Artur Crăciun
Moldovan footballer (born 1998)
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Artur Crăciun (born 29 June 1998) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish I liga club ŁKS Łódź and the Moldova national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 June 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Chișinău, Moldova | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ŁKS Łódź | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zimbru Chișinău | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Zimbru-2 Chișinău | 35 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Zimbru Chișinău | 11 | (0) |
| 2017 | Sheriff-2 Tiraspol | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Milsami Orhei (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Milsami Orhei | 38 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Universitatea Cluj | 18 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Budapest Honvéd | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Viitorul Constanța (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Sfîntul Gheorghe (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Lokomotiv Plovdiv (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Tsarsko Selo (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 31 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Puszcza Niepołomice | 58 | (12) |
| 2025– | ŁKS Łódź | 33 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Moldova U19[a] | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Moldova U21[a] | 11 | (1) |
| 2019– | Moldova | 38 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:45, 29 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:35, 14 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Crăciun made his professional debut for Zimbru in the Divizia Națională on 20 May 2016 against Academia Chișinău, coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute.
On 23 July 2019 he signed a contract with Romanian Liga II side Universitatea Cluj.[1]
On 10 March 2021, he was loaned out to Sfântul Gheorghe from Budapest Honvéd.[2]
In June 2022, he moved to Hapoel Kfar Saba.[3]
On 10 July 2023, Crăciun signed a one-year contract, with an option to extend, with Polish Ekstraklasa newcomers Puszcza Niepołomice.[4] On 23 July, he made his debut in Puszcza's first-ever top-tier outing, a 3–2 away loss to Widzew Łódź.[5] He regularly appeared in the line-ups thereafter, contributing to Puszcza's bid for top-flight survival by scoring game-winning goals in home games against Widzew on 11 December,[6] and Lech Poznań on 13 April 2024;[7] he also became the designated penalty taker. On 10 May, Puszcza exercised their option to prolong Crăciun's contract for another twelve months.[8]
On 20 June 2025, Crăciun moved to Polish second division club ŁKS Łódź, signing a two-year deal with an option for a further year.[9]
International career
He made his debut for Moldova national team on 14 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against France. He started the game and played the whole match.[10]
Career statistics
Honours
Milsami Orhei[12]
Sfîntul Gheorghe
