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Ciprian Marica
Marica with Schalke in 2011.
Personal information
Full name Ciprian Andrei Marica
Date of birth (1985-10-02) 2 October 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Second striker, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 8
Youth career
1996–2001 Dinamo Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Dinamo Bucureşti 23 (4)
2004–2007 Shakhtar Donetsk 73 (16)
2007–2011 VfB Stuttgart 93 (19)
2011– Schalke 04 34 (5)
International career‡
2003–2006 Romania U21 10 (4)
2003– Romania 61 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:59, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2013

Ciprian Andrei Marica (born 2 October 1985 in Bucharest) is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team. He mostly plays a second striker, but he is also able to play as a centre forward (mostly on a national level).

Club career

Dinamo Bucharest

Marica's first professional club team was Dinamo Bucharest, the city in which he was born. He started to gain attention even though he only played 23 games (scoring four goals) in three years with the club.

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ciprian transferred to the Ukrainian top club and played his so far best seasons with them. He gained international experience, getting to play in the UEFA Cup European competition.

VfB Stuttgart

Marica warming up for VfB Stuttgart in 2010.

On 23 July 2007, he transferred to German club VfB Stuttgart, after his former club, Shakhtar Donetsk, rejected another offer, from English team Derby County amongst interest from Manchester City.[2] Marica signed a 5-year contract. Stuttgart sporting director Horst Heldt said: "Ciprian is a very flexible forward, and a permanent thorn in the side of any opposition defence, who fits outstandingly into our team. He wanted to join us desperately."[3]

Marica made his debut for VfB in the Bundesliga on 12 August 2007, in a home game against Schalke 04 (2–2). In his first season he got plenty of appearances (28), scoring only two goals in those (plus one goal in the UEFA Champions League, which led Stuttgart to their win against the Rangers F.C.).

After this first failed season then-coach Armin Veh mistrusted Marica, giving him only few appearances. Things seemed to get better after the sacking of Veh. New coach Markus Babbel entrusted him to play instead of Cacau, but Marica again failed to impress.

Only after Christian Gross replaced Babbel as VfB coach, Marica got a new chance, mainly profiting by long-time injury of Cacau. This time Marica didn't disappoint his coach, scoring, inter alia, four goals in three consecutive matches. (Two goals in a 2–0 victory for VfB on 20 March 2010 match in Bundesliga against Hannover 96, the winning goal on 27 March 2010 away at Bayern Munich and the equalizing goal in a 2–1 victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 3 April 2010.)

As of season 2010–11 he started again to be only the third choice behind Cacau and Pavel Pogrebnyak.

On 12 July 2011, Marica was released from his contract at Stuttgart.[4]

Schalke 04

On 28 July 2011, Marica signed a two-year contract with German club Schalke 04,[5] worth €5m.[6] He chose to remain in Germany, despite having offers from Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, and other two French clubs such as Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain.[7][8]

In a match against Maccabi Haifa, on 14 December, Marica scored one goal,[9] to help his team to a 3–0 win.[10] On 29 January 2012, Marica scored a double against 1. FC Köln[11] Although Lukas Podolski opened the score in the first half, Marica made it 2–1 for FC Schalke 04, with the game eventually ending in a 4–1 win for his team.[12] Towards the end of his contract with the team he received interest from teams like Shakhtar, Lazio and Inter.[13]

International career

He had scored 18 goals in 59 caps. He made his debut on 16 November 2003, in a friendly game with Italy played in Ancona and won by Squadra Azzurra by 1–0. Marica was introduces in the 81st minute, replacing Daniel Pancu. His first goal for the national team came on 17 November 2004, in a match against Armenia.

On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

He scored his first double for the senior team in a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 3 June 2011.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2004 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 0–1 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 September 2006 Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania  Bulgaria 2–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 7 October 2006 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Belarus 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 15 November 2006 Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cadiz, Spain  Spain 0–1 0–1 Friendly
5 28 March 2007 Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamț, Romania  Luxembourg 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6 17 October 2007 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 0–2 0–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
7 21 November 2007 Național Stadium, Bucharest, Romania  Albania 5–1 6–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8 26 March 2008 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Russia 1–0 3–0 Friendly
9 19 November 2008 Dinamo, Bucharest, Romania  Georgia 1–1 2–1 Friendly
10 11 February 2009 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Croatia 1–0 1–2 Friendly
11 28 March 2009 Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania  Serbia 1–2 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 6 June 2009 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania  Lithuania 0–1 0–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 17 November 2010 Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria  Italy 1–0 1–1 Friendly
14 26 March 2011 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
15 3 June 2011 Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest, Romania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
16 3 June 2011 Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest, Romania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
17 7 September 2012 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 0–2 0–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 16 October 2012 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Netherlands 1–2 1–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 4 June 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 4–0 Friendly
20 4 June 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 4–0 Friendly
21 4 June 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 4–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Dinamo Bucureşti

Shakhtar Donetsk

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2013[14][15][16]
Club League Season League Cup Super Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Bucureşti Divizia A 2001–02 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2002–03 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
2003–04 10 3 1 2 - - 5 1 16 6
Total 23 4 4 2 0 0 5 1 32 7
Shakhtar Donetsk Vyscha Liha 2003–04 12 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 4
2004–05 16 2 7 0 1 0 5 0 29 2
2005–06 21 4 1 0 1 0 9 2 32 6
2006–07 24 6 2 0 0 0 11 4 37 10
Total 73 16 12 0 3 0 25 6 113 22
VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 2007–08 28 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 35 3
2008–09 27 4 3 1 0 0 11 5 41 10
2009–10 25 10 2 0 0 0 6 1 33 11
2010–11 13 3 2 0 0 0 9 3 24 6
Total 93 19 10 1 0 0 30 10 133 30
Schalke 04 2011–12 21 2 1 0 0 0 11 1 33 3
2012–13 13 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 19 6
Total 34 5 4 3 0 0 14 1 52 9
Career Total 223 44 30 6 3 0 74 18 330 68

References

  1. ^ "Ciprian Marica". vfb-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  2. ^ Burt, Jason (19 July 2007). "Eriksson hoping Marica can boost City's firepower". London: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Ciprian Marica signs for VfB". www.vfb.de. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Ciprian Marica parts company with VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Ciprian Marica erhält Vertrag bis 2013" (in German). Official website of Schalke 04. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Marica, doi ani la Schalke 04" (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Blackburn eye Romania striker". mirrorfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Marica vers le PSG ?" (in French). L'Équipe.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Maccabi Haifa Schalke Match facts". guardian.co.uk. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Maccabi Haifa Schalke live commentary". goal.com. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  11. ^ Wenzel, Peter (29 January 2012). "Marica: Solo-Show in Köln" (in German). bild.de. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Schalke bleibt an Bayern und Dortmund dran" (in German). focus.de. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  13. ^ http://worldtransfer.ru/publ/ukraine/shakhtar/luchesku_podtverdil_interes_k_marike/13-1-0-2487
  14. ^ "Ciprian Marica". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  15. ^ "Ciprian Marica". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  16. ^ "Marica, Ciprian" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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