Iulius Andrei Mărginean (born 3 July 2001) is a
Romania
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n professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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. ...
or a
centre-back
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 ...
for
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
Dinamo București.
Club career
Messina
Andrei made his senior debut for
Messina
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on 12 September 2021, in a 2–1 away loss over
Monopoli
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counting for the
Serie C
The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...
.
Novara
On 4 August 2022, Mărginean was loaned to
Novara
Novara (; Novarese Lombard, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous ...
.
Ternana
On 12 August 2023, Mărginean joined
Ternana in
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
for a season-long loan.
Dinamo Bucureşti
On 19 July 2024, Mărginean was sent on loan to
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
Dinamo Bucureşti for a season, with the option of a permanent transfer.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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2001 births
Living people
People from Zlatna
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
Serie B players
Serie C players
Liga I players
US Sassuolo Calcio players
ACR Messina players
Novara FC players
Ternana Calcio players
FC Dinamo București players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Romania men's youth international footballers
Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Footballers from Alba County
21st-century Romanian sportsmen