Eugen Baciu

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Eugen Baciu
Personal information
Full name Eugen Cătălin Baciu
Date of birth May 25, 1980 (1980-05-25) (age 28)
Place of birth    Vaslui, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Steaua Bucureşti
Number 17
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-01
2000-04
2004-
2008-		 Laminorul Roman
FCM Bacău
Steaua Bucureşti
Steaua II Bucureşti		 023 0(0)
085 0(2)
060 0(1)
02 00(0)   
National team2
2002- Romania 01 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 30, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 31, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Eugen Cătălin Baciu (born May 25, 1980 in Vaslui) is a Romanian football player, currently playing for Steaua Bucureşti. He is a very solid and tough centre back. Despite not being a regular of the first team, Baciu is always an option for the coach when either Dorin Goian or Sorin Ghionea are not available.

[edit] Club career

May 12, 2001: Made his Divizia A debut in the FCM Bacau 2-0 defeat of Gloria Bistrita.

Prior to joining Steaua in 2005, he played for Laminorul Roman and FCM Bacău.

He is not a first team regular at Steaua, but when he is brought on the pitch, he does his job very well. He was brought at Steaua as a replacement for the injured Mirel Rădoi, in 2005. The Steaua fans didn't think that he was good enough to play for this team. His evolutions were hesitant in his first season in Ghencea. He needed a longer period of adaptation. He started to shine in the 2006-2007 season of Liga 1, Mirel Rădoi and Sorin Ghionea being injured in its second part. He really got it going, but the fans still couldn't forget his hesitant evolutions in the last two seasons.

He had his best game on October 2, 2007, in Steaua's 0-1 defeat against Arsenal in the Champions League. He was voted the best player on the pitch for Steaua in that match, when he somehow managed to make a very good marking at Emmanuel Adebayor.

[edit] International career

Baciu won a cap for Romania, in 2002, against Poland.

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