Ianis Zicu
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Ianis Alin Zicu is a Romania
n football midfielder
who currently plays for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia
.
. He scored his first goal in a 4–3 loss to Astra Ploieşti
in the 2000–01 season. However, Zicu found first-team opportunities limited, during his four years at the club he was loaned out several times to gain more experience. During his time at the club, Zicu won the league titles
twice in 2002 and 2004, and the Romanian Cup
in 2001.
, but club sent him immediately on a loan spell to Parma, as part of the Adriano Leite Ribeiro
deal.
debut for Parma
on 21 February 2004 in a 2–1 win against Sampdoria
. He was loaned back to Dinamo Bucureşti
in January 2005. Upon his return, Zicu won his second Romanian Cup in 2005. He remained in his country on loan to Rapid Bucureşti, and would become the teams leading scorer. He added another domestic cup with Rapid in 2007. However, the following season he went back to Dinamo on a permanent deal.
. He scored the second goal in the 80th minute, MyPa were leading 3–0 at half time. Timisoara had completed an amazing comeback during the second half a stoppage-time equaliser from Marián Čišovský
in the 90+2' minute gave Poli the tickets to the competition's play-offs. After the first half of the season, Zicu scored 9 times in 15 matches. He scored twice in the second half of the season against Gaz Metan Mediaş
in a 3–1 win. He dedicated his goals to his mother, who had died three weeks earlier of breast cancer
. On 5 March 2011, Zicu netted again in a 2–1 away win against CFR Cluj
at the Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium. He scored again this time against Universitatea Craiova
, in a 4–0 win, and then in a 2–0 victory over Victoria Brăneşti
, becoming the Liga 1 top scorer with 14 goals.
for 3 years. On 30 July he made his competitive debut for CSKA in the Bulgarian Supercup
derby match against Litex Lovech
. He scored from penalty and made the result 2-1 for CSKA, afterwards the match ended 3-1 and CSKA Sofia won the Supercup for the record fourth time in their history. On 28 October 2011, Zicu scored the only goal in the Eternal derby
of Bulgaria to help CSKA to a 1:0 home win over Levski Sofia
. He scored his first-ever hat-trick
in his career on 12 November 2011, in a 3–1 home win over Minyor Pernik
.
Zicu made his senior debut for Romania in a friendly with Japan
on 11 October 2003.
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Statistics accurate as of match played on 26 September 2011
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who currently plays for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
.
Dinamo Bucureşti
Zicu made his Divizia A debut on 14 April 2001, at the age of 17 in a 4–2 win over Gaz Metan MediaşCS Gaz Metan Medias
Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș is a Romanian professional football club from Mediaș, Sibiu county, founded in 1945, and currently playing in the Romanian first division.- First promotion in Divizia A :...
. He scored his first goal in a 4–3 loss to Astra Ploieşti
FC Astra Ploieşti
Fotbal Club Astra Ploieşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ploieşti, Prahova County, Romania. They were founded in 1934 and spent their vast majority in the lower leagues, but are currently playing in the country's top league, Liga I, after obtaining the promotion in 2009.The...
in the 2000–01 season. However, Zicu found first-team opportunities limited, during his four years at the club he was loaned out several times to gain more experience. During his time at the club, Zicu won the league titles
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
twice in 2002 and 2004, and the Romanian Cup
Romanian Cup
The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
in 2001.
Internazionale
In January 2004 Zicu joined InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
, but club sent him immediately on a loan spell to Parma, as part of the Adriano Leite Ribeiro
Adriano Leite Ribeiro
Adriano Leite Ribeiro , commonly known as simply Adriano, is a Brazilian footballer who played striker who currently plays for Corinthians...
deal.
Loaned Out
Zicu made his Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
debut for Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
on 21 February 2004 in a 2–1 win against Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
. He was loaned back to Dinamo Bucureşti
Dinamo Bucuresti
Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. Dinamo is one of the two most successful football teams in Romania, having won 18 Romanian Liga I titles, 12 Romanian Cups and 1 Romanian Supercup....
in January 2005. Upon his return, Zicu won his second Romanian Cup in 2005. He remained in his country on loan to Rapid Bucureşti, and would become the teams leading scorer. He added another domestic cup with Rapid in 2007. However, the following season he went back to Dinamo on a permanent deal.
