Claudiu Keserü

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Claudiu Keserü
Personal information

Full name	Claudiu Andrei Keserü
Date of birth	(1986-12-02) 2 December 1986
Place of birth	Oradea, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Steaua București
Number	28
Youth career
2002–2003	FC Bihor
2003–2004	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2003	FC Bihor	15	(3)
2003–2004	Nantes B	11	(8)
2004–2010	Nantes	81	(11)
2008–2009	→ Libourne (loan)	17	(11)
2009–2010	→ Tours (loan)	12	(7)
2010	→ Angers (loan)	14	(4)
2011–2013	Angers	100	(33)
2013–2014	Bastia	16	(1)
2014–	Steaua București	0	(0)
National team^‡
2004–2008	Romania U-21	21	(6)
2013–	Romania	1	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 October 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2013

Claudiu Andrei Keserü (born 2 December 1986 in Oradea) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Romanian Liga I club Steaua București^[1] and former captain of the Romanian national under-21 team. His preferred foot is his left.

Career

A product of the FC Bihor Oradea Academy, Claudiu Keserü played a season for his hometown club in 15 matches and scored 3 goals in the second Romanian division, Liga II.

Nantes

In 2003, he was bought in France by Nantes. Initially included in the second team, he was promoted to the first team after a season and debuted in Ligue 1, the top French football division. He played for Nantes four years, and scored 11 goals in 81 matches. He relegated with the club in Ligue 2 in 2007 and promoted back a year later.

Various loans

In 2008, Keserü was loaned by Nantes to the Ligue 2 side FC Libourne Saint Seurin. For Libourne, he scored 11 goals in 17 matches, but was used more as a substitute. After a season, he was took back, and then loaned to another Ligue 2 side Tours FC where he scored 7 goals in 12 matches.

Angers

In 2010, Keserü was loaned by Nantes to the Ligue 2 club, Angers SCO. In his first season spent there, he scored 4 goals in 14 matches, and was bought from Nantes after the end of loan period. He spent three years to Angers, being used as regular. Keserü scored 33 goals in 100 matches for Angers.

Bastia

Wanted by clubs like Steaua București and Olympiacos Piraeus, Keserü decided to remain in France and signed a deal with Ligue 1 side, SC Bastia.^[2] On 31 August 2013, he scored his first goal for Bastia in a 2-1 win over Toulouse. He played 16 matches in Ligue 1, but failed to impress and left the club in the winter of 2014.

Honours

Individual

References

↑ "Bine ai venit, Claudiu Keseru!" (in Romanian). Steaua București Official Website. 9 January 2014.
↑ "Claudio Keserü s’engage pour deux ans" (in French). SC Bastia. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

External links

Claudiu Keserü French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
Transfermarkt profile
Soccerway profile

v t e FC Steaua București – current squad

1 Niță 2 Râpă 4 Szukała 5 Pintilii (c) 6 Gardoș 7 Chipciu 8 Filip 10 Tănase 11 Prepeliță 12 Tătărușanu 14 Latovlevici 16 Matei 17 Georgievski 18 Aldea 22 Pârvulescu 23 Stanciu 25 Piovaccari 26 Neagu 27 Grădinaru 28 Keserü 29 Târnovan 30 Răduț 33 Varela 35 Kapetanos 77 Popa 80 Iancu 86 Bogatinov 95 Cojocaru 97 Vâlceanu Coach: Reghecampf

Persondata
Name	Keserü, Claudiu
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian footballer
Date of birth	2 December 1986
Place of birth	Oradea, Romania
Date of death
Place of death

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