Andreas Calcan

Andreas Calcan
Personal information
Full name Andreas Cristian Calcan
Date of birth (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994
Place of birth Slatina, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Almere City
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2008 CSS Slatina
2008–2010 Ardealul Cluj
2010–2012 Universitatea Cluj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Universitatea Cluj 42 (1)
2014 → Râmnicu Vâlcea (loan) 7 (0)
2016–2018 Willem II 12 (0)
2017–2018 → Dordrecht (loan) 33 (6)
2018– Almere City 2 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Romania U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2018

Andreas Cristian Calcan (born 9 April 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays mainly as an attacking midfielder for Dutch club Almere City.

Club career

Early years / Universitatea Cluj

Calcan started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for CSS Slatina under the command of Ion Pârvulescu, the coach who previously discovered two other significant Romanian players: Ionel Dănciulescu and Claudiu Niculescu.[1] When he was fourteen he moved to Ardealul Cluj of Cluj-Napoca and in 2010 he joined FC Universitatea Cluj together with twelve other teammates.[2] On 23 August 2013, Calcan made his debut in Liga I, the Romanian top football league, in a 6–0 away loss against FC Dinamo București.[3]

Willem II

On 22 July 2016, Calcan moved abroad for the first time to sign a two-year contract with Dutch side Willem II.[4]

Honours

Club

Universitatea Cluj

References

  1. ↑ "Andreas Calcan: Universitatea înseamnă mult pentru mine" [Andreas Calcan: Universitatea means a lot to me]. RomanianSoccer (in Romanian). 23 January 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Îl pierd și pe Calcan? „Puștiul-minune" al Universității cere rezilierea contractului" [Are they losing Calcan too? Universitatea's "wonderkid" demands the contract termination]. Ziua de Cluj (in Romanian). 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dinamo – "U" Cluj 6–0". DigiSport (in Romanian). 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Andreias Calcan tekent alsnog contract bij Willem II" [Andreas Calcan signed a contract with Willem II]. Willem II (in Dutch). 22 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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