Gabriel Matei
Romanian footballer
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Gabriel Eugen Matei (born 26 February 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga III side Vedița Colonești.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Eugen Matei | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Curtea de Argeș, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vedița Colonești | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Internațional Curtea de Argeș | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Internațional | 37 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 26 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Steaua București | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Brașov (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Târgu Mureș | 29 | (2) |
| 2017 | Górnik Łęczna | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Zira | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Termalica Nieciecza | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Concordia Chiajna | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Academica Clinceni | 29 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Argeș Pitești | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | Górnik Łęczna | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | Astra Giurgiu | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Filiași | 8 | (3) |
| 2023 | Câmpulung Muscel | 10 | (4) |
| 2024– | Vedița Colonești | 26 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:52, 21 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Steaua București
Gabriel Matei was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €600,000. Pandurii Târgu Jiu will be receiving also €500,000 from a future transfer fee.[1]
His career was marked by multiple injuries, thus he missed almost two seasons while at Steaua, having four surgeries in this period.[2]
Zira
On 25 June 2017, Matei signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second year, with Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK.[3]
Termalica Nieciecza
On 29 December 2017, Matei signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 June 2021[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internațional | 2008–09 | Liga II | 21 | 0 | ? | ? | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2010–11 | Liga I | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Steaua București | 2011–12 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Liga I | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Liga I | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| FC Brașov | 2014–15 | Liga I | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Academica Clinceni | 2015–16 | Liga II | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Târgu Mureș | 2015–16 | Liga I | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Liga I | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Górnik Łęczna | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Zira | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Concordia Chiajna | 2018–19 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Academica Clinceni | 2019–20 | Liga I | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Arges Pitesti | 2020–21 | Liga I | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Górnik Łęczna | 2020–21 | I liga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 212 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 4 | ||
- Includes Cupa României
- Includes Cupa Ligii
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Steaua București
