Valentin Badea

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Valentin Badea

Full name	Valentin Vasile Badea
Date of birth	October 23, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Alexandria, Romania
Height	1.82m
Nickname	Noul Hagi (The New Hagi)
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti
Number	9
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2000-01 2001-02 2003-06 2006-	Rulmentul Alexandria Jiul Petroşani FC Vaslui Steaua Bucharest	? (?) 22 (5) 81 (28) 16 (3)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 1, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of August 31, 2006.

Valentin Badea, (born October 23, 1982 in Alexandria), is a Romanian football player. He plays as striker for Steaua Bucharest. He posses a very powerful shot and is very much technically gifted.

[edit] Club career

Prior to 2006, when Badea joined Steaua, he played for Rulmentul Alexandria, Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui.

He was discovered by Ioan Sdrobiş when playing for Rulmentul Alexandria in Romania's third division and where Badea was the team's top scorer. Sdrobiş then took him to Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui where he coached.

On August 23, 2006 he has scored two goals in the match against Standard Liège, in the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League, goals which sent Steaua in to the group stage after ten years of absence.

[edit] Trivia

Steaua's Gigi Becali was quoted by the press as saying that Badea will once become the Romanian top stiker.

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Steaua Bucureşti - Current Squad
3 Goian \| 4 Panait \| 6 Rădoi \| 7 Opriţa \| 8 Petre \| 9 Badea \| 10 Dică \| 11 Boştină \| 12 Cernea \| 13 Carlos \| 14 Cristocea \| 15 Neşu \| 16 Nicoliţă \| 17 Baciu \| 18 Marin \| 19 Iacob \| 20 Lovin \| 21 Théréau \| 22 Paraschiv \| 23 Saban \| 24 Ghionea \| 27 Stancu \| 28 Coman \| 30 Ochiroşii \| 31 Toma \| 32 Muzac \| Coach: Olăroiu