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Romanian footballer (born 1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dorin Rotariu (Romanian pronunciation: [doˈrin roˈtarju, - rotaˈri.u];[1] born 29 July 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dorin Rotariu | ||
Date of birth | (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2012 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Politehnica Timișoara | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Dinamo II București (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2012–2013 | → Dinamo București (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2013–2017 | Dinamo București | 115 | (22) |
2017–2019 | Club Brugge | 12 | (1) |
2017–2018 | → Mouscron (loan) | 28 | (9) |
2018–2019 | → AZ Alkmaar (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Astana | 44 | (8) |
2021–2023 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | (1) |
2021 | Ludogorets Razgrad II | 1 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Atromitos (loan) | 39 | (4) |
2023–2024 | FCSB | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2013–2014 | Romania U19 | 8 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Romania U21 | 14 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Romania | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2019 |
Rotariu moved from his boyhood club Politehnica Timișoara to Dinamo București in 2012, aged 17. He amassed over 120 Liga I appearances for "the White and Reds" over the course of several seasons, and in 2017 earned a transfer abroad to Club Brugge in Belgium. Two years later, after being loaned out to Mouscron and AZ Alkmaar, Rotariu joined Kazakh team Astana with which he won three domestic honours. He also competed professionally in Bulgaria and Greece, for Ludogorets Razgrad and Atromitos, respectively, before returning to Romania with FCSB in 2023.
Internationally, Rotariu made his full debut for Romania in a 5–0 FIFA World Cup qualifier victory over Armenia in October 2016, and scored his first goal in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in March 2018.