Vlad Moldoveanu

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Vlad Moldoveanu

| image = Vlad Moldoveanu playing for Le Havre.JPG

| width = 250px

| caption = Moldoveanu with Le Havre in 2012

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 231

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|2|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| highschool = St. John's College HS
(Washington, D.C.)

| college =

George Mason (2007–2009)
American (2009–2011)

| draft_year = 2011

| career_start = 2011

| career_end = 2023

| career_number =

| career_position = Power forward

| years1 = 2011–2012

| team1 = Benetton Treviso

| years2 = 2012–2013

| team2 = Le Havre

| years3 = 2013–2014

| team3 = Kalev/Cramo

| years4 = 2014–2015

| team4 = Turów Zgorzelec

| years5 = 2015–2016

| team5 = Stelmet Zielona Góra

| years6 = 2016–2017

| team6 = U-BT Cluj-Napoca

| years7 = 2017–2018

| team7 = Büyükçekmece

| years8 = 2018–2019

| team8 = U-BT Cluj-Napoca

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Ifaistos Limnou

| years10 = 2020–2022

| team10 = Voluntari

| years11 = 2022–2023

| team11 = C.S.Dinamo Bucuresti

| highlights =

Romanian League champion (2017)
Polish League champion (2016)
Estonian League champion (2014)
3× Romanian Cup winner (2017, 2021, 2022)
2× Romanian Super Cup winner (2015, 2016)
2× Polish Super Cup winner (2015, 2016)
3× Romanian Player of the Year (2012, 2013, 2017)
Estonian League Finals MVP (2014)
2× First-team All-Patriot League (2010, 2011)

}}

Vlad-Sorin Moldoveanu (born 11 February 1988) is a Romanian former professional basketball player who last played for Dinamo Bucharest. He also represents the Romanian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=9}}, he played at the power forward position. After finishing his career with Dinamo, Vlad became a FIBA licensed agent and started his own company, VM Hoops Agency.

Early life

Moldoveanu, a 6'9" forward from Bucharest, is the son of former Romanian women's basketball player Carmen Tocală (born 1962).{{cite news| title = American's Vlad Moldoveanu has come a long way from Romania| newspaper = Washington Post| date = January 11, 2011 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011106365.html| access-date = January 3, 2013| first=Steven| last=Goff}}

College career

After earning All-Metropolitan honors at St. John's College High School in Washington, DC, he began playing college basketball at George Mason University, where he played sparingly and averaged 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game over two seasons. He then transferred to American University, where he enjoyed a breakout junior year. Moldoveanu averaged 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and was named first team All-Patriot League. As a senior in 2010–11, he increased his scoring to 20.1 per game and was again named first team all-conference.{{cite web| title = All-Patriot League, Major Awards Announced for Men's Basketball| publisher = Patriot League| date = February 28, 2011| url = http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022811aab.html| access-date = January 3, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120314145547/http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022811aab.html| archive-date = March 14, 2012| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}} In his last year of college, he was also named to the Reese's College All-Star Game and was the Oscar Robertson Player of the Week for the week of 9 January 2011, after averaging 31.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during that week.[http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2011/oscar110111.html AMERICAN'S MOLDOVEANU IS OSCAR ROBERTSON NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK]

During his collegiate career, he scored 1,098 points.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Moldoveanu signed a contract with the Italian team Benetton Treviso. In his first season as a professional player, he averaged 6.7 points per game in 37 games.{{cite web| title = Vlad Moldovenanu Serie A profile| publisher = Lega Basket Serie A| year = 2012 | url =http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=MOL-VLA-88 | access-date = January 3, 2013}} For the 2012–13 season, he signed with the French team Le Havre.{{cite web| title = Vlad Moldoveanu inks in Le Havre | publisher = Sportando.net | year = 2012 | url =http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/france/42371/vlad-moldoveanu-inks-in-le-havre.html | access-date = January 3, 2013}} In 2012 and 2013, he has been named the Romanian Player of the Year. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Kalev/Cramo.{{cite web|title=KALEV CRAMO inks Moldoveanu at forward|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2013-14/i/115351/8174/kalev-cramo-inks-moldoveanu-at-forward|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815190033/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/home/transactions/eurocup-2013-14/i/115351/8174/kalev-cramo-inks-moldoveanu-at-forward|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 15, 2013|publisher=Eurocupbasketball.com|access-date=15 August 2013}}

