Gabriel Cânu

Gabriel Cânu (born 18 January 1981) is a Romanian former footballer. He was best known for his impressive height, powerful header and aerial game effective both defensively and in attack. He was also regarded for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Timișoara, Vaslui and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He is now football analyst for Eurosport Romania in Premier League Show covering the top English football league matches alongside Ioan Viorel and George Dobre.

Gabriel Cânu
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-01-18) 18 January 1981
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Național București 23 (0)
2000–2001 → Cimentul Fieni (loan) 31 (1)
2001–2002 → Baia Mare (loan) 26 (1)
2005–2008 Politehnica Timișoara 73 (6)
2008–2013 Vaslui 49 (6)
2013–2014 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 26 (2)
2014–2018 Poli Timișoara 96 (7)
Total 324 (23)
National team‡
2008 Romania B 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2008

Career

Born in Bucharest, Cânu came through the youth ranks of local Național București, going on to finish his sporting formation with the Divizia B teams Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare.

Național

Aged 18, he made his debut in Național's first team on 2 June 1999, coming as a substitute in a 2-0 win against Petrolul Ploiești. It was his only appearance that season. After one season, with no matches, he was loaned two years in a row to Divizia B sides Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare, to build up his first team experience. After he returned, he failed to establish himself in the first team squad.

Cânu made one appearance in the Romanian first league in 1997/1998, while at FC Național. In the 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 seasons he played in the Romanian second league, for Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare respectively. He then returned to FC Național, playing 16 times in the Divizia A during the 2003/2004 season. Cânu joined Poli in the winter break of the 2004/2005 season, together with Național coach Cosmin Olăroiu and teammates Gabriel Caramarin, Gigel Coman and Marius Popa.

Statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Progresul București 2003–04 1900000190
2004–05 30000030
Total 2200000220
Politehnica Timișoara 2004–05 1500000150
2005–06 2001000210
2006–07 1734000213
2007–08 2132000233
Total 7367000806
Vaslui 2008–09 2123041283
2009–10 00002020
2010–11 2341000244
2011–12 10001020
2012–13 10100020
Total 4665071587
Ceahlăul 2013–14 2620000262
Total 2620000262
Poli Timișoara 2014–15 2031000213
2015–16 2202100241
2016–17 28 3 2 1 0 0 30 4
2017–18 14 1 1 0 0 0 15 1
Total 8476200909
Career total 251211827127624

Statistics accurate as of match played 1 January 2018

Career honours

SC Vaslui
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sorin Frunză		 FC Vaslui captain
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Bogdan Buhuș
Preceded by
Marius Croitoru		 Poli Timişoara captain
2017–		 Succeeded by
TBD


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