Dan Bucșa

Dan Bucșa
Personal information
Full nameDan Mihai Bucșa
Date of birth23 June 1988
Place of birthDej, Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Youth career
1995–1999Unirea Dej
1999–2005Luceafărul Dej
2005–2006Dinamo București
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2012Dinamo II București117(6)
2009–2010Universitatea Cluj (loan)19(0)
2012Dinamo București2(0)
2012Bergisch Gladbach14(0)
2013–2014Universitatea Cluj59(2)
National team
2009Romania U231(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dan Bucșa (born 23 June 1988) is a Romanian football midfielder.

Career

Bucșa started his career in his home town, at Unirea Dej, and later at Luceafărul Dej. In 2006, when he was 18, he was bought by Dinamo Bucureşti, being wanted by Mircea Rednic who often call him at the first team training sessions.[1] He played for three years for the second Dinamo team where he became captain.

In July 2009, Bucșa joined Universitatea Cluj, the Liga II team that was recently bought by Florian Walter, former paymaster at Dinamo.[2] During his spell at Cluj, he was called at the national U23 team, by Răzvan Lucescu.[3]

After only a year, Bucșa was released by Universitatea Cluj.[4] Then, he was closed to a transfer at Arieşul Turda, but everything fall out in the last moments.[5] After that, he decided to come back at Dinamo.

Bucșa played his first match in Liga I on 21 March 2012, in a game against Oțelul Galați.[6]

He was released from Dinamo in the summer of 2012 and signed a contract with the German team Bergisch Gladbach.[7] After only four months, he ended his contract and came back to Romania, agreeing a contract with his former team Universitatea Cluj.[8] In December 2014, he ended his contract with U.Cluj.[9]

References

  1. Libertatea (28 April 2010). "Andreea Necula se iubeşte cu un fotbalist" (in Romanian).
  2. Dan Brie (1 July 2009). "Dan Bucşa, capitanul lui Dinamo II cedat la U Cluj" (in Romanian).
  3. Ionela Fat (11 December 2009). "Bucșa, convocat la nationala U 23" (in Romanian).
  4. Ziua de Cluj (27 June 2010). "Kalle şi Brkovic nu mai vin la "U", Bucşa şi Popa, puşi pe liber" (in Romanian).
  5. Septimiu Fantea (2 September 2010). "Transferul lui Dan Bucşa la Arieşul Turda a picat" (in Romanian).
  6. FRF (23 March 2012). "Statistica etapei a 22-a a campionatului Ligii I" (in Romanian).
  7. reviersport (13 September 2012). "Ex-Bukarester gegen RWE spielberechtigt!" (in German).
  8. Cosmin Lucaci (30 January 2013). "Dan Bucşa a revenit la Universitatea" (in Romanian).
  9. universitateacluj.ro (11 December 2014). "Mult succes, Dan Bucşa! Îţi mulţumim pentru tot!" (in Romanian).

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