Florin Bratu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florin Daniel Bratu | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dinamo II București (Head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2000 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2003 | Rapid București | 48 | (15) |
| 2000–2001 | → Tractorul Braşov (loan) | 27 | (8) |
| 2003–2004 | Galatasaray | 25 | (6) |
| 2004–2007 | Nantes | 13 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | → Dinamo București (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2006–2007 | → Valenciennes (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Dinamo București | 44 | (22) |
| 2010 | → Litex Lovech (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 11 | (1) |
| 2012 | Gloria Bistrița | 9 | (1) |
| Total | 229 | (64) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2008 | Romania | 14 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Dinamo II București | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Florin Daniel Bratu (born 2 January 1980 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as striker.
Club career
Bratu began his career with Rapid Bucharest shortly after joining the first team, he was loaned to Tractorul Brașov in 2000. At the team he scored eight goals in 27 league games, before returning to Rapid Bucharest. In the Rapid's period Bratu was considered a great talent in Romanian football and made his debut for the Romanian national team.
In 2003, Turkish club Galatasaray announced that they had reached an agreement with Rapid for the transfer of Bratu with the player agreeing to a four-year deal and Galatasaray paying Rapid a $2,1 million.
In summer of 2007 he was signed by Dinamo București from Nantes Atlantique.
As of January 2011, he signed for Liga I team Gaz Metan Mediaș. He played only 11 games for Gaz Metan, seven of them from the first minute and four as a substitute, and scored a goal, in August 2011, against Voința Sibiu. In the summer of 2012, Bratu was released by Gaz Metan.[1]
In summer of 2012, Bratu signed a one-year contract with Gloria Bistrița, where he spent a few months before announcing his retirement.
International career
Bratu made his debut for the Romanian national team on 12 February 2003 in a match against Slovakia. He played a total of 14 matches for his national side on which he scored two goals.
After retirement
Since retiring from football in the middle of the 2012–13 season, Bratu has gone into punditry and is a commentator for DigiSport.
In March 2014, Bratu became the head of the scouting department at his former club Dinamo Bucureşti.[2]
Coaching career
In August 2014, Bratu started his coaching career after he accepted to become head coach of the second team at Dinamo Bucharest.[3]
Honours
Club
- Rapid București
- Romanian League: 2002–03
- Romanian Cup: 2001-02
- Romanian Supercup: 2002, 2003
- Dinamo București
- Romanian Supercup: 2005
- Litex Lovech
- Bulgarian Supercup: 2010
References
- ↑ "Gaz Metan s-a despărţit pe cale amiabilă de Florin Bratu" (in Romanian). gaz-metan-medias.ro. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "Florin Bratu s-a intors la Dinamo" (in Romanian). LPF.ro. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ "Florin Bratu, antrenor principal la FC Dinamo II București" (in Romanian). fcdinamo.ro. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
External links
- Florin Bratu at RomanianSoccer.ro
- Florin Bratu at L'Equipe.fr
- Florin Bratu at Soccerway.com