Gheorghe Bucur

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Gheorghe Bucur
Personal information
Date of birth	April 8, 1980
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FCU Politehnica Timişoara
Number	18
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1998-05 2005-	Sportul Studenţesc FCU Politehnica Timişoara	169 (76) 35 (6)
National team**
2005-	Romania	5 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of August 26, 2006.

Gheorghe Bucur (born April 8, 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian football player, currently playing at FCU Politehnica Timişoara. He is a speedy and short striker.

Before joining Poli, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studentesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2000/2001 season. Bucur tied last year with Claudiu Niculescu for the title of Romanian top league goalscoarer of the Divizia A and his transfer to Timişoara is rumored to have cost around $800,000 (US dollars). Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that transfer fee.

Gigel Bucur first played in 2005 for the Romania National team and he has gathered five appearances up to now, scoring two goals.