On 18 July 2014 he signed a contract with the Polish team Turów Zgorzelec.{{cite news|title=PGE Turow Zgorzelec adds big man Moldoveanu|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/139738/180|access-date=18 July 2014|work=Euroleague.net}} On 11 July 2015 he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra.{{cite news|title=Vlad Moldoveanu signs with Stelmet Zielona Gora|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/romania/168150/vlad-moldoveanu-signs-with-stelmet-zielona-gora.html|access-date=July 11, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=July 11, 2015}} On 20 June 2016 he signed with U-Banca Transilvania.{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.insidebasketeurope.com/actu/moldeveanu-roumanie.html|title=Vlad Moldeveanu (ex-STB le Havre) signe en Roumanie (U-Banca Transilvania)|editor=Inside Basket Europe|date=20 June 2016|access-date=20 June 2016}}

On 4 July 2017 Moldoveanu signed with Turkish club Büyükçekmece Basketbol for the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|title=Buyukcekmece signs Vlad Moldoveanu|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/239832/buyukcekmece-signs-vlad-moldoveanu.html|access-date=4 July 2017|work=Sportando.com|date=4 July 2017}}

On 10 July 2018 Moldoveanu returned to U-BT Cluj-Napoca.{{cite web|url=https://www.u-bt.ro/echipe/seniori/stiri/vlad-moldoveanu-revine-la-u-banca-transilvania|title=Vlad Moldoveanu revine la U-Banca Transilvania!|date=10 July 2018|access-date=10 July 2018}}

On 2 August 2019 Moldoveanu moved to Greece and signed with Ifaistos Limnou.{{cite news |title=Vlad Moldoveanu signs with Ifaistos Limnou |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/vlad-moldoveanu-signs-with-ifaistos-limnou/ |website=Sportando |access-date=June 17, 2020 |date=August 2, 2019|last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }}

National team career

Moldoveanu represents the Romanian national basketball team. He played at the EuroBasket 2017 and was the team's leading scorer and rebounder.[http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/Vlad-Moldoveanu EuroBasket 2017 profile]

Awards and accomplishments

=Club=

;Kalev/Cramo

Korvpalli Meistriliiga: (2014)

;Turow Zgorzelec

Polish Basketball Super Cup : (2015)

;Zielona Góra

Polish Basketball League: (2016)
Polish Basketball Super Cup : (2016)

;U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Liga Națională: (2017)
Romanian Cup: (2017)
2x Super Cup: (2017,2019)

;Voluntari

2× Romanian Cup: (2021, 2022)

=Individual=

All-Tournament FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship First Team: 2006
D.C. All-Metro First Team: 2007
All-Patriot League First Team: 2010, 2011
NABC Division I All-District 13 First Team: 2011
College All-Star Game Participant (Houston, Texas, USA)
KML Finals MVP: (2014)
KML Best Foreigner: (2014)
3× Romanian League Player of the Year: (2012, 2013, 2017)
Second Team All-Bosman in PLK: (2016)
First Team All-Romanian League: (2017)
Romanian League Forward of the Year: (2017)

References

External links

[http://www.aueagles.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/bios/moldoveanu_vlad00.html American Eagles bio]
[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Vlad%20MOLDOVEANU/pid/44859/_//players.html Vlad Moldoveanu] at fiba.com
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=003362 Vlad Moldoveanu] at euroleague.net
[http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=MOL-VLA-88 Vlad Moldoveanu] at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}
[http://www.lnb.fr/fr/Pro-A/200006/Joueurs/A32813/Vlad-Moldoveanu Vlad Moldoveanu] at lnb.fr {{in lang|fr}}
[http://www.euroleague.net/features/blog/2014-2015/vlad-moldoveanu/i/143814/9229/a-great-opportunity A great opportunity] at euroleague.net (Vlad Moldoveanu Blog)

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