Andrei Ciobanu
{{short description|Romanian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andrei Ciobanu
| image = Andrei Ciobanu - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Rapid Bucuresti, 13 August 2022.jpg
| upright = 0.8
| caption = Ciobanu with Rapid București in 2022
| fullname = Andrei Virgil Ciobanu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|01|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bârlad, Romania
| height = 1.76 m
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2005–2007
| youthclubs1 = FEPA Bârlad
| youthyears2 = 2007–2010
| youthclubs2 = Sporting Vaslui
| youthyears3 = 2010–2015
| youthclubs3 = Gheorghe Hagi Academy
| currentclub = Oțelul Galați
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 2016–2021
| clubs1 = Viitorul Constanța
| caps1 = 110
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = Farul Constanța
| caps2 = 31
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2022–2024
| clubs3 = Rapid București
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2023–2024
| clubs4 = → Politehnica Iaşi (loan)
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024
| clubs5 = Voluntari
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2024–2025
| clubs6 = Farul Constanța
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2025–
| clubs7 = Oțelul Galați
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015
| nationalteam1 = Romania U17
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016
| nationalteam2 = Romania U19
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2021
| nationalteam3 = Romania U21
| nationalcaps3 = 22
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| nationalyears4 = 2021
| nationalteam4 = Romania Olympic
| nationalcaps4 = 7
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| pcupdate = 16 June 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Andrei Virgil Ciobanu (born 18 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Oțelul Galați.
Club career
He played with Viitorul U19 in the Youth League in 8 games and scored 4 goals.{{cite web|title=Andrei Ciobanu, eroul FC Viitorul din Liga Campionilor: "În ciuda scorului, rămânem cu picioarele pe pământ" (galerie foto)|url=http://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/stiri/sport/andrei-ciobanu-eroul-fc-viitorul-din-liga-campionilor-in-ciuda-scorului-ramanem-cu-picioarele-pe-pamant-galerie-foto-609011.html|website=ZIUA de Constanta|accessdate=16 October 2016|date=30 September 2016}} Ciobanu made his debut in Liga I at the age of 17 and scored against the Romanian champions at that time, Astra Giurgiu; he has collected 101 matches since his debut and scored 12 goals, having also 16 assists.
On 16 June 2022, he transferred to fellow Liga I team Rapid București.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcrapid.ro/andrei-ciobanu-este-noul-jucator-al-rapidului/|title=Andrei Ciobanu este noul jucător al Rapidului|trans-title=Andrei Ciobanu is the new player of Rapid|publisher=FC Rapid București|language=ro|date=16 June 2022|accessdate=17 June 2022}}
In June 2025, the player moved to Oțelul Galați from Liga I, signing a two-year contract.{{cite news |title=Andrei Ciobanu este oțelar|trans-title=Andrei Ciobanu is a steelworker|url=https://ascotelul.ro/andrei-ciobanu-este-otelar/|access-date=15 June 2025 |work=ascotelul.ro|date=6 June 2025 |language=Romanian}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 16 May 2025{{Soccerway|andrei-ciobanu/379189|accessdate=22 May 2022}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="2" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Europe ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
|---|
| rowspan="7" |Viitorul Constanța
|2 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |2 |1 |
| 2016–17
|2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |– |2 |0 |
| 2017–18
|16 |2 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |18 |2 |
| 2018–19
|23 |1 |3 |1 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |– |27 |2 |
| 2019–20
|32 |3 |1 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |– |33 |3 |
| 2020–21
|35 |9 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |36 |9 |
| Total
!110 !16 !7 !1 !1 !0 !0 !0 !118 !17 |
| rowspan="1" |Farul Constanța
|31 |2 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |32 |2 |
| rowspan="1" |Rapid București
|13 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |16 |0 |
| Politehnica Iaşi (loan)
|11 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |11 |0 |
| Voluntari
|9 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |11 |0 |
| Farul Constanța
|23 |0 |3 |1 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– |26 |1 |
| colspan="2" |Career total
!197 !18 !16 !2 !1 !0 !0 !0 !214 !20 |
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{RomanianSoccer|4390/andrei-ciobanu}}
- [https://lpf.ro/jucator/ciobanu-virgil-andrei/458 Andrei Ciobanu] at Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal {{in lang|ro}}
{{ASC Oțelul Galați squad}}
{{Romania men's football squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciobanu, Andrei}}
Category:Sportspeople from Bârlad
Category:Footballers from Vaslui County
Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's youth international footballers
Category:Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Romania
Category:Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Viitorul Constanța players
Category:FCV Farul Constanța players
Category:FC Rapid București players