Andrei Ciobanu

Andrei Ciobanu
	Ciobanu with Rapid București in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Andrei Virgil Ciobanu
Date of birth	18 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Bârlad, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Farul Constanța
Number	77
Youth career
2005–2007	FEPA Bârlad
2007–2010	Sporting Vaslui
2010–2015	Gheorghe Hagi Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2021	Viitorul Constanța
2021–2022	Farul Constanța
2022–2024	Rapid București
2023–2024	→ Politehnica Iaşi (loan)
2024	Voluntari
2024–	Farul Constanța
International career‡
2014–2015	Romania U17
2016	Romania U19
2017–2021	Romania U21
2021	Romania Olympic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021

Andrei Virgil Ciobanu (born 18 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Farul Constanța.^[1]

Club career

He played with Viitorul U19 in the Youth League in 8 games and scored 4 goals.^[2] Ciobanu made his debut in Liga I at the age of 17 and scored against the Romanian champions at that time, Astra Giurgiu; he has collected 101 matches since his debut and scored 12 goals, having also 16 assists.

On 16 June 2022, he transferred to fellow Liga I team Rapid București.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 October 2024^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Viitorul Constanța	2015–16	2	1	0	0	–		–		2	1
	2016–17	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		2	0
	2017–18	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	2
	2018–19	23	1	3	1	1	0	–		27	2
	2019–20	32	3	1	0	0	0	–		33	3
	2020–21	35	9	1	0	–		–		36	9
	Total	110	16	7	1	1	0	0	0	118	17
Farul Constanța	2021–22	31	2	1	0	–		–		32	2
Rapid București	2022–23	13	0	3	0	–		–		16	0
Politehnica Iaşi (loan)	2023–24	11	0	0	0	–		–		11	0
Voluntari	2023–24	9	0	2	0	–		–		11	0
Farul Constanța	2024–25	5	0	0	0	–		–		5	0
Career total		179	18	13	1	1	0	0	0	193	19

Honours

Viitorul Constanța^[4]

Liga I: 2016–17
Cupa României: 2018–19
Supercupa României: 2019; runner-up: 2017

References

^ "Viitorul și Farul Constanța au fuzionat. În Liga 1 va juca Farul, antrenor va fi Gheorghe Hagi, iar acționarii echipei sunt Hagi, Ciprian Marica și Zoltan Iasko" [Viitorul and Farul Constanța merged. Farul will play in the Liga I, Gheorghe Hagi will be the coach, and the team's shareholders are Hagi, Ciprian Marica and Zoltan Iasko] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ "Andrei Ciobanu, eroul FC Viitorul din Liga Campionilor: "În ciuda scorului, rămânem cu picioarele pe pământ" (galerie foto)". ZIUA de Constanta. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ "Andrei Ciobanu este noul jucător al Rapidului" [Andrei Ciobanu is the new player of Rapid] (in Romanian). FC Rapid București. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Andrei Ciobanu at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links

Andrei Ciobanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Andrei Ciobanu at Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian)

[1] "Viitorul și Farul Constanța au fuzionat. În Liga 1 va juca Farul, antrenor va fi Gheorghe Hagi, iar acționarii echipei sunt Hagi, Ciprian Marica și Zoltan Iasko" [Viitorul and Farul Constanța merged. Farul will play in the Liga I, Gheorghe Hagi will be the coach, and the team's shareholders are Hagi, Ciprian Marica and Zoltan Iasko] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[2] "Andrei Ciobanu, eroul FC Viitorul din Liga Campionilor: "În ciuda scorului, rămânem cu picioarele pe pământ" (galerie foto)". ZIUA de Constanta. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[3] "Andrei Ciobanu este noul jucător al Rapidului" [Andrei Ciobanu is the new player of Rapid] (in Romanian). FC Rapid București. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[SW-4] Andrei Ciobanu at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

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