Sergiu Marian Radu (born 10 August 1977 in

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) is a former Romanian professional

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who played as forward in Romania, France, and Germany at top tier level. He had also earned one caption for the Romania national football team in 2007 in a match against

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Career

Born in

in 1977, Radu began his career in his native

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. He started out at Jiul Petroşani, before leaving in 1998 for

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champions

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. He subsequently moved to

rivals FC Naţional three years later. 2003 brought his first move to a foreign club,

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in France. However this was not a successful period, and after fifteen goalless matches he returned to Naţional. He moved to Germany in 2005 to join

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, then a

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club. Cottbus won promotion in 2006, with Radu's contribution being 12 goals in 33 games. In the next season with Cottbus in the

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he scored 14 goals in 34 matches, being the goal-scorer of his team. In July 2007, he made a permanent move to

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and now in January 2008 he was loaned to

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who did not use the option to sign the forward permanently. For the 2008–09 campaign, Radu moved on a loan spell to newly promoted Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln. After being demoted to the VfL Wolfsburg reserve team on 30 May 2009 he returned to Energie Cottbus on 17 July 2009 signing a three-year contract. In January 2011, he ended his contract with Cottbus and joined Alemannia Aachen. Radu scored on his debut in the 4–2 win against

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in the 19th round of the 2. Bundesliga.

Honours

Club

Rapid Bucharest *

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: 1998–99 * Supercupa României:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radu, Sergiu 1977 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football forwards Liga I players CSM Jiul Petroșani players FC Olimpia Satu Mare players FC Rapid București players FC Progresul București players Ligue 1 players Le Mans FC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Energie Cottbus players VfL Wolfsburg players VfB Stuttgart players 1. FC Köln players Alemannia Aachen players Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Romanian expatriate footballers Sportspeople from Râmnicu Vâlcea