Valerică Marius Găman (born 25 February 1989) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

club

CS Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football team based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian leagu ...

Club career

Universitatea Craiova

He was the

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of Universitatea Craiova and a regular player for Romania U21. In February 2011 he was declared

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, but in the meantime he signed a new contract with U Craiova, from 1 July 2011. So he played in the Spring of 2011 for

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, and returned to Craiova in July.

Astra Giurgiu

Following the disaffiliation of Universitatea, Găman was again declared free agent and signed on 3 August 2011 a contract for five years with

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

Personal life

He has two brothers, one of them is Robert Irinel who was also a footballer at Universitatea Craiova and the other one is George who is a football referee.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Astra Giurgiu *

: 2015–16 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2013–14 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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Universitatea Craiova *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaman, Robert 1989 births Living people People from Băilești Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Dinamo București players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Steaua București players Süper Lig players Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Saudi Professional League players Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh) players CS Universitatea Craiova players Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia