Gheorghe Bucur

Gigel Bucur

Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Bucur
Date of birth	(1980-04-08) 8 April 1980
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Kuban Krasnodar
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2005	Sportul Studenţesc	169	(76)
2005–2010	Politehnica Timişoara	124	(52)
2010–	Kuban Krasnodar	109	(24)
National team‡
2001	Romania U-21	2	(1)
2005–	Romania	26	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:45, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian football player, currently playing at Kuban Krasnodar. He is a speedy and short striker.

Bucur has won the top league goalscorer award in the Romanian Liga 1 twice, in the 2004/2005 and in the 2008/2009 seasons. He was tied on goals with another player on both occasions, first with Claudiu Niculescu and then with Florin Costea.

Career

Before joining Poli, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studentesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2000/2001 season. After winning the title of Romanian top league goalscoarer of the Divizia A in 2006, he was transferred to Timişoara, for a rumored sum of US$800,000.^[1] Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that deal.

Gigel Bucur first played in 2005 for the Romania National team and he has gathered eight appearances up to now, scoring two goals.

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III. He scored two goals against Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League Third Qualifying Round.

On 3 February 2010, he signed a 3 years contract with Russian Kuban Krasnodar, who paid for him $1.8 million. ^[2]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2005	Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Armenia	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 June 2005	Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Armenia	3–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	9 September 2009	Ghencea, Bucureşti, Romania	Austria	1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	14 October 2009	Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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