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2009–10 FC Steaua București Season
The 2009–10 season was the 62nd season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the 2009–10 Liga I, domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League. Previous season positions Players Squad information , - , colspan="12", ''Players from Steaua II'' , - , - , colspan="12", ''Players sold or loaned out during the season'' , - Transfers In Out Spending Summer: €1.8 million Winter: €0 million Total: €1.8 million Income Summer: €2 million Winter: €0.37 million Total: €2.37 million Statistics Player stats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Becali
George "Gigi" Becali (; born 25 June 1958) is a Romanian businessman, writer, politician and former convict, mostly known for his ownership of the FCSB football club. Becali was a Member of the European Parliament between June 2009 and December 2012, and a Parliament of Romania, Member of the Romanian Parliament from December 2012 up until his conviction in May 2013. In 2024 Romanian parliamentary election, 2024, Becali was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies for the AUR party, but left in March 2025 due to chairman George Simion's decision of collected signatures for a female presidential candidate. Early life Becali was born in Vădeni, Brăila, Vădeni, Brăila County, to an Aromanian people, Aromanian family which had been Bărăgan deportations, deported to the Bărăgan Plain by the Communism, Communist authorities because of their associations with the pre-World War II fascist party Iron Guard. Entrepreneurship Real estate business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 Liga I
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions. Teams Promoted Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season. * Serie 1 Champions: Brașov * Serie 2 Champions: Argeș Pitești * Serie 1 Runners-up: Otopeni * Serie 2 Runners-up: Gaz Metan Mediaș Relegated Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season. * Argeș Pitești * Farul Constanța * Otopeni * Gloria Buzău Venues Personnel and kits Managerial changes League table Positions by round Results Top goalscorers SourceLiga1.ro Champion squad Season statistics Scoring * First goal of the season: Andrei Prepeliță for Craiova against Iași, 64 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008) * Last goal of the season: Claudiu Niculescu for Dinamo against Argeș, 90+3 minutes (Round 34 – 10 June 2009) * Fastest goal in a match: Andrei Crist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Tănase
Cristian Tănase (; born 18 February 1987) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga III club Inter Ilfov. Tănase spent most of his career in Romania with Argeș Pitești and Steaua București, winning seven domestic trophies with the latter, and also had several stints at clubs in China and Turkey. Internationally, Tănase totalled 41 caps for the Romania national team between 2008 and 2015. Club career Argeș Pitești Tănase began his career as a junior at LPS Pitești, and in the summer of 2003 was promoted to the first team of Argeș Pitești, which competed in the Divizia A, the top flight of the Romanian league system. He appeared sparingly during his first years with the seniors and was subsequently loaned to Dacia Mioveni for the first half of the 2005–06 campaign. Tănase totalled five games for Mioveni and upon his return to Argeș became an important player, amassing over 100 game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovidiu Petre
Ovidiu Petre (born 22 March 1982) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Considered a veritable talent in his early playing years, he had his career hindered by numerous knee injuries. Club career FC National (2000–03) Petre began his professional career at FC National Bucharest during the 1999–00 season, making his first team debut in a 3–2 defeat to Rapid București on 22 April 2000. The first two seasons spent at FC National did not brought him many professional successes, making only ten appearances. In the 2001–02 season FC National were so close to winning the championship. Petre improved his performances and became an essential player for his team. In the European Cups, Petre played 6 matches for FC National in the UEFA Cup. Galatasaray (2003–05) In 2003, he was transferred to Galatasaray. The Turkish team paid 1 million € for the midfielder. He made his Süper Lig debut on 13 September 2003 in a 1–0 loss against Konyaspor. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Winger
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Székely
