Andrei Burcă

Andrei Andonie Burcă (born 15 April 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays mainly as a central defender for Liga I club CFR Cluj. He has also been deployed as a right back.[1][2]

Andrei Burcă
Personal information
Full name Andrei Andonie Burcă
Date of birth (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993
Place of birth Bacău, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Aerostar Bacău 86 (7)
2013–2016 SC Bacău 71 (4)
2016–2019 Botoșani 104 (4)
2019– CFR Cluj 13 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2019

Club career

Burcă started his senior career with hometown club Aerostar Bacău, and then moved to SC Bacău in 2013. He made his debut in the second level of the Romanian league system on 14 September that year, in a 0–2 loss to CSM Studențesc Iași. Following the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, the team withdrew from the championship because of financial issues. Burcă then contemplated about retiring from football and starting college.[3]

He however received offers from Foresta Suceava and FC Botoșani, and after signing with the latter he went on to amass over 100 matches in the Liga I between 2016 and 2019. On 10 June 2019, after rejecting FCSB,[4] Burcă joined defending champions CFR Cluj for a transfer fee rumoured to be around €200,000.[5][6]

With "the Railwaymen", he was a starter in all eight matches in the 2019–20 edition of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, as his team was eliminated in the play-off round by Slavia Prague. He also played in all eight UEFA Europa League games, scoring once in a 2–0 home victory over Celtic on 12 December.[7]

References
  1. "Dan Petrescu a explicat cum a ajuns să joace cu Burcă fundaș dreapta, în duelul cu FCSB. Mesaj clar pentru Chipciu" [Dan Petrescu explained how he ended up playing with Burcă as a right back, in the match with FCSB. Clear message Chipciu] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Povestea celui mai ofertat fundaș din Liga 1! Acum 4 ani se gândea la retragere, apoi 5 minute i-au schimbat viața! „Doar din talent nu se poate"" [The story of Liga 1 defender with the most transfer offers! Four years ago he was thinking about retirement, then five minutes changed his life! "You can't do it only with talent"] (in Romanian). ProSport. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020. At juniors I played as a right back, for about 6 years I played as a right back.
  3. "Andrei Burcă, cel mai în vogă fundaș român al momentului, a vrut să se lase de fotbal: „Intrasem la facultatea de construcții"" [Andrei Burcă, the most talked about Romanian defender of the moment, wanted to quit football: "I was admitted to the university of constructions"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Andrei Burca a refuzat FCSB in ultimul moment, desi avea oferta pe masa de la Becali! "N-am mai tinut cont de nimic" De ce a tinut neaparat sa mearga la CFR Cluj" [Andrei Burcă rejected FCSB in the last moment, altough he had the offer from Becali on the table! "I didn't take anything else into account" Why he wanted to go to CFR Cluj so much] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. "5 transferuri la reunire!" [5 transfers at the squad reunion!] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. "Oficial: Andrei Burcă a plecat de la FC Botoșani la CFR Cluj. A costat sub 200.000 de euro" [Official: Andrei Burcă left FC Botoșani for CFR Cluj. He cost under 200,000 euros] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. "Andrei Burcă, la primul gol în Europa, a dezvăluit secretul vestiarului dominat de Dan Petrescu la CFR Cluj. „Mi-am dat seama încă din prima zi"" [Andrei Burcă, at his first goal in European competitions, revealed the secret of the locker room ruled over by Dan Petrescu at CFR Cluj. "I figured it out on the first day"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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