Full name Raul Axente Ciupe Years Team Weight 78 kg Name Raul Ciupe Spouse Madalina Iosif (m. 2013) | Playing position Role Footballer Date joined 2012 Number 13 Height 1.77 m | |
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Date of birth (1983-11-24) 24 November 1983 (age 32) Current team FC Viitorul Constanta (#13 / Defender) | ||
Place of birth Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
Raul Axente Ciupe (born 24 November 1983, in Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a right back for Sănătatea Cluj.
Career
After playing for Gaz Metan Mediaș in Divizia B, Ciupe made his top-flight debut on 31 July 2004 as a Sportul Studențesc player, in a match against Unirea Alba-Iulia.
Playing for the Romania national under-21 football team in a match against Macedonia, he was fouled by Goran Popov and suffered a broken tibia. Minutes earlier, another Macedonian player, Hristijan Kirovski, was sent off after also fouling Ciupe. The right-back completely missed the 2005-2006 season because of the injury.
Ciupe played seven years for Sportul Studențesc before joining FC Brașov in November 2011. In June 2012 he was transferred by his hometown team Universitatea Cluj for whom he managed to score his first goals in Liga I, against Astra Ploiești and the local rivals from CFR Cluj.
