Alexandru Ioniță (footballer, born 1994)
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Alexandru Cornel Ioniță (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru korˈnel joˈnit͡sə]; born 14 December 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for China League One club Yunnan Yukun.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexandru Cornel Ioniță | ||
Date of birth | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Yunnan Yukun | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2012 | Rapid București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Rapid București | 27 | (6) |
2014–2018 | Astra Giurgiu | 83 | (17) |
2018–2021 | CFR Cluj | 32 | (3) |
2019 | → Universitatea Craiova (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Astra Giurgiu (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2021–2024 | Rapid București | 74 | (11) |
2024– | Yunnan Yukun | 4 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Romania U18 | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Romania U19 | 5 | (2) |
2013–2016 | Romania U21 | 6 | (2) |
2017– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2017 |
A youth exponent of Rapid București, Ioniță made his professional debut at age 16. He moved to Astra Giurgiu in 2014, where he won four domestic trophies. Four years later, Ioniță was subject to a €1 million transfer to CFR Cluj, but failed to impose himself and had loan stints at Universitatea Craiova and Astra. In 2021, he returned to Rapid București.
Internationally, Ioniță earned his first cap for the Romania senior team in a 3–1 win over Kazakhstan in September 2017.