Claudiu Răducanu

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Claudiu Nicu Răducanu (born 3 December 1976) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker.[1]

Club career

Răducanu was born in Craiova on 3 December 1976 and started playing football at the youth centers of Universitatea Craiova and CSȘ Craiova.[2] He made his Divizia A debut on 24 September 1994, playing for Electroputere Craiova in a 4–0 loss against Inter Sibiu.[2] The team relegated at the end of his first season but he stayed with the club for a further of four seasons in Divizia B, scoring 10 goals in the 1998–99 season to help it promote back to the first league.[2]

He was transferred by Steaua București in the middle of the 1999–2000 season for 150.000$.[2][3][4] Under the guidance of coach Victor Pițurcă he helped Steaua win the 2000–01 Divizia A title by being its top-scorer as he netted the goal 12 times in 24 appearances.[2][5] He also won the 2001 Supercupa României when he played all the minutes in the 2–1 victory in front of rivals Dinamo București and managed to become the 2002–03 top-scorer of the season with 21 goals.[2][3][4][6] Răducanu scored four league goals in the derby with Dinamo which helped his side earn two victories and one draw, also netting once in a loss from the Cupa României.[7] He also has 11 matches played with seven goals scored for The Military Men in European competitions, most notably in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup edition when he scored two goals in both legs of the first round as the team defeated Southampton 2–1 on aggregate and one goal in the first leg of the following round when Steaua lost 2–1 on aggregate to Liverpool.[3][4][8][9]

In 2004 Espanyol Barcelona paid Steaua 1.3 million€ for Răducanu's transfer.[4] At Espanyol he is best remembered after scoring the victory goal in the 89th minute of his Primera División debut, as on 1 February he was sent by coach Luis Fernandez in the 69th minute to replace Pierre Womé in a 1–0 away win against Villarreal and after the game ended, he threw his shirt to the stand where the team's fans where staying, but as a lot of them tried to grab it, the railing broke and they fell on the ground.[4][10][11] He also scored two goals in a 3–2 victory against Atlético Madrid, having a total of three goals netted in 11 Primera División matches.[2][10][12]

He went to play for Arminia Bielefeld, making his Bundesliga debut on 8 August 2004 when coach Uwe Rapolder sent him on the field in the 66th minute to replace Detlev Dammeier in a 0–0 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach, gaining a total of five appearances in the competition until the end of the season.[2][13] In his following years, Răducanu became a journeyman, playing for various teams and leagues from Romania and worldwide, having a total of 154 appearances with 64 goals in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A.[2][3][4][13]

International career

Răducanu played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 30 April 2003 under coach Anghel Iordănescu in a 1–0 victory against Lithuania.[14][15] His second game was a 1–0 loss to Italy.[14]

Controversy

In October 2014, Răducanu was arrested for the use of fake credit cards and for trying to bribe a police officer in Cancun, Mexico, spending one month and a half in jail.[16][17][18][19][20]

Honours

Extensiv Craiova

Steaua București

Individual

References

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Sporting positions
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