Cristian Manea

Cristian Manea
Manea with Romania in 2014
Personal information
Full name Cristian Marian Manea
Date of birth (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997
Place of birth Agigea, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
(on loan from Apollon Limassol)
Number 6
Youth career
2009–2013 Gheorghe Hagi Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Viitorul Constanța 5 (0)
2014– Apollon Limassol 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Viitorul Constanța (loan) 26 (2)
2015–2017 → Mouscron (loan) 15 (0)
2017– → CFR Cluj (loan) 44 (0)
National team‡
2013 Romania U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Romania U17 6 (0)
2014– Romania U19 8 (0)
2014– Romania U21 15 (0)
2014– Romania 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2018

Cristian Marian Manea (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan mariˈan ˈmane̯a]; born 9 August 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays mainly as a right back for CFR Cluj, on loan from Cypriot club Apollon Limassol.

Club career

Viitorul

Born in Agigea, Constanța County, Manea is a youth exponent of Viitorul Constanța, for which he made his Liga I debut on 21 April 2014 in a 0–3 home loss to FC Steaua București.[1]

Apollon

Cypriot club Apollon Limassol transferred Manea in 2014. The deal was reported to be €2.5 million.[2][3][4] Previously, Romanian media suggested that he had been sold to Chelsea for around £2.3 million,[5] but the rumours proved to be false.[6]

Various loans

He spent the 2014–15 campaign on loan at former club Viitorul, and scored his first senior goal on 13 April 2015 in a 2–1 away defeat of Petrolul Ploiești.[7]

On 28 August 2015, he moved to Belgian team Royal Excel Mouscron on a season-long loan, which was extended for an additional year. Manea amassed 18 appearances in all competitions before returning to Romania on 27 June 2017, joining CFR Cluj on another campaign-long loan.[8] He was an undisputed starter as the club won the fourth national championship in its history.[9]

International career

Manea earned caps for Romania at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.

In May 2014, aged 16, he was called up to the senior team by coach Victor Pițurcă despite having only made five club appearances at the time.[10] Manea made his debut as a starter against Albania on the 31st and subsequently became the youngest footballer to play for Romania, breaking the previous record set by Grațian Sepi in 1928.[11] His first goal was recorded four years later, as he opened the scoring in a 2–0 friendly win over Finland at the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 October 2018[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viitorul Constanța
2013–14 5000–––50
2014–15 2621020––292
Total 3121020––342
Mouscron
2015–16 7020–––90
2016–17 8010–––90
Total 15030–––180
CFR Cluj
2017–18 3500000––350
2018–19 9010--5010160
Total 44010005010510
Career total 902502050101032

International

As of 14 October 2018[14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 201410
201500
201600
201700
201851
Total61

International goals

As of 5 June 2018 (Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Manea goal)[14]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 June 2018Ilie Oană, Ploiești, Romania3 Finland1–02–0Friendly

Honours

Club

CFR Cluj

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Viitorul Constanța-Steaua 0-3 / Prima victorie după 3 etape, cea mai clară în deplasare după 2 luni" [Viitorul Constanța-Steaua 0–3 / First victory after 3 fixtures, the biggest away in 2 months] (in Romanian). Știrile TVR. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "CFR Dă Un Nou Tun Pe Piața Transferurilor. Clujenii Îl Aduc Pe Cristi Manea" (in Romanian). lookplus.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "EXPLOZIV! Ce ascunde Hagi: Manea nu e jucătorul lui Chelsea, ci al lui Apollon Limassol! Transferul prin care un "super-impresar" fentează regulamentul FIFA. Partea I" [EXPLOSIVE! What Hagi is hiding: Manea is not the player of Chelsea, but of Apollon Limassol'! The transfer by which a "super-agent" outsmarts FIFA rules. Part I] (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "18 jucători = 16 milioane de euro. Armata vândută de Hagi, profitul din tolbă şi cum arată 11-le tip al celor mai valoroşi fotbalişti cedaţi pe bani mulţi" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "EXCLUSIV Manea va semna cu Chelsea" [EXCLUSIVE Manea will sign for Chelsea] (in Romanian). Dolce Sport. 15 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Manea, istoria unui transfer dubios" [Manea, the history of a suspicious transfer]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "FINAL / Petrolul – Viitorul 1-2. Echipa lui Gica Hagi emite pretentii la cupele europene!" [FINAL / Petrolul - Viitorul 1–2. Gică Hagi's team is pushing for European Cups!] (in Romanian). Sport Total FM. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cristi Manea, la CFR Cluj! Fundașul, împrumut pe un an de Apollon Limassol" [Cristi Manea, to CFR Cluj! The defender, loaned for one year from Apollon Limassol]. Libertatea (in Romanian). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "CFR Cluj: lotul de jucători și alte date statistice" [CFR Cluj: player squad and other statistics] (in Romanian). LPF. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Debut pentru istorie » Victor Piţurcă propune patru surprize pentru turneul "naţionalei" din Elveţia" [Debut for history » Victor Pițurcă proposes four surprise players for the national team's tour in Switzerland]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "A fost doborît un record vechi de 86 de ani! Cristi Manea a devenit cel mai tînăr tricolor din istorie" [An 86-year-old record was broken! Cristi Manea became the youngest Tricolour in history]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 31 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "România - Finlanda 2-0, în ultimul meci al lui Lobonț din carieră" [Romania - Finland 2–0, in the last match of Lobonț's career]. FRF. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. ↑ Cristian Manea at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Cristian Manea". European Football. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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