Ștefan Bărboianu

Ștefan Bărboianu
Personal information
Full name	Ștefan Nicolae Bărboianu
Date of birth	24 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back / Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Petrolul Ploiești
Number	20
Youth career
	Gică Popescu Academy
	Concordia Chiajna
	Gică Popescu Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2011	FCU Craiova
2011	Dinamo Bucureşti
2011–2013	Astra Giurgiu
2014–2015	Dinamo București
2015–2019	Concordia Chiajna
2019–	Petrolul Ploiești
International career‡
2006	Romania U-19
2009–2010	Romania U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2019; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 April 2012

Ștefan Nicolae Bărboianu (born 24 January 1988 in Craiova) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Petrolul Ploiești as a right back or as a defensive midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Universitatea Craiova

Bărboianu started his career at Universitatea Craiova. In February 2011 he was declared free agent, but in the meantime he signed a new contract with Craiova, from 1 July 2011. So Bărboianu played in the Spring of 2011 for Dinamo Bucureşti, and returned to Craiova in July. Following the disaffiliation of Universitatea, Bărboianu was again declared free agent and signed on 3 August 2011 a contract for five years with Astra Giurgiu.^[2]

Dinamo București

Bărboianu had two terms at Dinamo. The first one was a short one, for only four months, from February until May 2011. He was released after an own-goal in the 2011 Cupa României Final, that sent the trophy to Dinamo's biggest rivals, Steaua București.^[3] In December 2013, Bărboianu returned to Dinamo and played until May 2015, when in a match again versus Steaua, he conceded a penalty which led to the first goal of the game, won by Steaua 3–1. Two days after the game, his contract with Dinamo was ended by mutual agreement.^[4]

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2005–06	Universitatea Craiova	Liga II

References

External links

Ștefan Bărboianu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Ștefan Bărboianu at Soccerway

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[1] Petrolul a avut la reunire doar zece jucători din vechiul lot. Bărboianu şi trei foşti elevi ai lui Flavius Stoica la Poli Iaşi, cele mai importante noutăţi ale ”lupilor”. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)

[2] Marius Șumudică preia un lot cu noutăți Găman și Bărboianu Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Steaua a câştigat Cupa României şi va juca direct în play-off-ul Ligii Europa

[4] Bărboianu, dat afară de la Dinamo la două zile după derby

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