Gabriel Giurgiu

{{Multiple issues|

}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Gabriel Giurgiu

|image = Giurgiu in may 2010.jpg

|image_size = 240px

|fullname = Gabriel Nicu Giurgiu

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|09|03|df=y}}

|birth_place = Cluj-Napoca, Romania

|height = 1.75 m

|position = Central midfielder

|currentclub = Universitatea Cluj (sporting director)

|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2000 |youthclubs1 = Universitatea Cluj

|years1 = 2000–2006 |clubs1 = Universitatea Cluj |caps1 = 151 |goals1 = 11

|years2 = 2007 |clubs2 = Oțelul Galați |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2007–2008 |clubs3 = Rubin Kazan |caps3 = 4 |goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2008 |clubs4 = → Oțelul Galați (loan) |caps4 = 18 |goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2009–2014 |clubs5 = Oțelul Galați |caps5 = 163 |goals5 = 14

|years6 = 2014–2015 |clubs6 = Maccabi Netanya |caps6 = 26 |goals6 = 1

|years7 = 2015–2016 |clubs7 = Concordia Chiajna |caps7 = 36 |goals7 = 4

|years8 = 2016–2019 |clubs8 = Universitatea Cluj |caps8 = 79 |goals8 = 11

|years9 = 2019 |clubs9 = Victoria Cluj |caps9 = 15 |goals9 = 5

|totalcaps = 507 | totalgoals = 46

|nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 |nationalteam1 = Romania

|nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 = 2021– | managerclubs1 = Universitatea Cluj (sporting director)

|pcupdate =

}}

Gabriel Nicu Giurgiu (born 3 September 1982) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently he is the sporting director of Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.{{cite web|url=https://sportgalati.com/2020/05/50-de-ani-50-de-legende-gabriel-giurgiu.html|title=50 de ani/50 de legende Gabriel Giurgiu|language=ro|trans-title=50 years/50 legends: Gabriel Giurgiu|date=13 May 2020|access-date=14 April 2025|publisher=sportgalati.com|archive-date=14 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414065540/https://sportgalati.com/2020/05/50-de-ani-50-de-legende-gabriel-giurgiu.html|url-status=live}}

Club career

Giurgiu started his senior career in Universitatea Cluj. In January 2007, he signed up in Oțelul Galați.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823212904/http://otelul-galati.ro/stiri.php?id=267 Giurgiu]}} After a series of good performances he was transferred to Rubin Kazan during the summer break in 2007. A few months later, in January 2008, he was loaned back to Oțelul until the end of the season. In May, he returned to Rubin. In January 2009, he completed his return to Oțelul Galați.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823211137/http://otelul-galati.ro/stiri.php?id=1298 Giurgiu]}}

International career

Giurgiu made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 28 in 2011 in a friendly game against Brazil.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

=International stats=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="2"\|Romania \|2011	1	0
2012	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total\|\|2\|\|0