Marian Aliuță
Marian Aliuță (born 3 February 1978 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marian Aliuță | ||
Date of birth | 3 February 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1995 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Steaua Bucureşti | 0 | (0) |
1995–1996 | → Steaua 2 (loan) | 14 | (4) |
1996–1997 | → Chindia Târgovişte (loan) | 17 | (2) |
1997 | → Gloria Bistriţa (loan) | 12 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Farul Constanţa | 25 | (2) |
1998–2000 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 26 | (3) |
2000–2002 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 47 | (1) |
2002–2004 | Steaua Bucureşti | 50 | (5) |
2004–2005 | Rapid Bucureşti | 10 | (1) |
2005 | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Metalurh Donetsk | 23 | (2) |
2006 | Changchun Yatai | 13 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | 10 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Politehnica Timişoara | 24 | (1) |
2008 | FC Vaslui | 11 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Neftchi Baku | 31 | (5) |
Total | 307 | (26) | |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2008 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2008 |
Career
Aliuță started to play football at Steaua Bucureşti and as soon as he reached the age of 18 is loaned to Steaua Mizil and then to Chindia Târgovişte and Gloria Bistriţa. Released from him contract with Steaua Bucureşti, Aliuță signed with FC Farul Constanţa in 1997 and then with Sheriff Tiraspol one year later.
1999 finds him in Ukraine, playing for Shakhtar Donetsk from where he returned to Romania in 2002 to finally make his debut for Steaua Bucureşti, at that time being, with US$135,000 the highest paid footballer from Divizia A. Despite being voted as The Best Player of Divizia A at the end of 2002–03 season, Aliuță leaves Steaua Bucureşti after an altercation with the club's Chief Executive Mihai Stoica. Rapid Bucharest is his next club, which he left after only few weeks to play in Korea for Chunnam Dragons and then in the 2005–06 season he played for FC Metalurg Donetsk. In November 2006 he signed a two-year contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki.[1] After a 1-year spell in Greece, he returned to Romania where he signed for FC Timişoara, a club with a huge fan base. In the summer of 2008 he moved to UEFA Cup contenders FC Vaslui. But after only 11 games he had a dispute with the club's powerful owner, Adrian Porumboiu and was given a free transfer. In the beginning of 2009 signed for the Azerbaijan club Neftchi Baku, joining his long-time friend Adrian Neaga.
Honours
Club
- Sheriff Tiraspol
- Moldovan Cup: 1998–99
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2001–02
- Ukrainian Cup: 2000–01, 2001–02
- Vaslui
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2008
References
- "Stats Centre: Marian Aliuță Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
External links
- Marian Aliuță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Marian Aliuță at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marian Aliuță at WorldFootball.net
- Marian Aliuță – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)