Gheorghe Grozav

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Gheorghe Grozav
Personal information
Full nameGheorghe Teodor Grozav
Date of birth (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990
Place of birthAlba Iulia, Romania
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubTerek Grozny
Number30
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2010Unirea Alba Iulia61(14)
2010–2012Standard Liège15(0)
2011–2012→ Universitatea Cluj (loan)24(6)
2012–2013Petrolul Ploiești36(10)
2013–Terek Grozny4(0)
National team‡
2009–2011Romania U–215(1)
2012–Romania15(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2013

Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (born 29 September 1990 in Alba Iulia, Romania) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Terek Grozny and the Romania national team. Although he is able to play as an attacking midfielder he is usually deployed as a left winger.

Club career

Unirea Alba Iulia

Grozav starded his career at his hometown club Unirea Alba Iulia, playing his first match in the 2007–08 Liga II season.[1] In the summer of 2009, after two years in the Romanian Liga II, Grozav wanted to score a move away at Standard Liège as a free agent. He was later forced by UEFA to sign for another three years with the club for which he was a junior.[2]

On September 1, 2009, Gicu Grozav made his Liga I debut in a 1-0 defeat against FC Brașov.[3]

Standard Liège

László Bölöni eventually brought Grozav to Belgium in January 2010, signing for Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, whilst Unirea Alba Iulia retained 15% of the players rights.[4] He got limited playing time in his first two years with the team, only making 15 league appearances.

For the 2011-12 season Grozav was transferd to Liga I team Universitatea Cluj on a one year loan move.[5] He refound his form here as he helped his team to an eighth place finish.

Petrolul Ploiești

In the summer of 2012 Gicu Grozav signed a three year contract with Petrolul Ploiești after a number of his team mates also signed with the Yellow Wolves.[6] On 8 August 2013, he scored the decisive goal against Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem in the 95th minute to make sure Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Europa League last preliminary round for the first time in the club's history.[7] On 25 August 2013, Grozav scored a consolation goal with a superb overhead kick at Swansea City in the play-off.[8]

Terek Grozny

On 28 August 2013 he joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny[9] for a fee of €2.1million according to Petrolul's shareholder.[10]

International career

He made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Switzerland on 30 May 2012 where he scored the winning goal.[11] This was the first goal ever scored by a player born after Romanian Revolution with the National Team of Romania. On October 12, 2012, Grozav scored the only goal in the 1-0 victory of Romania against Turkey at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.[12]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 25 August 2013)

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unirea Alba Iulia
2007–08 1562100177
2008–09 3160000316
2009–10 1621000172
Total 611431006415
Standard Liège
2009–10 50001060
2010–11 1000000100
Total 1500010160
Universitatea Cluj(loan)
2011–12 2461000256
Total 2461000256
Petrolul Ploiești
2012–13 3194000359
2013–14 511056117
Total 361050564516
Career total 13630916615137

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 May 2012 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland   Switzerland 0–1 0–1 Friendly
2 15 August 2012 Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 4–3 4–3 Friendly
3 12 October 2012 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 0–1 0–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Standard Liège
Petrolul Ploiești

References

  1. ↑ "Gheorghe Teodor GROZAV Profile". romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Gicu Grozav a revenit la FC Unirea!". informatiadealba.ro (in Romanian). 17 July 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Gheorghe Teodor GROZAV Profile". romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Standard wil transfers Camara en Grozav afronden". voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Gheorghe Grozav revine pentru un an în Liga I". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 4 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Grozav a semnat un contract pe trei ani cu Petrolul Ploieşti". Digi TV (in Romanian). 9 June 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Vitesse vs. Petrolul Ploieşti 1-2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Tottenham and Swansea cruise". ESPN FC. 22 August 2013. 
  9. ↑ http://www.championat.com/football/news-1617010-grozav-i-bokila-podpisali-kontrakty-s-terekom-i-prisoedinilis-k-komande.html
  10. ↑ "EXCLUSIV - Augsburg a încercat să blocheze transferul lui Grozav la Terek, dar vârful a plecat astăzi în Rusia! Ce ofereau germanii" (in Romanian). Prosport. 29 August 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Naţionala GROZAVĂ! Revanşă după 18 ani: Elveţia - România 0-1". ProSport (in Romanian). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Grozav şi Pintilii, mîndri de succesul cu Turcia: "I-am bătut la Rovine, i-am bătut şi la Istanbul!"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 13 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 

External links

FC Terek Grozny – current squad
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