Ștefan Adrian Mardare (born 3 December 1987) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a centre-back for teams such as FCM Bacău, FC Vaslui, Rapid București or Unirea Alba Iulia, among others.

Ștefan Mardare
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Bacău, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
FCM Bacău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 FCM Bacău 5 (0)
2006–2008 FC Vaslui 45 (0)
2008–2011 Rapid București 24 (0)
2011–2012 Debrecen II 12 (0)
2012 Oțelul Galați 0 (0)
2013 Rapid București 7 (0)
2013–2014 Dinamo II București 12 (0)
2014 UTA Arad 5 (0)
2014–2015 Național Sebiș 0 (0)
2015–2016 Hunedoara 18 (0)
2016 Unirea Alba Iulia 10 (0)
2016–2018 Dunărea Călărași 22 (0)
2018 CSMȘ Reșița 2 (0)
2019–2020 Unirea Alba Iulia 15 (1)
2020 Hunedoara 3 (0)
2021 Unirea Alba Iulia 7 (0)
Total 186 (1)
International career
2007–2010 Romania U-21 14 (0)
Managerial career
2021–2022 Unirea Alba Iulia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:10, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

He graduated from the FCM Bacău Academy. Then he made his debut for the senior team against Rapid București at 15 years of age. Leaving Bacău after relegation, he signed for F.C. Vaslui, where he became a first team regular.

Mardare was linked to Newcastle and Everton in 2007.[1]

In September 2013, he signed a 3-year contract with Dinamo București, but he was getting reserve football because of poor fitness level.[2]

Honours

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Debrecen
Dunărea Călărași

References

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  1. ^ "Fundaşul Ştefan Mardare, în atenţia echipelor engleze Newcastle United şi Everton" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 17 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Dinamo a legitimat un fost jucător al Rapidului. "Mi-e dor de normalitate!"" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 2 September 2013.
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