Andrei Rațiu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrei Florin Rațiu | ||
Date of birth | 20 June 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Aiud, Romania | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal | ||
Number | 44 | ||
Youth career | |||
Águaviva | |||
Andorra | |||
Villarreal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Villarreal C | 65 | (4) |
2018– | Villarreal B | 52 | (1) |
2019– | Villarreal | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → ADO Den Haag (loan) | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Romania U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2019 |
Andrei Florin Rațiu (born 20 June 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a right winger.
Club career
Born in Aiud, Rațiu moved to Aragon, Spain at the age of six[1] and joined Villarreal CF's youth setup from Andorra CF.[2] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 20 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 Tercera División away draw against UD Alzira.[3]
Rațiu scored his first senior goal on 14 September 2016, netting the opener in a 2–1 away defeat of Elche CF Ilicitano.[4] After being regularly used with the C-side, he made his debut for the reserves on 17 December 2017, replacing Darío Poveda late into a 3–2 home win against SCR Peña Deportiva for the Segunda División B championship.[5]
Rațiu was definitely promoted to the B's in August 2018,[6] being regularly used afterwards. He made his first team debut the following 18 April, starting in a 0–2 loss at Valencia CF for the season's UEFA Europa League.[7]
On 4 August 2020, Rațiu was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag for the season.[8] He returned to his parent club the following 29 January, after 12 appearances.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 8 March 2020 [10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Villarreal C | 2016–17 | Tercera División | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
2017–18 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Total | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4 | ||
Villarreal B | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018–19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
Villarreal | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
ADO Den Haag (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career total | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Conoce a Andrei con Cantera Grogueta" [Know Andrei with Cantera Grogueta] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Cine este Andrei Raţiu, românul titular în premieră în sferturile Europa League? Este dorit de Real Madrid" [Who is Andrei Raţiu, Romanian starting in the quarterfinals of the Europa League? He is a Real Madrid target] (in Romanian). Telekom Sport. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Jornada 1. – UD Alzira, 2; Villarreal CF C, 2" [Matchday 1. – UD Alzira, 2; Villarreal CF C, 2.] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "El Villarreal C continúa intratable y supera al filial ilicitano" [Villarreal C remain unstoppable and overcome the ilicitano reserves] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "El Villarreal B doblega a la Peña Deportiva por 3–2" [Villarreal B bend down Peña Deportiva by 3–2] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "El Villarreal B mantiene su apuesta por jugadores de la casa" [Villarreal B keep their bet on home-grown players] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Valencia quality too much for Villarreal in downpour at Mestalla". Marca. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Andrei moves on loan to ADO Den Haag". Villarreal CF. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Andrei returns home". Villarreal CF. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Andrei Rațiu at Soccerway
External links
- Andrei Rațiu at BDFutbol
- Andrei Rațiu at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Andrei Rațiu at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Aiud
- Romanian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Villarreal CF C players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- Eredivisie players
- ADO Den Haag players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain