George Ogăraru

Personal information
George Ogăraru

Full name	George Cristian Ogăraru
Date of birth	February 3, 1980
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.78m
Playing position	Right Defender
Club information
Current club	Ajax Amsterdam
Number	20
Youth clubs
	Steaua Bucharest
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-	Steaua Bucharest FCM Reşiţa Oţelul Galaţi Steaua Bucharest Ajax Amsterdam	12 (0) 25 (1) 20 (1) 95 (3) 15 (0)
National team²
2005- 2006	Romania	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 30, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

George Ogăraru, (born February 3, 1980 in Bucharest), is a Romanian football player, who plays for Ajax Amsterdam.

Before joining the squad of Ajax, in the summer of 2006, Ogăraru played in Romania's Divizia A for Steaua Bucharest between 1998 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2006, but also for FCM Reşiţa between 2000 and 2001 and Oţelul Galaţi between 2001 and 2002 where he was on loan from Steaua.

Ogăraru played 127 games in Divizia A, scoring four goals and also 25 games in Divizia B, scoring once.

Ajax Amsterdam paid USD 4 million to sign Ogăraru, thus materializing the second most expensive transfer from a Romanian football club.

Ogăraru won a cap for Romania, in 2005.

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Ajax Amsterdam - Current Squad
1 Stekelenburg \| 2 Heitinga \| 3 Stam \| 4 Vermaelen \| 5 Emanuelson \| 6 Maduro \| 8 Babel \| 9 Huntelaar \| 10 Sneijder \| 11 Perez \| 12 Vermeer \| 13 Davids \| 14 Roger \| 15 Lindenbergh \| 16 de Mul \| 18 Gabri \| 20 Ogăraru \| 21 Mitea \| 22 Grygera \| 23 Leonardo \| 24 Schilder \| 25 Sarpong \| 26 Manucharyan \| 28 Vertonghen \| 29 Poepon \| 30 Gentenaar \| 32 van Duin \| Manager: ten Cate