Vlad-Sorin Moldoveanu (born February 11, 1988) is a Romanian professional

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player who last played for

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. He also represents the

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in international competition. Standing at , he plays at the

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position.

Early life

Moldoveanu, a 6'9"

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from

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, is the son of former Romanian women's basketball player Carmen Tocală (born 1962).

College career

After earning All-Metropolitan honors at St. John's College High School in Washington, DC, he began playing college basketball at

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, where he played sparingly and averaged 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game over two seasons. He then transferred to

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, where he enjoyed a breakout junior year. Moldoveanu averaged 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and was named first team All-

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. As a senior in 2010–11, he increased his scoring to 20.1 per game and was again named first team all-conference. In his last year of college, he was also named to the Reese's College All-Star Game and was the Oscar Robertson Player of the Week for the week of January 9, 2011 after averaging 31.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during that week. During his collegiate career, he scored 1,098 points.

Professional career

After going

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in the

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, Moldoveanu signed a contract with the Italian team Benetton Treviso. In his first season as a professional player, he averaged 6.7 points per game in 37 games. For the 2012–13 season, he signed with the French team

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. In 2012 and 2013, he has been named the Romanian Player of the Year. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Kalev/Cramo. On July 18, 2014, he signed a contract with the Polish team

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. On July 11, 2015, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra. On June 20, 2016, he signed with U-Banca Transilvania. On July 4, 2017, Moldoveanu signed with Turkish club

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for the 2017–18 season. On July 10, 2018, Moldoveanu returned to U BT Cluj-Napoca. On August 2, 2019, Moldoveanu moved to Greece and signed with Ifaistos Limnou.

National team career

Moldoveanu represents the

. He played at the

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Awards and accomplishments

Club

;Kalev/Cramo *

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) ;Zielona Góra *

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) ;U-BT Cluj-Napoca * Liga Națională: (

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: (2017) ;Voluntari * 2× Romanian Cup: (2021, 2022)

Individual

* All-Tournament FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship First Team: 2006 * D.C. All-Metro First Team: 2007 * All-Patriot League First Team: 2010, 2011 * NABC Division I All-District 13 First Team: 2011 * College All-Star Game Participant (Houston, Texas, USA) * KML Finals MVP: (

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Best Foreigner: (

) * 3× Romanian League Player of the Year: (2012, 2013, 2017) * Second Team All-Bosman in PLK: (2016) * First Team All-Romanian League: (2017) * Romanian League Forward of the Year: (2017)