Ionuț Rada (footballer, born 1982)
.jpg) Rada with CFR Cluj in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ionuț Alin Rada | ||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Craiova, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Universitatea Craiova | 46 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Rocar București (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Rapid București | 65 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 |
→ Național București (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Steaua București | 32 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Otopeni (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2010 |
Al-Nasr | ||
| 2010–2015 | CFR Cluj | 78 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 |
Bari | 26 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 |
Fidelis Andria | 54 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Sănătatea Cluj | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2011 | |||
Ionuț Alin Rada (born 6 July 1982) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a centre-back or a left-back.[1]
After starting out with hometown club
Internationally, Rada amassed two
Club career
FC Universitatea Craiova
Rada started his career playing for FC Universitatea Craiova's youth team and also played for Gheorghe Popescu's famous football school from Craiova.
He debuted in
He returned to Universitatea Craiova and played there until 2004, scoring 1 goal in 42 appearances.
Rocar București
He played for
Rapid București
In 2004, he joined
On 27 July 2006, Rada suffered an injury and missed the start of the season. He spent a month under treatment at the Isokinetic clinic in
George Copos, Rapid's owner, increased Rada's salary from €60,000 to €120,000 on 21 February 2007, due to his good performance. He was one of the lowest paid players from Rapid until his salary was doubled.
He played for Rapid in 65 matches and scored three goals. His best performance at this club was the
Steaua București
Rada signed with Steaua București on 25 July 2007 for three years.[2] Steaua București transferred him for a known fee of €800,000 but because the player was 50% owned by former Romanian football player Gheorghe Popescu, the club had to pay him another €800,000 thus resulting a total transfer fee of €1,600,000. Popescu said that he was mainly responsible for Rada's transfer to Steaua București.
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He was put on the transfer list by his former club Rapid because the fans believed that the player did not give a 100% for the respective club. With his agreement and with the acknowledgment of George Copos he was put on the transfer list.
Rada currently earns €120,000 per season, but he said that the money is not important to him because it was his dream to play for Steaua in the UEFA Champions League. He was sure that he made the right choice because he also had offers from other teams.
He scored his first goal for Steaua București against
He was loaned by his choice to CS Otopeni.
On 28 December 2009 Steaua announced that Rada was sold to
Al-Nasr
On 28 December 2009 he signed on a year and half with Al-Nasr.[3]
CFR Cluj
On 11 June 2010, he signed with Romanian Champions CFR Cluj for three seasons. His first match was against FC Basel in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League when he scored his first goal.
Bari
On 19 January 2015, he signed a contract with Serie B outfit
Fidelis Andria
In August 2016, it was announced Rada signed a 2-years deal with the
International career
He was selected by Anghel Iordănescu to play for the Romania's national team, making his debut on 20 August 2003 when he came as a substitute and replaced Răzvan Raț in the 88th minute of a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Ukraine.[4][5] On 18 February 2004 he earned his second appearance in a 3–0 victory against Georgia at the Cyprus International Football Tournament.[4][6]
Honours
Rapid București[7]
CFR Cluj[7]
- Liga I: 2011–12
- Cupa României runner-up: 2012–13
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2012
References
- ^ Ionuţ Rada, înapoi în fotbalul românesc, la 36 de ani.. prosport.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Rada si Zaharia, noile achizitii!" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Multumim, Ionut Rada!" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Ionuț Rada". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Ukraine – Romania 0:2". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Georgia – Romania 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ a b Ionuț Rada at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Romanian)
- Ionuț Rada at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Ionuț Rada at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
- Ionuț Rada at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ionuț Rada at WorldFootball.net
