Gheorghe Bucur
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Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a short and speedy forward.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gheorghe Bucur | ||
Date of birth | (1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2005 | Sportul Studenţesc | 169 | (76) |
2005–2010 | Politehnica Timișoara | 124 | (52) |
2010–2016 | Kuban Krasnodar | 158 | (28) |
2017 | Sportul Studenţesc | 5 | (0) |
Total | 500 | (190) | |
International career | |||
2001 | Romania U-21 | 2 | (1) |
2005–2013 | Romania | 26 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bucur has won the top league goalscorer award in the Romanian Liga 1 twice, in the 2004–05 and in the 2008–09 seasons. He was tied on goals with another player on both occasions, first with Claudiu Niculescu and then with Florin Costea.
Before joining Politehnica, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studenţesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2001–02 season. After winning the title of Romanian top league goal scorer of the Divizia A in 2006, he was transferred to Timișoara, for a rumored sum of US$800,000.[1] Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that deal.
In the autumn of 2009 he scored a brace in the Third Champions League Qualifying Round to help Timișoara knockout Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]
On 3 February 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Russian club Kuban Krasnodar for a fee worth $1.8 million.[3]
Gigel Bucur first played for the Romania national team in 2005 and amassed twenty six appearances until 2013, scoring four goals, including a brace against Armenia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4]
On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 June 2005 | Farul, Constanţa, Romania | Armenia | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 8 June 2005 | Farul, Constanţa, Romania | Armenia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 9 September 2009 | Ghencea, București, Romania | Austria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 14 October 2009 | Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sportul Studențesc | 1998–99 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
1999–2000 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | ||
2000–01 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5 | ||
2001–02 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | ||
2002–03 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
2003–04 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 29 | ||
2004–05 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22 | ||
Total | 169 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 79 | ||
Timișoara | 2005–06 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
2006–07 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | ||
2007–08 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | ||
2008–09 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 20 | ||
2009–10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 11 | ||
Total | 124 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 144 | 62 | ||
Kuban Krasnodar | 2010 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | |
2011–12 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | ||
2012–13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
2013–14 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 158 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 29 | ||
Career Total | 451 | 156 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 493 | 170 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 27 May 2016
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- "Azi" article Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- "Gigel Bucur, despre dubla cu Sahtior". roportal.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- "Romania-Armenia 3-0". hotnews.ro. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- Gheorghe Bucur at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Gheorghe Bucur at Soccerway