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Radu Drăgușin
Personal information
Full name Radu Matei Drăgușin
Date of birth (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria (on loan from Juventus)
Number 19
Youth career
2009–2013 Sportul Studențesc
2013–2018 Regal Sport București
2018–2020 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Juventus U23 12 (1)
2020– Juventus 1 (0)
2021– → Sampdoria (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Romania U17 6 (1)
2019 Romania U19 3 (0)
2020– Romania U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:53, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Radu Matei Drăgușin (born 3 February 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the Romania national under-21 team.

Early life

Drăgușin was born in Bucharest to Svetlana (née Simion) and Dan Drăgușin, both former Romanian internationals in basketball and volleyball, respectively. He has a younger sister named Meira, who also plays basketball.[1]

Club career

Early career

Drăgușin was attracted to football by his cousin, and joined the youth squads of Sportul Studențesc at the age of seven.[2] He played at the club for four years before its dissolution, and then moved to Regal Sport București where he was teammates with Octavian Popescu and Luca Florică among others.[3]

Juventus

In 2018, Drăgușin transferred to Italian club Juventus for a fee of €260,000.[2] Initially an under-17 player, Drăgușin quickly moved to Juventus' under-19 side.[4] On 25 January 2020, midway through the 2019–20 Serie C season, Drăgușin made his debut for Juventus U23 against Pro Patria, coming on as a substitute in the 36th minute for Raffaele Alcibiade.[5] On 13 February 2021, he scored his first career goal in a 3–0 away win against AlbinoLeffe.[6]

On 8 November 2020, Drăgușin was first called-up for the senior team by Andrea Pirlo for a Serie A game with Lazio.[4] He made his club and European debut on 2 December, featuring as a substitute in 3–0 home victory over Dynamo Kyiv in a UEFA Champions League group stage game.[4] Drăgușin's league debut was registered on 13 December, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute for Matthijs de Ligt in a 3–1 away win to Genoa.[7] On 13 January 2021, Drăgușin started his first game for Juventus in the Coppa Italia,[8] defeating Genoa 3–2 after extra time.[9]

Loan to Sampdoria

In April 2021, Drăgușin renewed his contract with Juventus until 30 June 2025.[10] On 31 August that year, he was sent on a one-season loan to fellow league club Sampdoria.[11]

International career

Drăgușin was selected by manager Adrian Mutu for the UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 hosted by Hungary and Slovenia,[12] having previously made two appearances for his nation in the qualifiers. He only played one match in the tournament, after he replaced injured Alex Pașcanu in the 63rd-minute of a goalless draw with Germany. Romania could not advance from the group stage, in spite of having the same number of points as Germany and the Netherlands.

Style of play

A tall and physical centre-back, Drăgușin has cited Virgil van Dijk as a point of reference.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2021[5]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 2 0 — — 3[a] 0 5 0
2020–21 Serie C 8 1 — — 2[b] 0 10 1
Total 10 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 1
Juventus 2020–21 Serie A 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 11 1 2 0 1 0 5 0 19 1
  1. ^ One appearance in Serie C promotion play-offs, two appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ^ Appearance in Serie C promotion play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Juventus U23[5]

Juventus[5]

References

  1. ^ La 18 ani, Radu Matei Drăgușin și-a făcut debutul la Juventus Torino
  2. ^ a b "La 18 ani, Radu Matei Drăgușin și-a făcut debutul la Juventus Torino". Click (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ Primejdie, Deian (2 May 2018). "Interviu Radu Drăgușin". Scoala TV. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Chi è Dragusin, il 2002 che ha esordito in Champions con la Juve". Sky Sport (in Italian). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Radu Drăgușin at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "La Juventus U23 strapazza l'Albinoleffe: 3-0, in rete anche Dragusin. In campo Ake - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Genoa - Juventus, 1-3, Serie A 2020 giornata 11, La Repubblica". www.repubblica.it. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Juventus-Genoa, le formazioni ufficiali: giocano Dragusin e Wesley | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. ^ Pifferi, Matteo. "Coppa Italia – La Juventus batte il Genoa ai supplementari: ai quarti Sassuolo o SPAL". FC Inter 1908 (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  10. ^ Juventus.com. "Dragusin, è rinnovo! - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, Dragusin in prestito dalla Juventus - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Adrian Mutu a anunțat lotul României pentru Euro 2021! Ce jucători vor merge în Ungaria și Slovenia" [Adrian Mutu announced Romania's squad for Euro 2021! What players will go to Hungary and Slovenia] (in Romanian). Eurosport România. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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