Jump to content

Andrei Rațiu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DragosTataru (talk | contribs) at 08:54, 17 November 2022. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Andrei Rațiu
Personal information
Full name Andrei Florin Rațiu
Date of birth (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Aiud, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 Huesca
Number 2
Youth career
Águaviva
0000–2010 Andorra
2010–2016 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Villarreal C 65 (4)
2017–2021 Villarreal B 58 (1)
2019–2021 Villarreal 0 (0)
2020–2021 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 10 (0)
2021– Huesca 48 (2)
International career‡
2019–2020 Romania U21 3 (0)
2021 Romania Olympic 6 (0)
2021– Romania 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022

Andrei Florin Rațiu (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej floˈrin ˈrat͡sju]; born 20 June 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Segunda División club Huesca and the Romania national team. Mainly a right-back, he can also be deployed as a right winger.

Club career

Early career / Villarreal

Born in Aiud, Alba County, Rațiu moved to Aragon, Spain at the age of six[1] and joined Villarreal's youth setup from Andorra CF.[2] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 20 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 Tercera División away draw against Alzira.[3] Rațiu scored his first senior goal on 14 September 2016, netting the opener in a 2–1 away defeat of Elche Ilicitano.[4]

After being regularly used with the C-side, Rațiu made his debut for the reserves on 17 December 2017, replacing Darío Poveda late into a 3–2 home win against Peña Deportiva in the Segunda División B championship.[5] He was definitely promoted to the B-team in August 2018,[6] being regularly used afterwards. He made his first team debut the following 18 April, starting in a 0–2 derby loss at Valencia for the season's UEFA Europa League.[7]

On 4 August 2020, Rațiu was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag for the campaign.[8] He returned to his parent club the following 29 January, after 12 appearances.[9]

Huesca

On 4 August 2021, Rațiu signed a three-year contract with Huesca, recently relegated to Segunda División.[10]

International career

Rațiu made his debut for the Romania national team on 2 September 2021, in a 2–0 win over Iceland in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. He started the game and was substituted after 68 minutes.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 November 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Villarreal B 2017–18 Segunda División B 1 0 — — 1 0
2018–19 Segunda División B 28 1 — — 28 1
2019–20 Segunda División B 21 0 — — 21 0
2020–21 Segunda División B 8 0 — — 8 0
Total 58 1 — — 58 1
Villarreal 2018–19 La Liga 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
ADO Den Haag (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 10 0 2 0 — 12 0
Huesca 2021–22 Segunda División 34 1 0 0 — 34 1
2022–23 Segunda División 14 1 1 0 — 15 1
Total 48 2 1 0 — 49 2
Career total 116 3 3 0 1 0 120 3
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 26 September 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2021 5 0
2022 5 1
Total 10 1
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rațiu goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Andrei Rațiu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 September 2022 Stadionul Rapid-Giulești, Bucharest, Romania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 4–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

References

  1. ^ "Conoce a Andrei con Cantera Grogueta" [Know Andrei with Cantera Grogueta] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Cine este Andrei Raţiu, românul titular în premieră în sferturile Europa League? Este dorit de Real Madrid" [Who is Andrei Raţiu, Romanian starting in the quarterfinals of the Europa League? He is a Real Madrid target] (in Romanian). Telekom Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Jornada 1. – UD Alzira, 2; Villarreal CF C, 2" [Matchday 1. – UD Alzira, 2; Villarreal CF C, 2.] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ "El Villarreal C continúa intratable y supera al filial ilicitano" [Villarreal C remain unstoppable and overcome the ilicitano reserves] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. ^ "El Villarreal B doblega a la Peña Deportiva por 3–2" [Villarreal B bend down Peña Deportiva by 3–2] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ^ "El Villarreal B mantiene su apuesta por jugadores de la casa" [Villarreal B keep their bet on home-grown players] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Valencia quality too much for Villarreal in downpour at Mestalla". Marca. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Andrei moves on loan to ADO Den Haag". Villarreal CF. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Andrei returns home". Villarreal CF. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Andrei Ratiu, potencia y talento joven para el lateral azulgrana" [Andrei Ratiu, power and young talent for the blue-and-red full-back] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Iceland v Romania game report web". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  12. ^ Andrei Rațiu at Soccerway
  13. ^ a b "Andrei Rațiu". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrei_Rațiu&oldid=1122385848"