Sorin Daniel Strătilă (born 20 October 1986) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Early career

Strătilă signed his first professional contract in July 2005, with Euro Africa Football School from Buşteni. He was then loaned to some smaller teams like Inter Gaz București and Royal Ghimbav.

Steaua II București

He was bought to Steaua's second team in 2008, but later he was released, under the spell of

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who considered the Strătilă could not ever be a good player. To get rid of him, even if the player had the support of the ownership, Lăcătuş claimed that he was too old for the first team. The coach said that he didn't need a 25-year-old player, though Strătilă was only 21 at that time.

Astra Ploieşti

In the Summer of 2009, Strătilă arrived at

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as a

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. He soon became a first team player and in August 2011 he was call to the national team.

Dinamo București

In January 2012, Strătilă was transferred to

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. He signed a contract for four years, until December 2015. Strătilă scored his first goal for Dinamo in a game against

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, on 18 May 2013. Dinamo lost that match, 4–1.

Loan to Concordia Chiajna

In August 2013, Strătilă was loaned out at fellow Liga I team

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UTA

In 2014, Strătilă was released by Dinamo and in October he signed a contract with UTA, in

International career

He made his debut for

on 10 August 2011, against

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Honours

Club

Dinamo București *

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: 2011–12 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stratila, Sorin 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Brașov Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Steaua II București players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Dinamo București players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC UTA Arad players CSM Focșani players