Full name Gheorghe Teodor Grozav Years Team Weight 74 kg Name Gheorghe Grozav Career start 2007 | Playing position Role Footballer Salary 100,000 EUR (2012) Number 30 Height 1.88 m | |
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Date of birth (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 25) Current teams FC Terek Grozny (#30 / Midfielder), Romania national football team (Midfielder, Forward) Similar People Mircea Rednic, Mihai Teja, Razvan Lucescu, Gheorghe Multescu, Tibor Selymes | ||
Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (born 29 September 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Kardemir Karabükspor.
Contents
- Unirea Alba Iulia
- Standard Lige
- Petrolul Ploieti
- Terek Grozny
- Karabkspor
- International career
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- International goals
- References
Unirea Alba Iulia
Grozav starded his career at his hometown club Unirea Alba Iulia, playing his first match in the 2007–08 Liga II season. In the summer of 2009, after two years in the Romanian Liga II, Grozav wanted to score a move away at Standard Liège as a free agent. He was later forced by UEFA to sign for another three years with the club for which he was a junior.
On 1 September 2009, Gicu Grozav made his Liga I debut in a 1-0 defeat against FC Brașov.
Standard Liège
László Bölöni eventually brought Grozav to Belgium in January 2010, signing for Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, whilst Unirea Alba Iulia retained 15% of the players rights. He got limited playing time in his first two years with the team, only making 15 league appearances.
For the 2011-12 season Grozav was transferd to Liga I team Universitatea Cluj on a one-year loan move. He refound his form here as he helped his team to an eighth-place finish.
Petrolul Ploiești
In the summer of 2012 Gicu Grozav signed a three-year contract with Petrolul Ploiești after a number of his team mates also signed with the Yellow Wolves. On 8 August 2013, he scored the decisive goal against Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem in the 95th minute to make sure Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Europa League last preliminary round for the first time in the club's history. On 25 August 2013, Grozav scored a consolation goal with a superb overhead kick at Swansea City in the play-off.
Terek Grozny
On 28 August 2013 he joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for a rumoured fee of €2.1 million.
On 2 February 2015, Grozav once again returned to Romania, signing for Dinamo București on loan.
Karabükspor
On 27 July 2017, Grozav joined Turkish Süper Lig side Kardemir Karabükspor on a three-year contract. On 19 August, he scored on his league debut for the club in a 3–1 home win over İstanbul Başakşehir.
International career
Grozav made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Switzerland on 30 May 2012, where he scored the winning goal. This was the first-ever goal scored for the full side by a player born after the Romanian Revolution. On 12 October 2012, Grozav netted the only goal of a 1–0 victory over Turkey at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.
Personal life
Grozav's uncle, Cornel Țălnar, is a former footballer and a coach.