Ionuț Rada (footballer, born 1982)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ionuț Alin Rada | ||
Date of birth | 6 July 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Craiova, Romania | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sănătatea Cluj | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2004 | FC U Craiova | 46 | (1) |
2001 | → Rocar București (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Rapid București | 65 | (3) |
2005–2006 | → Naţional București (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2007–2010 | Steaua București | 32 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Otopeni (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2010 | Al-Nasr | ||
2010–2015 | CFR Cluj | 78 | (4) |
2012 | → Karlsruher SC (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Bari | 26 | (2) |
2016–2018 | Fidelis Andria | 54 | (2) |
2018– | Sănătatea Cluj | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2003 | Romania U-21 | 1 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2011 |
Ionuț Alin Rada (born 6 July 1982) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a central defender for Liga III side Sănătatea Cluj.[1]
Club career
Universitatea Craiova
Rada started his career playing for Universitatea Craiova's youth team and also played for Gheorghe Popescu's famous football school from Craiova.
He debuted in Liga I for Universitatea Craiova playing only four matches being loaned to AS Rocar Bucureşti.
He returned to Universitatea Craiova and played there until 2004, scoring 1 goal in 42 appearances.
AS Rocar Bucureşti
He played for AS Rocar Bucureşti 13 matches but did not manage to score any goals. He was then brought back to Universitatea Craiova
Rapid Bucureşti
In 2004, he joined Rapid Bucureşti along with his teammate from Universitatea Craiova, Ionut Stancu. From Rapid he was loaned one season to Progresul Bucureşti, where he gained 14 appearances and scored two goals, one of the two goals was against his current team Steaua Bucureşti. That goal made Walter Zenga, Steaua Bucureşti's manager at that time, resign.
On 27 July 2006, Rada suffered an injury and missed the start of the season. He spent a month under treatment at the Isokinetic clinic in Bologna. He was left out of the team for the first time on 26 November 2006 by Razvan Lucescu because of his performance against Mladá Boleslav in the UEFA Cup.
George Copos, Rapid's owner, increased Rada's salary from €60,000 to €120,000 on 21 February 2007, due to his good performance. He was one of the lowest paid players from Rapid until his salary was doubled.
He played for Rapid in 65 matches and scored three goals. His best performance at this club was the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
Steaua Bucureşti
Rada signed with Steaua Bucureşti on 25 July 2007 for three years.[2] Steaua Bucureşti transferred him for a known fee of €800,000 but because the player was 50% owned by former Romanian football player Gheorghe Popescu, the club had to pay him another €800,000 thus resulting a total transfer fee of €1,600,000. Popescu said that he was mainly responsible for Rada's transfer to Steaua Bucureşti.
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He was put on the transfer list by his former club Rapid because the fans believed that the player did not give a 100% for the respective club. With his agreement and with the acknowledgment of George Copos he was put on the transfer list.
Rada currently earns €120,000 per season, but he said that the money is not important to him because it was his dream to play for Steaua in the UEFA Champions League. He was sure that he made the right choice because he also had offers from other teams.
He scored his first goal for Steaua Bucureşti against FC Vaslui in the current season of Liga I. He scored with a perfect header from a corner kick served by Banel Nicolita. The match ended with the score 1–0 for Steaua Bucureşti. He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage against Slavia Prague, match lost by Steaua Bucureşti with 2–1.
He was loaned by his choice to CS Otopeni.
On 28 December 2009 Steaua announced that Rada was sold to Al-Nasr.[3]
Al-Nasr
On 28 December 2009 he signed on a year and half with Al-Nasr.[3]
CFR Cluj
On 11 June 2010, he signed with Romanian Champions CFR Cluj for three seasons. His first match was against FC Basel in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League when he scored his first goal.
Bari
On 19 January 2015, he signed a contract with Serie B outfit Bari, reuniting with former CFR Cluj sports director Razvan Zamfir.
Fidelis Andria
In August 2016, it was announced Rada signed a 2-years deal with the Serie C side Fidelis Andria.
International career
He was selected by Anghel Iordănescu to play for the Romania's national team, making his debut on 20 August 2003 when he came as a substitute and replaced Răzvan Raț in the 88th minute of a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Ukraine.[4][5] On 18 February 2004 he earned his second appearance in a 3–0 victory against Georgia at the Cyprus International Football Tournament.[4][6]
Honours
Club
- Rapid Bucureşti
- Cupa României: 2005–06, 2006–07
- Supercupa României: 2006–07
- CFR Cluj
- Liga I: 2011-12
- Cupa României: Runners-up (1) 2012-13
- Supercupa României: Runners-up 2012
References
- ^ Ionuţ Rada, înapoi în fotbalul românesc, la 36 de ani.. prosport.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Rada si Zaharia, noile achizitii!" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Multumim, Ionut Rada!" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Ionuț Rada". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Ukraine - Romania 0:2". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Georgia - Romania 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
External links
- Ionuț Rada at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ionuț Rada at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1982 births
- Sportspeople from Craiova
- Living people
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Romania under-21 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- FC U Craiova 1948 players
- AFC Rocar București players
- FC Progresul București players
- FC Rapid București players
- FC Steaua București players
- CS Otopeni players
- Al-Nasr SC (Dubai) players
- CFR Cluj players
- Karlsruher SC players
- S.S.C. Bari players
- S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players
- Liga I players
- UAE Pro League players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Italy