Alexandru Mățel (born 17 October 1989) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back and currently the chief scout of

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club Farul Constanța.

Club career

Early career and Astra

He began his career at Farul Constanța, and after a loan spell for Delta Tulcea he joined Astra Giurgiu, with which he recorded his European competitions debut. He won Cupa României and Supercupa României with Astra, before signing with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

In January 2015, Mățel signed a -year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb. He made his debut for the club on 7 February 2015 in a 2–1 victory against Lokomotiva Zagreb and played 13 matches in the 2014–15 season as Dinamo secured both the league title and the cup.

FC Hermannstadt

On 9 February 2019 he signed a contract with

side FC Hermannstadt.

Universitatea Craiova

On 2 September 2019 he signed a contract with

side Universitatea Craiova for 1 year with an option for another 2 years

International career

On 2 September 2011, Mățel made his senior debut for Romania in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualification match against

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

, playing the full 90 minutes. He was selected in the nation's UEFA Euro 2016 squad.

International stats

Honours

Club

Astra Giurgiu * Cupa României: 2013–14 * Supercupa României:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Dinamo Zagreb * 1. HNL: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 * Croatian Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matel, Alexandru Footballers from Constanța 1989 births Living people Men's association football defenders Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players FCV Farul Constanța players FC Delta Tulcea players FC Astra Giurgiu players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Hermannstadt players Liga I players Liga II players Croatian Football League players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Romanian sports executives and administrators 21st-century Romanian sportsmen