Liviu Antal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liviu Ion Antal | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Žalgiris | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2007 | LPS Bihorul Oradea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Concordia Chiajna | 21 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 |
FCM Târgu Mureș | 26 | (6) |
| 2009–2012 |
Oțelul Galați | 83 | (16) |
| 2012–2014 |
Vaslui | 63 | (21) |
| 2014–2015 | Gençlerbirliği | 9 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 16 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) | 24 | (5) |
| 2017 | CFR Cluj | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Žalgiris | 85 | (48) |
| 2021–2022 | UTA Arad | 41 | (5) |
| 2022 | Haladás | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Zalaegerszeg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Mioveni | 30 | (2) |
| 2023– | Žalgiris | 24 | (13) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Romania U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2024 | |||
Liviu Ion Antal (born 2 June 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for A Lyga club Žalgiris.
He was the top goalscorer of the
Club career
Oțelul Galați
He was a very important player for
Vaslui
On 14 June 2012, Antal signed a 4-year deal with
Gençlerbirliği
In July 2014, Antal started his first experience abroad. After FC Vaslui declared bankruptcy, Antal became a free agent and signed a contract with the Turkish side Gençlerbirliği. He made his debut for the club coming on as a 67' substitute on 13 September 2014. He scored his first goal for the club on 25 October 2014 against Fenerbahçe.[2]
Beitar Jerusalem
On 1 February 2015, Antal signed a 1-year deal with Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Antal made his debut for the club that same week in an away game at Hapoel Haifa, scoring Beitar's second goal from a penalty as Beitar went on to win 4–3.
Žalgiris Vilnius
Antal signed for Vilnius-based club on 20 June 2017.[3] He agreed to 1,5 years deal with Lithuanian champions.[4]
International career
Antal made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 22 in 2011 in a friendly game against Paraguay.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 26 May 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Concordia Chiajna | 2007–08 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||
FCM Târgu Mureş
|
2008–09 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 6 | ||
Oțelul Galați
|
2009–10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2010–11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 7 | |||
| 2011–12 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7 | |
| Total | 83 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 19 | |
Vaslui
|
2012–13 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 36 | 6 | |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 34 | 17 | |||
| Total | 63 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 70 | 23 | ||
| Gençlerbirliği | 2014–15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 2014–15 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2015–16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) | 2015–16 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 5 | – | – | – | 24 | 5 | ||||
| CFR Cluj | 2016–17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Žalgiris | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | – | 38 | 30 | ||
| 2019 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | |
| Total | 85 | 48 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 62 | |
| UTA Arad | 2020–21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 5 | |||
| Zalaegerszeg (loan) | 2021–22 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mioveni | 2022–23 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 2 | ||
| Žalgiris | 2023 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 11 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 4 | ||
| Total | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 26 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 438 | 119 | 36 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 504 | 141 | |
Honours
Oțelul Galați
Žalgiris
- A Lyga: 2020
- Lithuanian Cup: 2018
- Lithuanian Supercup: 2020
Individual
- Liga I top scorer: 2013–14 (16 goals)
- DigiSport Liga I Player of the Month: October 2015
- A Lyga top scorer: 2018 (23 goals)
- A Lyga Team of the Year: 2018[6]
- A Lyga Player of the Month: May 2018,[7] August 2018[8]
References
- ^ "Liviu Antal, golgheterul Ligii 1 cu doar 15 goluri" (in Romanian). ProSport. 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Gençlerbirliği Liviu Antal'ı transfer etti" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Žalgiris signed experienced Romanian winger". FK Žalgiris. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Nedelea, Vlad (20 June 2017). "EXCLUSIV Duelul românilor în Champions League! Un fost fotbalist de la CFR a semnat cu o campioană din Europa și va da piept cu Keșeru și Moți". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Liviu Antal at Soccerway
- ^ "A Lygos Rinktinė 2018 Sezono". Facebook (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Gegužės žaidėjo laurai atiteko Liviu Antaliui" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Žurnalistai geriausiu rugpjūčio žaidėju išrinko Liviu Antalį" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
External links
- Liviu Antal at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Liviu Antal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Liviu Antal – UEFA competition record (archive)