Ionuţ Laurian Tîrnăcop (born 22 April 1987) is a

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n former professional football player who played as a

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Career

Tîrnăcop started playing football when he was eight years old at Chimia, a team from his home town,

Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a municipiu, city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu fortress, Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between ...

. When he was fifteen, he made his debut in

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with another local team, Turris Turnu Măgurele. One year later he joined Rulmentul Alexandria and in 2004 he moved to the Marius Lăcătuș football school. In 2005, Tîrnăcop was transferred to Sportul Studențesc where he spent five years before debuting in

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in a match against

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. In August 2011, he scored his first goal in the first Romanian league against

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. At the beginning of 2012, he missed a transfer to the Liga I side, Petrolul Ploiești but, in November 2012, he joined FC Bihor as a free agent. In April 2013, he was brought to

Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

by the manager of the team at that time,

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, and scored the first goal for his new team in a match against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. In September 2014, he signed a contract with Universitatea Craiova.

References

External links

Profile on Universitatea Cluj official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tirnacop, Ionut 1987 births Living people People from Turnu Măgurele Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players CSM Alexandria footballers FC Sportul Studențesc București players FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players FC Universitatea Cluj players CS Universitatea Craiova players Footballers from Teleorman County 21st-century Romanian sportsmen