Alexandru Ioniță (footballer, born 1989)

Alexandru Octavian Ioniță (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru oktaviˈan joˈnitsə]); born 5 August 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga II club UTA Arad.[1]

Alexandru Ioniță
Ioniță signing autographs in 2010
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Octavian Ioniță
Date of birth (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 UTA Arad
Number 9
Youth career
1999–2005 Viscofil București
2005–2006 Rapid București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Rapid II București 23 (14)
2008–2009 → Rocar București (loan) 9 (4)
2009–2010 Rapid București 28 (10)
2010–2012 1. FC Köln 8 (0)
2012–2013 → Rapid București (loan) 24 (5)
2013–2014 Orduspor 11 (1)
2014–2015 AEL Limassol 13 (2)
2015–2016 Voluntari 4 (0)
2016 Farul Constanța 10 (0)
2016–2017 Târgu Mureș 6 (1)
2017–2018 Aris Limassol 17 (4)
2018–2019 Sportul Snagov 23 (10)
2019– UTA Arad 22 (5)
National team‡
2009–2011 Romania U–21 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 April 2016

Club career

Ioniţă began his youth career in the summer of 1999, when he joined Viscofil București.

Rapid București

In summer 2006, he was scouted by Rapid București, where he initially played for the reserve team. In 2008, he was loaned to Rocar București for which he scored four goals from nine games.

In February 2010 he was transferred to German side 1. FC Köln for a fee of €2.5 million, but he remained at Rapid București until 1 July 2010.[2]

1. FC Köln

Ioniţă signed a four-year contract.[3] He had limited playing time at Köln in his first season. In May 2011, he suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle which kept him out of action for several months.[4] Therefore, he made only seven league appearances during the 2010–11 season.[5]

In January 2012 after his return from injury, Ioniţă was loaned back to Rapid București for six months,[5] with the Bucharest team having the first option to buy the player for €800,000.[6]

He then moved in Turkey signing a one-year contract with the Turkish side Ordurspor. In 2014, he moved in Cyprus and signed with AEL Limassol. He returned in Romania due to family reasons, where he had spells with Voluntari and ASA Târgu Mureș. On 13 January 2017, he parted ways with ASA Târgu Mureș, citing financial instability of the Romanian clubs.

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References
  1. "UTA se întărește pentru Liga 1. L-a transferat pe fostul giuleștean Alexandru Ioniță I" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. "oniţă a semnat cu FC Koln! Managerul Meier: "Vine din vară"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. "Ioniţă, 4 ani la FC Koln! Vezi aici toate detaliile contractului!" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. "Alex Ioniţă, dezastru total la Koln! Şi-a făcut praf ligamentele gleznei". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 19 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. "Ioniţă s-a întors în genunchi Rapid!" (in Romanian). puterea.ro. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. Dumitrescu, Flavius. "Oficial! Ionita a semnat pana in vara cu Rapid" (in Romanian). ofsaid.ro. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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