Gheorghe Bucur

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Gigel Bucur
Bucur playing for Romania in September 2009
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Bucur
Date of birth (1980-04-08) 8 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger, striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 Sportul Studenţesc 169 (76)
2005–2010 Politehnica Timișoara 124 (52)
2010–2016 Kuban Krasnodar 158 (28)
2017 Sportul Studenţesc 5 (0)
Total 500 (190)
International career
2001 Romania U-21 2 (1)
2005–2013 Romania 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a short and speedy forward.

Bucur has won the top league goalscorer award in the Romanian Liga 1 twice, in the 2004–05 and in the 2008–09 seasons. He was tied on goals with another player on both occasions, first with Claudiu Niculescu and then with Florin Costea.

Club career[edit]

Before joining Politehnica, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studenţesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2001–02 season. After winning the title of Romanian top league goal scorer of the Divizia A in 2006, he was transferred to Timișoara, for a rumored sum of US$800,000.[1] Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that deal.

In the autumn of 2009 he scored a brace in the Third Champions League Qualifying Round to help Timișoara knockout Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]

On 3 February 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Russian club Kuban Krasnodar for a fee worth $1.8 million.[3]

International career[edit]

Gigel Bucur first played for the Romania national team in 2005 and amassed twenty six appearances until 2013, scoring four goals, including a brace against Armenia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.[4]

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.

International goals[edit]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2005 Farul, Constanţa, Romania  Armenia 2–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 3–0
3 9 September 2009 Ghencea, București, Romania  Austria 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 14 October 2009 Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania  Faroe Islands 2–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics[edit]

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sportul Studențesc 1998–99 16 2 0 0 0 0 16 2
1999–2000 28 6 0 0 0 0 28 6
2000–01 27 4 5 1 0 0 32 5
2001–02 29 12 2 1 0 0 31 13
2002–03 12 2 0 0 0 0 12 2
2003–04 28 29 0 0 0 0 28 29
2004–05 29 21 2 1 0 0 29 22
Total 169 76 9 3 0 0 178 79
Timișoara 2005–06 20 2 2 1 0 0 22 3
2006–07 29 9 4 2 0 0 33 11
2007–08 28 16 2 1 0 0 30 17
2008–09 31 17 4 2 2 1 37 20
2009–10 16 8 0 0 6 3 22 11
Total 124 52 12 6 8 4 144 62
Kuban Krasnodar 2010 31 9 0 0 0 0 31 9
2011–12 39 6 1 0 0 0 40 6
2012–13 21 4 2 0 0 0 23 4
2013–14 28 6 0 0 6 1 34 7
2014–15 24 3 3 0 0 0 27 3
2015–16 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
Total 158 28 7 0 6 1 171 29
Career Total 451 156 28 9 14 5 493 170

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 May 2016

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Sportul Studenţesc
Kuban Krasnodar

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Azi" article Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Gigel Bucur, despre dubla cu Sahtior". roportal.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Главные спортивные новости на сегодня | Последние новости спорта в России и мире".
  4. ^ "Romania-Armenia 3-0". hotnews.ro. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

External links[edit]

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