Mihăiță Pleșan

Mihăiţă Pleşan

With FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Mihăiţă Păunel Pleşan
Date of birth	19 February 1983 (1983-02-19)
Place of birth	Moldova Nouă, Romania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current club	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2005	Universitatea Craiova	67	(13)
2005	Dinamo Bucureşti	12	(2)
2006–2007	Politehnica Timişoara	30	(6)
2007–2010	Steaua Bucureşti	40	(3)
2009	Steaua II Bucureşti	5	(0)
2010–	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	17	(2)
National team‡
2003–2005	Romania U21	9	(1)
2003–2008	Romania	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:27, 26 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 August 2007

Mihăiţă Păunel Pleşan (born 19 February 1983 in Moldova Nouă) is a Romanian football player who currently plays for Volga Nizhny Novgorod.

Club career

Pleşan started his career at Universitatea Craiova, with Craiova was relegated at the end of the season, the team's star moved to Dinamo Bucureşti. His stay there was, however, a short one, not only due to his mediocre performances, but also because Gheorghe Hagi wanted him at Poli. Consequently, after just a few months at Dinamo, Plesan moved to Timişoara, declaring he had never really adapted to the lifestyle in Bucharest, nor to his role on the pitch at the league runners up. The transfer fee was about $800,000. He is usually used as a central midfielder although he primarily is an attack minded defensive midfielder.

Steaua Bucureşti

Pleşan signed a 5 years contract with Steaua Bucureşti on the 6 August 2007, Steaua Bucureşti paying for him around €1,3m.

Steaua II Bucureşti

In 2009-10, Pleşan was demoted to the B squad. In October 2009 got back to first team.

Nizhny Novgorod

On 30 July 2010 Pleşan signed a contract with FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod. The Russian team paid 100,000 EUR to Steaua Bucureşti in order to sign Pleşan.

International career

He really came into the spotlight after an amazing goal against the German national football team in a 2004 friendly.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 April 2004	Stadionul Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest, Romania	Germany	1–0	5–1	Friendly

External links

• Mihăiță Pleșan at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player profile on RomanianSoccer