Sorin Frunza
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Sorin Frunză is a Romanian football player currently playing for Oţelul Galaţi. He started his career at Dunarea Galati, and after a few years at Cimentul Fieni, Poli Timisoara and Jiul Petrosani, he signed for FC Vaslui
, when the team was in the 3rd Division. He managed to win the promotion with Vaslui and became the team captain because of his good display. After a two year contract at Unirea Urziceni where he managed to win the league and a short spell at Rapid Bucureşti, he signed up for Oţelul Galaţi
He returned in the next season, where he was chosen vice-captain from the team, after Bogdan Panait
. Because of his good performance, he was named captain of the team, and he was one of the best assisters from the Championship. He scored 2 goals in the FC Vaslui
2-1 victory against the champions, Dinamo Bucureşti
, and he scored one of the most beautiful goals from the Romanian Championship history, against Universitatea Craiova, recovering in his own half, and after dribling 3 players, he shot with his right foot, right to the bottom corner.
At the end of the season he was sold to Unirea Urziceni, for almost 200.000 $.
's team and helped the side to its first championship title in history in the 2008/2009 season. Frunza was a starter in all 6 Champions League
matches for Unirea as the team finished third with 8 points, behind FC Sevilla and Vfb Stuttgart
, but ahead of Rangers
. On 6 March 2010 Frunza was named best player of Unirea in the derby against Steaua Bucharest after scoring once and providing an assist for team-mate Marius Onofras
.
Despite his solid performances, he is yet to be called up to the Romanian national football team.
Statistics accurate as of match played 14 August 2011
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FC Vaslui
FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club plays in Liga I and was founded in 2002. The best league finishes were achieved in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, when they managed to end up third. Since foundation, they finished each season in a higher rank than in the...
, when the team was in the 3rd Division. He managed to win the promotion with Vaslui and became the team captain because of his good display. After a two year contract at Unirea Urziceni where he managed to win the league and a short spell at Rapid Bucureşti, he signed up for Oţelul Galaţi
Universitatea Craiova
In the 2004/2005 summer, he signed for Universitatea Craiova, but he stayed there only half of season, after that he returned at Vaslui, where he succeeded promotion for the first time in history club, in Liga I.FC Vaslui
He played only half of the season at FC Vaslui in the 2005/2006 season, an injury causing him troubles for playing in that season. In the next season, he played only 2 matches, because a conflict with the coach Viorel Hizo, and in the second part of the season, he was loaned to FC Botosani.He returned in the next season, where he was chosen vice-captain from the team, after Bogdan Panait
Bogdan Panait
Bogdan Panait is a Romanian football player.-Career:Panait made his professional debut in 2001 at Petrolul Ploieşti and also played between 2003 and 2006 for SC Vaslui. Despite being a fullback, Panait has a great scoring appetite. In the 2005/2006 he scored four goals in 26 league appearances...
. Because of his good performance, he was named captain of the team, and he was one of the best assisters from the Championship. He scored 2 goals in the FC Vaslui
FC Vaslui
FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club plays in Liga I and was founded in 2002. The best league finishes were achieved in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, when they managed to end up third. Since foundation, they finished each season in a higher rank than in the...
2-1 victory against the champions, 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....
, and he scored one of the most beautiful goals from the Romanian Championship history, against Universitatea Craiova, recovering in his own half, and after dribling 3 players, he shot with his right foot, right to the bottom corner.
At the end of the season he was sold to Unirea Urziceni, for almost 200.000 $.
Unirea Urziceni
Frunza quickly established himself as a key member in Dan PetrescuDan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the manager of Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League....
's team and helped the side to its first championship title in history in the 2008/2009 season. Frunza was a starter in all 6 Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
matches for Unirea as the team finished third with 8 points, behind FC Sevilla and Vfb Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
, but ahead of Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
. On 6 March 2010 Frunza was named best player of Unirea in the derby against Steaua Bucharest after scoring once and providing an assist for team-mate Marius Onofras
Marius Onofras
Daniel Marius Onofraş is a Romanian football player who currently plays for Liga I club CSMS Iaşi as a Winger.-Politehnica Iaşi:...
.
Despite his solid performances, he is yet to be called up to the Romanian national football team.
Titles
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 Liga I 2008-09 The 2008–09 Liga I was the 91st season of top-tier football in Romania. It began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.-Team movement from 2007-08:Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of the previous season... |
 Kingdom of Romania Unirea Urziceni |
Liga I 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"... |
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dunărea Galaţi FCM Dunarea Galati Dunărea Galaţi is a Romanian professional football club from Galaţi, Galaţi county, south-east Romania, founded in 1970.They currently play in Liga II, Seria I in the 2008-2009 season after finishing 7th in Liga II, Seria I in the 2007-2008 season.... |
1997-98 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1998-99 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
| Total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |||
| Cimentul Fieni AS Cimentul Fieni Cimentul Fieni was a professional Romanian association football club from Fieni, Dâmboviţa County, founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2005.The club was dissolved in 2005 after a merger with a club from Buftea, the resulting club being named CS Buftea.-Honours:... |
1998-99 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 1999-00 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |||
| Poli Timişoara | 1999-00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Jiul Petroşani | 2000-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2001-02 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |||
| Total | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | |||
| SC Vaslui | 2002-03 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18 |
| 2003-04 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | |||
| Total | 54 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 30 | |
| U 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... |
2004-05 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| SC Vaslui | 2004-05 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 2005-06 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2006-07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| FC Botoşani FC Botosani FC Botoşani is a football club from Botoşani, Romania.-The 1980s:In summer 1979, CS Botoşani was promoted to Divizia B, and after end of the 1979/1980 season, they obtained the highest position ; that had heretofore not been reached by any football team from Botoşani... |
2006-07 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Total | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| SC Vaslui | 2007-08 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Total | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |
| Unirea Urziceni | 2008-09 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2009-10 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 5 | |
| 2010-11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 8 | |
| Rapid Rapid Bucuresti Fotbal Club Rapid București is a Romanian football club. It was founded in 1923 by a group workers of the Grivița workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" . Rapid won the Romanian championship 3 times and the Romanian Cup on thirteen occasions... |
2010-11 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Total | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| Oţelul Galaţi FC Otelul Galati Fotbal Club Oțelul Galați is a Romanian football club based in Galați . They have spent the majority of the last few decades in the top division, securing several seasons of European football and enjoying success in the Romanian Cup. They won their first league title in the 2010–2011 season and... |
2011-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 326 | 62 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 355 | 70 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 14 August 2011
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