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Artur Crăciun
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Chișinău, Moldova
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Puszcza Niepołomice
Number 22
Youth career
Zimbru Chișinău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Zimbru-2 Chișinău 35 (3)
2016–2017 Zimbru Chișinău 11 (0)
2017 Sheriff-2 Tiraspol 10 (1)
2017–2018 Sheriff Tiraspol 0 (0)
2017 → Milsami Orhei (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2019 Milsami Orhei 38 (2)
2019–2020 Universitatea Cluj 18 (2)
2020–2022 Budapest Honvéd 2 (0)
2021 → Viitorul Constanța (loan) 0 (0)
2021 → Sfîntul Gheorghe (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2022 → Lokomotiv Plovdiv (loan) 13 (0)
2022 → Tsarsko Selo (loan) 6 (0)
2022–2023 Hapoel Kfar Saba 31 (0)
2023– Puszcza Niepołomice 40 (8)
International career‡
2016 Moldova U19[a] 3 (0)
2017–2020 Moldova U21[a] 11 (1)
2019– Moldova 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024

Artur Crăciun (born 29 June 1998) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish Ekstraklasa club Puszcza Niepołomice and the Moldova national team.

Club career

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Crăciun made his professional debut for Zimbru in the Divizia Națională on 20 May 2016 against Academia Chișinău, coming on as a 92nd-minute substitute.

On 23 July 2019 he signed a contract with Romanian Liga II side Universitatea Cluj.[1]

On 10 March 2021, he was loaned out to Sfântul Gheorghe from Budapest Honvéd.[2]

In June 2022, he moved to Hapoel Kfar Saba.[3]

On 10 July 2023, Crăciun signed a one-year contract, with an option to extend, with Polish Ekstraklasa newcomers Puszcza Niepołomice.[4] On 23 July, he made his debut in Puszcza's first-ever top-tier outing, a 3–2 away loss to Widzew Łódź.[5] He regularly appeared in the line-ups thereafter, contributing to Puszcza's bid for top-flight survival by scoring game-winning goals in home games against Widzew on 11 December,[6] and Lech Poznań on 13 April 2024;[7] he also became the designated penalty taker. On 10 May, Puszcza exercised their option to prolong Crăciun's contract for another twelve months.[8]

International career

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He made his debut for Moldova national team on 14 November 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against France. He started the game and played the whole match.[9]

Honours

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Milsami Orhei[10]

Sfîntul Gheorghe

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Only official UEFA matches included

References

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  1. ^ "Un adversar al FCSB din Europa League, noua achiziţie a celor de la "U" Cluj. A semnat pe trei ani". liga2.prosport.ro.
  2. ^ "Artur Craciun a revenit în campionatul Moldovei" (in Romanian). Moldfootball. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ "הפועל כפר סבא החתימה את בלם נבחרת מולדובה". maariv.co.il (in Hebrew). Maariv. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Artur Craciun w Puszczy Niepołomice!" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ "PKO Ekstraklasa: Widzew 3-2 Puszcza". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 23 July 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Kolektyw Tułacza nad kreskę się wtacza". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Cenne zwycięstwo beniaminka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ^ "ARTUR CRACIUN NA DŁUŻEJ W PUSZCZY!" (in Polish). Puszcza Niepołomice. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ "France v Moldova game report". UEFA. 14 November 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Artur Crăciun". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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