Alexandru Chipciu

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Alexandru Chipciu
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Chipciu playing for Steaua in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Mihăiță Chipciu
Date of birth (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Brăila, Romania
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Position(s) Winger Attacking midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Steaua București
Number 7
Youth career
2001–2004 Brăila
2004–2006 Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Brașov 76 (13)
2008 → Forex Brașov (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 → Brăila (loan) 18 (4)
2012– Steaua București 105 (22)
International career‡
2006 Romania U-17 2 (1)
2008 Romania U-19 2 (0)
2011– Romania 20 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2015

Alexandru Mihăiță Chipciu (born 18 May 1989 in Brăila[1]) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Romanian side Steaua București and the Romania national team.

He moved to Steaua București in the winter of 2011, after five seasons with FC Brașov. Chipciu helped Steaua to UEFA Europa League success and to their first title in more than half a decade within two years of joining them.[2]

Youth career

Chipciu started his football career in 2001 at the youth squad of CF Brăila and Sporting Pitești, from 2004 to 2006. After that he moved to FC Brașov.[3]

Club career

FC Brașov

At the age of just 18 he made the breakthrough in the first squad, scoring 4 goals in his first year with FC Brașov. But, after the teams pretentions grew, wanting the promotion to the Liga I, he got less play time.

Loan to Forex Brașov and Brăila

For the first half of the 2008–09 season he was loaned out to Liga II side Forex Brașov.[4] In the second half of the season he went to Liga III side CF Brăila to gain experience.[5]

Back at now, Liga I side, FC Brașov, Chipciu again got little playing time in the first season. In the 2010–11 season he exploded,[6] being one of the best players of FC Brașov and attracting the attention of Romanian giants Steaua București and Dinamo București.[7] He eventually choose to remain at FC Brașov, signing a new contract that will keep him at the team until 2015.[8] He had a great start to the 2011–12 season, scoring two very important goals in the first three games.

Steaua București

On 21 December 2011, Steaua București signed him for a transfer fee of €1,2m. The player penned a five-year contract with the club.[9] The transfer became official on 25 January, when the transfer window was declared opened.[10]

On 31 March, Chicpiu scored his first goal for Steaua to bing home a 1–1 draw from Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[11] A week later, on 8 April, Chipciu scored another goal in a 4–1 win against Sportul București, after an impressive build-up play.[12] On 7 May, he was red-carded in the match against Concordia Chiajna, after a foul against the Brazilian full back Guilherme.[13]

In the autumn of 2012 Chipciu helped Steaua Bucharest qualify from the UEFA Europa League group stage, after defeating teams like VfB Stuttgart, Molde FK and FC Copenhagen.[14] Subsequently Steaua defeated AFC Ajax on penalty shoot-outs, before losing in the last 16 against Chelsea FC with 3–2 on aggregate.[15]

On May 10, 2013, in the one of the last matches of the 2012–13 season, Alexandru Chipciu suffered an injury playing against Dinamo Bucharest and he was subsequently sidelined for 5 months after a fractured tibia.[16] Two weeks later Chipciu received a winners medal for the 2012–13 Liga I, after Steaua defeated FC Brașov in the last match of the season. This was his first championship title.

File:Algérie-Roumanie - 20140604 - Alexandru Chipciu.jpg
Chipciu lining up for Romania in 2014

International career

Chipciu made his debut for the Romania U-17 side in a match against Serbia U-17 on 29 March 2006. He also played for Romania U-19.

He made his debut for the senior team in 2011 in a match against San Marino.[17] Chipciu scored his first senior international goal in a friendly away match against Greece on 15 November 2011. The match was played in Austria despite Greece being given "home advantage".

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2011 Stadion Schnabelholz, Altach, Austria  Greece 3–1 3–1 Friendly match
2 22 March 2013 Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 2–2 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 4 June 2014 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  Algeria 1–1 1–2 Friendly match

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 29 November 2015)

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Brașov 2006–07 15 4 ? ? — — — 15 4
2007–08 10 0 1 1 — — — 11 1
Forex Brașov (loan)
2008–09 6 0 ? ? — — — 6 0
Total 6 0 ? ? - - - - - - 6 0
CF Brăila (loan)
2008–09 18 4 0 0 — — — 18 4
Total 18 4 0 0 - - - - - - 18 4
FC Brașov
2009–10 2 1 0 0 — — — 2 1
2010–11 31 3 5 1 — — — 36 4
2011–12 18 5 2 0 — — — 20 5
Total 76 13 8 2 - - - - - - 84 15
Steaua București
2011–12 14 2 — — 0 0 — 14 2
2012–13 27 6 1 0 — 13 2 — 41 8
2013–14 22 6 4 1 — 3 0 — 29 7
2014–15 26 3 4 1 4 1 10 2 1 1 45 8
2015–16 16 5 2 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 26 6
Total 105 22 11 2 5 2 32 4 2 1 155 31
Career total 205 39 19 4 5 2 32 4 2 1 263 50

Honours

Club

Brașov
Steaua București

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Chipciu
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Alexandru Mihăiţă CHIPCIU
  4. ↑ Vezi ce jucator din Liga I a refuzat Steaua pentru FC Brasov
  5. ↑ Alexandru Chipciu si Marius Lupu au fost cistigurile echipei brailene in finalul turului
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ A fost dorit de Steaua şi Dinamo, dar rămîne fidel Braşovului » Chipciu şi-a prelungit contractul pînă în 2015
  8. ↑ "A fost dorit de Steaua şi Dinamo, dar rămîne fidel Braşovului / Chipciu şi-a prelungit contractul pînă în 2015"
  9. ↑ Chipciu a semnat cu Steaua
  10. ↑ PERIOADA DE TRANSFER DE IARNĂ PENTRU CLUBURILE DIN PRIMELE TREI LIGI
  11. ↑ Steaua loses title hopes
  12. ↑ Chipciu superb goal against Sprotul
  13. ↑ Chicpiu only 1 match day suspension
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Chipciu, titular cu San Marino
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