Gheorghe Craioveanu
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Gheorghe Craioveanu (commonly known as Gică Craioveanu; b. February 14, 1968) is a retired Romanian football player.
Born in Hunedoara, Craioveanu played for several clubs, including Metalurg Slatina (1988-1990) and Universitatea Craiova (1990-1995) in Romania and the Spanish Real Sociedad (1995-1998), Villarreal CF (1998-2002), and Getafe CF (2002-2006).[1] He played for Romania national football team (23 matches and 4 goals in all) and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Craioveanu is a resident of Getafe, a city in Madrid's metropolitan area; during the local elections of 2007, he won a Sports Adviser seat on the local council, running as an independent with backing from the People's Party (PP).[2][3][1] This was the first suffrage during which Romanian citizens were eligible in other European Union counties, following Romania's European integration. On June 16, 2007, as a result of a local alliance between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Izquierda Unida, which took away the PP's control over the Sports Adviser seat, Craioveanu convened with the PP not to hold a political office, and resigned from the council.[3][1]
Craioveanu is divorced, and has remarried a Spanish woman named Gemma; he has two children, one from each marriage.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d (Romanian) Ovidiu Ciutescu, "Gică Craioveanu renunţă la politică", in Jurnalul Naţional, June 16, 2007 (retrieved June 17, 2007)
- ^ (Romanian) "Craioveanu, consilier la Getafe", in Adevărul, May 29, 2007 (retrieved June 17, 2007)
- ^ a b (Romanian) "Gică Craioveanu a renunţat la postul de consilier municipal la Getafe", at Sport 365 (retrieved June 17, 2007)
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