János József Székely (born 13 May 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right winger. Career Born in Timișoara of Hungarian heritage, he started his football career with local club Politehnica Timișoara, where he played 8 matches in Liga II between 2000 and 2002. In 2003, he was bought by Universitatea Cluj for which he played 90 matches and managing to score 22 goals. After his good performance in Liga II Petre Grigoraş, coaching Oțelul Galați at that time, decided to transfer him. He debuted for Oțelul Galați in a cup match against Steaua. His first match in Liga I, in February 2007, was a victory against Unirea Urziceni. Steaua București On 6 May 2008 he signed a five-year contract with Steaua București, with a reported transfer fee of around 1,500,000 euro and the midfielder would earn 200,000 euros for season. On 23 July 2009 he scored the first goal of the second leg against Újpest FC, victory which enabled Steaua's qualific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Răzvan Ochiroșii
Răzvan Iulian Ochiroșii (born 13 March 1989) is a Romanian footballer as a left back for Segunda Federación club Don Benito. He can also play as a left winger, and is known for his pace and skills. Club career Ochiroșii was born in Galați. After successfully graduating from Steaua Dunării Galați's Youth Academy, he signed a professional contract with Steaua București and made his debut in Liga I in May 2005 against FCM Bacău. He scored his first goal as a senior player on 2 August 2006, netting the last from a penalty kick in a 3–0 UEFA Champions League home win against ND Gorica, becoming Steaua's youngest scorer in a European competition at only 17 years, 4 months and 20 days. Ochiroșii was loaned to Gloria Buzău in 2007, but was sparingly used after his return. On 5 January 2010, it was announced that 50% of his federative rights were given to Oțelul Galați, with Bulgarian defender Zhivko Zhelev moving in the opposite direction. Ochiroșii was subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhivko Zhelev
Zhivko Dinchev Zhelev (; born 23 July 1979 in Stara Zagora) is a retired Bulgarian football defender and now manager of Etar Veliko Tarnovo. Club career Litex Zhelev joined Litex Lovech quite young but fought hard to get a place in the first team. He formed a formidable duet with ex-Bulgarian national defender Rosen Kirilov. However, due to a lack of strikers Zhelev was also used by managers to play as a striker for Litex and scored a lot of goals in this position. He is the defender who has scored the most goals in the whole history of Bulgarian football. He has been considered one of the favourite players by Litex fans, due to his dedicated and selfless manner of playing, and his loyalty to the club. He has been awarded the title "The best player of Litex" in 2006. Oţelul On 12 July 2007, Zhelev joined Romanian club Oţelul Galaţi for a fee of €125,000 On 8 November 2009, after a game against FC Timişoara, he and his teammate Stoyan Kolev decided to leave Oţelul b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paweł Golański
Paweł Golański (born 12 October 1982) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is currently the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin. Career In July 2007 Golański signed a three-year contract with Steaua București, with a reported transfer fee of around €1 million. In August 2011, he was loaned to ŁKS Łódź on a half-year deal. Post-retirement On 23 April 2021, Golański joined Polish second-tier club Korona Kielce as their new sporting director. He oversaw the club's return to the top-tier in 2022, and two close escapes from relegation, before leaving Korona on 12 June 2024. On 9 October 2024, Golański was appointed sporting director of Ekstraklasa side Motor Lublin. Career statistics :''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.'' Honours ASA Târgu Mureș *Romanian Supercup: 2015 Poland U18 * UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 2001 Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Back (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ifeanyi Emeghara
Ifeanyi Innocenti Emeghara (born 24 March 1984) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was deployed equally on the left and the right flank. Club career Partizan After failing to find a club in Italy, Emeghara arrived to Partizan for a trial in January 2003, accompanied by compatriot Oladipupo Martins. They were both eventually assigned to affiliated club Teleoptik. After spending 18 months with the ''Optičari'', Emeghara was promoted to the Partizan first team in June 2004, penning his first professional contract on a four-year deal. He was given the number 16 shirt, previously worn by fellow countryman Taribo West. In his first season with the ''Crno-beli'', Emeghara established himself as the team's first-choice left-back, making 39 appearances in all competitions, as Partizan won the league title with an unbeaten record and reached the knockout stage of the UEFA Cup. In January 2006, Emeghara was transferred to Romanian club Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
