Laurențiu Daniel Rus (born 7 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional

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, currently a fitness coach at

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was ori ...

. He was a versatile player, being able to play as a

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, a

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or a

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Club career

Although Rus is a youth product of

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

, he never played a league game for his home town club. In 2004 he moved to

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club Liberty Oradea. For the 2006–07 season, Rus was loaned to Hungarian first league club

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and for the second part of the 2007–08 season he was loaned to Petrolul Ploiești.

Dinamo București

In the summer of 2009, after impressing in the Romanian second legue with Liberty Oradea, Rus moved to

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club

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. After putting in some solid displays, he immediately established himself in the starting eleven for the 2011–12 season. For the 2013–14 Liga I campaign, Rus became captain of Dinamo București. In July 2014, after not coming to an agreement over his wages with Dinamo, he terminated his contract by mutual consent with the Bucharest club.

CFR Cluj

On 20 August 2016, after ending his stay at

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, Rus moved to Romanian giants

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and subsequently signed a two-year deal with them. In his second year with CFR Cluj, Rus managed to win the

for the first time in his career.

Politehnica Iași

On 7 July 2018, Rus moved to fellow Liga I side Politehnica Iași, after agreeing to a one-year contract.

CSM Reşiţa

On 9 January 2020, Rus joined

side CSM Reşiţa.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Liberty Salonta *

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: 2005–06 Dinamo București * Cupa României: 2011–12 * Supercupa României:

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CFR Cluj *

: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rus, Laurentiu 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players CF Liberty Oradea players FC Sopron players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Dinamo București players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Voluntari players CFR Cluj players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players CSM Reșița players FC Universitatea Cluj players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary