to play for this team. His evolutions were hesitant in his first season in Steaua București. He needed a longer period of adaptation. He started to shine in the 2006–2007 season of Liga 1,

and

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being injured in its second part. He really got it going, but the fans still could not forget his hesitant evolutions in the last two seasons. *He had his best game on 2 October 2007, in Steaua București's 0–1 defeat against

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in the Champions League. He was voted the best player on the pitch for Steaua București in that match, when he somehow managed to make a very good marking at

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. *He is a very solid and tough centre back. Despite not being a regular of the first team, Baciu is always an option for the coach when either

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are not available. *In the beginning of 2010–11 season, Baciu was demoted to the B squad after the arrival of new coach

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. Soon after Piţurcă left the club, new coach Dumitrescu called him back to the first squad. *In June 2011, Baciu left Steaua.

International career

*Baciu won a cap for Romania, in 2002, against

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baciu, Eugen 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Vaslui Romanian footballers Association football central defenders Liga I players FCM Bacău players FC Steaua București players FC Steaua II București players Romania international footballers