Valentin Badea
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentin Vasile Badea | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Alexandria, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Rulmentul Alexandria | ||
| 2001–2002 | Jiul Petroşani | 22 | (5) |
| 2002–2006 | FC Vaslui | 103 | (42) |
| 2006–2009 | Steaua Bucureşti | 50 | (15) |
| 2008–2009 | Steaua II Bucureşti | 2 | (3) |
| 2008 | → Panserraikos FC (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | U Craiova | 14 | (2) |
| 2010 | Politehnica Iaşi | 11 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | FC Braşov | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | Al Ain | 1 | (0) |
| 2011– | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2010 | |||
Valentin Vasile Badea (born 23 October 1982 in Alexandria) is a Romanian football player. He plays as a striker for Al Ain. He has a very powerful shot and is very much technically gifted.
Club career
- On 2001 Jiul bought Badea for € 1,000 from Rulmentul Alexandria.
- Prior to 2006, when Badea joined Steaua Bucureşti, he also played for Rulmentul Alexandria, Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui.
- He was discovered by Ioan Sdrobiş while he was playing for Rulmentul Alexandria in Romania's third division and where Badea was the team's top goalscorer. Sdrobiş then brought him to Jiul Petroşani, and then to FC Vaslui where he was the coach.
- In 2006 Steaua paid € 1,000,000 for Badea.
- On 23 August 2006 he has scored two goals in the match against Standard Liège, in the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League, goals which sent Steaua Bucureşti in to the group stage after ten years of absence.
- On 20 December 2009, he was released from FC Universitatea Craiova.
- On 24 February 2010, he signed with Al Ain.
Statistics
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | Continental games | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||||
| Universitatea Craiova | 09-10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Panserraikos | 08-09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Steaua Bucureşti | 08-09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 07-08 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |||
| 06-07 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 17 | |||
| Total | 50 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 73 | 21 | |||
| FC Vaslui | 05-06 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | ||
| 04-05 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 | |||
| 03-04 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | |||
| 02-03 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | |||
| Total | 103 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 43 | |||
| Jiul Petroşani | 01-02 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | ||
| Total | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |||
| Career Totals | 186 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 214 | 70 | |||
| Last updated 25 October 2009 | |||||||||||
Titles
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 |  FC Vaslui |
Liga II |
Trivia
- Steaua's Gigi Becali was quoted by the press as saying that Badea will once become the Romanian top striker.
External links
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Alexandria, Romania
- Romanian footballers
- Association football forwards
- CS Jiul Petroşani players
- FC Steaua București players
- FC Steaua II București players
- FC Vaslui players
- Panserraikos F.C. players
- FC Universitatea Craiova players
- FC Braşov players
- FC Politehnica Iaşi players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece