Alexandru Pițurcă
Romanian footballer
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Alexandru Victorio Pițurcă (born 28 October 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandru Victorio Pițurcă | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2000 | Steaua București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Steaua București | 19 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Jahn Regensburg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Jahn Regensburg II (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | FC Caracal | 27 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | Universitatea Craiova | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | CSKA Sofia | 4 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 51 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | FC Brașov | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Universitatea Craiova | 25 | (6) |
| 2011 | Khazar Lankaran | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 279 | (27) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Pițurcă was born on 28 October 1983 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1993 at Steaua București.[1] He made his Divizia A debut on 13 June 2001, playing under the guidance of his father Victor in a 3–3 draw against Argeș Pitești in which he scored one goal.[1][2][3] That was his only appearance, as the team won the title at the end of the season.[1][2] He won another trophy when his father sent him in extra time to replace Adrian Neaga in the 2–1 win over rivals Dinamo București in the 2001 Supercupa României.[1][4] Afterwards, Pițurcă made two appearances in the 2001–02 Champions League qualifying rounds, helping them get past Sloga Jugomagnat, but got eliminated in the following round by Dynamo Kyiv.[1][5] He was loaned in 2003 to 2. Bundesliga team Jahn Regensburg, but played there only for the club's satellite team.[1][citation needed]
From 2004 until 2006 he spent two seasons in Divizia B at FC Caracal and Universitatea Craiova, helping the latter win promotion to Divizia A.[1] In 2006 Pițurcă signed with CSKA Sofia, where he played alongside fellow Romanians Florentin Petre and Eugen Trică.[1][6] He made his debut in the Bulgarian league on 1 October 2006 when coach Plamen Markov sent him in the 68th minute to replace Robert Petrov in a 1–0 away loss to Botev Plovdiv.[7][8] On 28 October he scored a brace in a 6–0 win over Chernomorets Burgas.[7] Those were his only goals in the four league appearances he made for CSKA.[1][7] In the following years he went to play in the Romanian first league for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Brașov and Universitatea Craiova.[1] At the latter, on 14 November 2010, he netted a double in a 2–2 draw against Dinamo.[9] On 3 December 2010, he made his last Divizia A appearance in "U" Craiova's 2–1 away loss to CFR Cluj, totaling 100 matches with 15 goals in the competition.[1] Pițurcă retired in 2011 at age 27, after playing in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Khazar Lankaran under coach Mircea Rednic.[1][10]