Politehnica Timişoara
On 21 July 2010, Zicu signed a five-year contract with arch rivals FC Timişoara. He made his debut in the Europa League, in the second leg of the third qualifying round against MyPaMyPa
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. He scored the second goal in the 80th minute, MyPa were leading 3–0 at half time. Timisoara had completed an amazing comeback during the second half a stoppage-time equaliser from Marián Čišovský
Marián Cišovský
Marián Čišovský is a Slovak football defender.-Club career:Čišovský played for his home team Chemlon Humenné until 1999, when transferred to Inter Bratislava. While playing for Inter, he became champion of the Slovak league twice and also won the Slovak Cup twice. In 2004 he signed with MŠK...
in the 90+2' minute gave Poli the tickets to the competition's play-offs. After the first half of the season, Zicu scored 9 times in 15 matches. He scored twice in the second half of the season against Gaz Metan Mediaş
CS Gaz Metan Medias
Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș is a Romanian professional football club from Mediaș, Sibiu county, founded in 1945, and currently playing in the Romanian first division.- First promotion in Divizia A :...
in a 3–1 win. He dedicated his goals to his mother, who had died three weeks earlier of breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
. On 5 March 2011, Zicu netted again in a 2–1 away win against CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...
at the Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium. He scored again this time against Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...
, in a 4–0 win, and then in a 2–0 victory over Victoria Brăneşti
FC Victoria Branesti
Victoria Brăneşti is a Romanian professional football club from Brăneşti, Ilfov County, Romania, playing in Liga II.-History:The football team was founded in 1968 by football-loving people from the Brăneşti commune and played its entire history in the lower leagues of the Romanian football...
, becoming the Liga 1 top scorer with 14 goals.
CSKA Sofia
On 16 June 2011, Zicu moved abroad to sign with Bulgarian club CSKA SofiaPFC CSKA Sofia
PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...
for 3 years. On 30 July he made his competitive debut for CSKA in the Bulgarian Supercup
2011 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2011 Bulgarian Supercup was the 9th Bulgarian Supercup match, a football match which was contested between the "A" professional football group champion, Litex Lovech, and the winner of the Bulgarian Cup, CSKA Sofia. The match was held on 30 July 2011 at the Lazur Stadium in Burgas,...
derby match against Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech
PFC Litex Lovech or simply Litex is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Lovech, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football...
. He scored from penalty and made the result 2-1 for CSKA, afterwards the match ended 3-1 and CSKA Sofia won the Supercup for the record fourth time in their history. On 28 October 2011, Zicu scored the only goal in the Eternal derby
Eternal derby
Eternal Derby also known as the Croatian Derby, is the name given to matches between the two biggest and most popular Croatian football clubs Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split....
of Bulgaria to help CSKA to a 1:0 home win over Levski Sofia
PFC Levski Sofia
"Levski Sofia" redirects here. For the sports club, see Levski Sofia .PFC Levski Sofia, otherwise simply known as Levski or Levski Sofia, is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria...
. He scored his first-ever hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
in his career on 12 November 2011, in a 3–1 home win over Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik
PFC Minyor Pernik is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Pernik, which currently competes in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group, the top division of Bulgarian football. Their fans are known as the craziest and most loyal in Bulgaria because they always support the club...
.
International career
He was a U-21 international, before he made his debut for the senior side on 2003. He was banned from representing his country at any level for two years in 2004.Zicu made his senior debut for Romania in a friendly with Japan
Japan national football team
The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...
on 11 October 2003.
International goals
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
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| 1. | 29 March 2011 | Ceahlăul Stadium Stadionul Ceahlaul Ceahlăul Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Piatra Neamţ, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. The stadium, as well as the local football club takes its name from the Mount Ceahlău, located in the region. The stadium holds... , Piatra Neamţ Piatra Neamt Piatra Neamț , , ; is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D This page shows the standings and results for Group D of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.- Standings :- Results and fixtures :Group D fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Luxembourg on 19 February 2010.... |
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo București | 2007-08 2007–08 FC Dinamo Bucureşti season The 2007-08 season was FC Dinamo Bucureşti's 59th season in Liga I. The season found the Dinamo fans hoping for another title in Romania and a qualification in the Group Stage of the UEFA Champions League... |
12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 2008-09 2008–09 FC Dinamo Bucureşti season The 2008–09 season was Dinamo Bucureştis 60th consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo competed in Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Cup.... |
9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2009-10 2009–10 FC Dinamo Bucureşti season The 2009–10 season of Dinamo Bucureştis 61st consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo competed in Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Europa League.Dinamo played in the playoff for Europa League against Czech football club FC Slovan Liberec... |
18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | |
| Politehnica Timişoara FC Politehnica Timişoara Fotbal Club Politehnica Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 1921 and is currently playing in Romania's second league, Liga II... |
2010–11 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 |
| Total | 30 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 19 | |
| CSKA Sofia PFC CSKA Sofia PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army... |
2011–12 2011–12 PFC CSKA Sofia season The 2011–12 season is PFC CSKA Sofia's 64th consecutive season in A PFG. This article shows player statistics and all matches that the club will play during the 2011–12 season.- Squad stats :Appearances for competitive matches only... |
15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 |
| Total | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | |
| Career total | 84 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 39 | |
International
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Statistics accurate as of match played on 26 September 2011
External links
- Official website
- Ianis Zicu career stats at RomanianSoccer.ro
- Profile UEFA.com