Răzvan Raț

Răzvan Raț

Raț playing for Shakhtar Donetsk
Personal information
Full name	Răzvan Dincă Raț
Date of birth	26 May 1981 (1981-05-26)
Place of birth	Slatina, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	26
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2003	Rapid București	82	(4)
2000–2001	→ FCM Bacău (loan)	14	(2)
2003–	Shakhtar Donetsk	154	(6)
National team‡
2002–	Romania	79	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011

Răzvan Dincă Raț (born 26 May 1981 in Slatina) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Romanian national team.

Career

Rat has recently embarked on a History degree at Liverpool John Moores University where he enjoys Key Skills in Historical research along with Arthur Boka and Jonathan 'Crosby snitch' Dillon.

Club

Raț started out his career at Romanian Premier League club Rapid București in 1998. In 2003, he was signed by Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk, where he is a key player.

International

Raț has been in the Romanian national team since 2002. In 2008, he was on the main squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament. He helped Romania to a 0–0 draw against previous FIFA World Cup finalists France and a 1–1 draw against world champions Italy in the so-called "group of death". However, Romania was eliminated after a 2–0 loss to Holland.

Career statistics

As of 25 May 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rapid	1998–99	3	0	?	?	0	0	-	-	3	0
	1999–00	20	1	?	?	0	0	-	-	20	1
	2000–01	5	0	?	?	1	0	-	-	6	0
	2001–02	27	1	?	?	3	0	-	-	30	1
	2002–03	27	2	?	?	4	0	1	0	32	2
Total		82	4	?	?	8	0	1	0	91	4
Shakhtar	2003–04	27	1	6	0	6	0	-	-	39	1
	2004–05	20	2	5	0	10	0	1	0	35	2
	2005–06	18	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	30	0
	2006–07	14	0	3	0	9	0	1	0	26	0
	2007–08	19	2	4	1	10	0	1	0	33	3
	2008–09	17	0	2	1	13	0	1	0	32	1
	2009–10	18	1	2	0	11	0	-	-	31	1
	2010–11	17	0	1	0	9	1	1	1	27	2
	2011–12	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	0
Total		154	6	25	2	82	1	6	1	261	10
Career total		236	10	25	2	90	1	7	1	351	14

• Other - National Super Cup

Honours

Rapid Bucuresti

• Romanian League: 1998–99, 2002–03
• Romanian Cup: 2001–02
• Romanian Super Cup: 2002–03

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Ukrainian Cup: 2003–04, 2007–08, 2010–11
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2005, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Cup: 2008–09

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 2004	Giulești, București, Romania	Germany	2–0	5–1	Friendly

External links

• Official site of Răzvan Raţ
• Răzvan Raţ – UEFA competition record
• Răzvan Raț profile at FC Shakhtar Donetsk website.
• Răzvan Raț profile at Romanian Soccer website.
• ESPN Profile