George Alexandru Cîmpanu (born 8 October 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an winger or a forward for Liga I club UTA Arad, on loan from Universitatea Craiova.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Alexandru Cîmpanu | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Chiajna, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
UTA Arad (on loan from Universitatea Craiova) | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2017 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| 2017 | Memmingen | ||
| 2018 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | CSM Alexandria | 20 | (11) |
| 2019–2020 | Botoșani | 20 | (3) |
| 2020– | Universitatea Craiova | 99 | (11) |
| 2023–2024 | → Universitatea Cluj (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2024– | → UTA Arad (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2023 | Romania U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | Romania Olympic | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023 | |||
Club career
editCîmpanu played youth football for Concordia Chiajna and German team Memmingen, before moving to Alexandria in 2018 to register his senior debut in the Romanian third division.
The following year, Cîmpanu joined Liga I club Botoșani, for which he amassed three goals from 22 appearances in all competitions. On 5 October 2020, shortly before his 20th birthday, he transferred to fellow league side Universitatea Craiova in a move worth €500,000.[1][2]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 2 November 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| CSM Alexandria | 2018–19 | Liga III | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 11 | |||
| Botoșani | 2019–20 | Liga I | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | |||
| Universitatea Craiova | 2020–21 | Liga I | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 99 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 12 | |||
| Universitatea Cluj (loan) | 2023–24 | Liga I | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| UTA Arad (loan) | 2024–25 | Liga I | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 161 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 29 | |||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ One appearance in Supercupa României, one appearance in Liga I European play-offs
Honours
editUniversitatea Craiova[3]
References
edit- ^ "George Cîmpanu, alb-albastru cu acte-n regulă" [George Cîmpanu, officially a white-blue] (in Romanian). CS Universitatea Craiova. 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Cât a plătit Craiova pe Alex Cîmpanu către FC Botoşani: "S-a luat o sumă frumoasă, plus procente" | EXCLUSIV" [How much did Craiova pay to FC Botoșani for George Cîmpanu: "We obtained a nice sum, plus interest" | EXCLUSIVE] (in Romanian). ProSport. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ a b Alexandru Cîmpanu at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
External links
edit- Alexandru Cîmpanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- George Cîmpanu at Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian)