Raul Ciupe
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raul Axente Ciupe | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back / Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 11 | (0) |
2004–2011 | Sportul Studențesc | 120 | (1) |
2011–2012 | FC Brașov | 14 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Universitatea Cluj | 73 | (1) |
2015 | Viitorul Constanța | 6 | (0) |
2016 | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | (2) |
2016–2021 | Sănătatea Cluj | 88 | (12) |
Total | 323 | (16) | |
International career‡ | |||
2004–2005 | Romania U-21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC) |
Raul Axente Ciupe (born 24 November 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right back or midfielder for teams such as Sportul Studențesc, Universitatea Cluj or Sănătatea Cluj, among others.
Career
After playing for Gaz Metan Mediaș in Divizia B, Ciupe made his top-flight debut on 31 July 2004 as a Sportul Studențesc player, in a match against Unirea Alba-Iulia.
Playing for the Romania national under-21 football team in a match against Macedonia, he was fouled by Goran Popov and suffered a broken tibia.[1] Minutes earlier, another Macedonian player, Hristijan Kirovski, was sent off after also fouling Ciupe. The right-back completely missed the 2005–2006 season because of the injury.
Ciupe played seven years for Sportul Studențesc before joining FC Brașov in November 2011.[2] In June 2012 he was transferred by his hometown team Universitatea Cluj[3] for whom he managed to score his first goals in Liga I, against Astra Ploiești and the local rivals from CFR Cluj.[4]
References
- ^ Evidence of Raul Ciupe's injury
- ^ "Primul transfer al lui Şumudică la Braşov! "Joacă pe postul de fundaş dreapta, este un jucător cu calitaţi, care ne poate ajuta"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Raul Ciupe se întoarce acasă" (in Romanian). napocanews.ro. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Raul Ciupe, omul care a schimbat istoria pentru "U": "Pentru clipa asta m-am apucat de fotbal"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
External links
- Profile on Universitatea Cluj official site
- Raul Ciupe at Soccerway
- Raul Ciupe at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)