Laurențiu Brănescu

Laurențiu Constantin Brănescu (born 30 March 1994) is a Romanian professional goalkeeper who plays for Kilmarnock in Scotland, on loan from Juventus.

Laurențiu Brănescu
Personal information
Full name Laurențiu Constantin Brănescu
Date of birth (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994
Place of birth Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kilmarnock
(on loan from Juventus)
Number 12
Youth career
2000–2011 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2011–2013 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Râmnicu Vâlcea 4 (0)
2012–2014 Juventus 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Juve Stabia (loan) 4 (0)
2014–2015 Virtus Lanciano 0 (0)
2015– Juventus 0 (0)
2015 → Haladás (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Omonia (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2018 → Dinamo București (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 → HNK Gorica (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Žalgiris (loan) 3 (0)
2019– → Kilmarnock (loan) 26 (0)
National team‡
2009–2011 Romania U17 12 (0)
2011–2012 Romania U19 3 (0)
2012–2015 Romania U21 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:59, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Club career

Râmnicu Vâlcea

Born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, Brănescu began his career with the youth academy of local side CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in 2000. He remained within the club's youth sector until January 2011, when he caught the attention of Serie A side, Juventus Football Club. Brănescu originally was scouted by the Turin-based club during the summer of 2010, but did not officially complete his transfer to Italy until 24 January 2011. Prior to his transfer, the then 16-year-old made his debut for his hometown club on 28 August 2010 in a 2–0 away loss to CS Turnu Severin. He made two additional appearances for the club in the Romanian Liga II, which included a clean-sheet for the player on 20 November 2010 in a 1–0 win over ALRO Slatina.[1]

Juventus

On 24 January 2011, Brănescu officially transferred from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Juventus[2] Upon joining the Turin-based club, Brănescu was instantaneously inserted into the club's youth sector, where he quickly established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper. Along with his regularity in the youth academy, Brănescu also served as Juventus' fourth choice goalkeeper for the 2012-13 Serie A campaign, behind Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Storari and Rubinho, earning 6 first team call-ups during league play, and also was a part of the club's 2012–13 UEFA Champions League roster.

On 2 July 2013, it was confirmed that Juventus had officially loaned the young goalkeeper to Serie B outfit S.S. Juve Stabia on a season-long loan deal[3] with an option to prolong his tenure with the club for a further season.[4] He made his professional debut for S.S. Juve Stabia at 11 August 2013 in the second round of the Coppa Italia against A.S. Gubbio 1910.

Virtus Lanciano

On 30 January 2014 Brănescu was swapped with Mame Baba Thiam of Virtus Lanciano in co-ownership deals[5] (plus €250,000 cash to Juventus). On 19 June 2014 the deals were renewed.[6]

Szombathelyi Haladás

On 20 January 2015 Brănescu returned to Juventus for €1.2 million (a cashless swap; De Silvestro went to opposite direction for €1.2 million);[7] Brănescu was immediately left for Szombathelyi Haladás[8] on a temporary transfer.[9]

AC Omonia

On 27 June 2015 Juventus accepted a loan offer for him from the Cypriot club Omonia.[10]

Dinamo București

HNK Gorica

In 2018 mid-year transfer window, Brănescu left for Croatian club HNK Gorica on a temporary deal.[11]

Žalgiris

On 12 February 2019, he joined Lithuanian club Žalgiris on loan.[12]

Kilmarnock

On 8 July 2019, he joined Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock on a season long loan.[13] He said he had learned a lot from Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and wanted to use that to become Kilmarnock's first-choice goalkeeper.[14]

International career

Brănescu has represented Romania at the U-17, U19, and U-21 levels for a total of 27 caps.

References
  1. "Romania - L. Brănescu - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "UFFICIALE: Juventus, depositato il contratto di Branescu - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Juventus, Branescu passa alla Juve Stabia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
  4. http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/news/2july2013_branescu_juvestabia
  5. "Mercato: scambio di comproprietà Thiam-Branescu: Accordo raggiunto tra la Virtus e la Juventus" (in Italian). SS Virtus Lanciano 1924. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  6. "Rinnovate le comproprietà di Branescu, Nunzella e Thiam: Riscattato Bei dal Foligno" (in Italian). SS Virtus Lanciano 1924. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. "Relazione finanziaria annuale al 30 giugno 2015" (PDF (1.24MB)) (in Italian). Juventus F.C. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  8. "Branescu, Alcibiade, Martínez és Mancini a Haladásban" (in Hungarian). Szombathelyi Haladás. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  9. "A rundown of the Bianconeri's winter transfer window". Juventus FC. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Here is the full list of all of Juventus' market movements in the summer transfer window" (Press release). Turin: Juventus F.C. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  12. "„ŽALGIRIO" VARTUS SAUGOS „JUVENTUS" PRIKLAUSANTIS L. BRANESCU" (in Lithuanian). Žalgiris. 12 February 2019.
  13. "Laurentiu Branescu: Juventus goalkeeper joins Kilmarnock on loan". BBC Sport. 8 July 2019.
  14. "Laurentiu Branescu: Kilmarnock keeper 'learned a lot' from Buffon". BBC Sport. 9 July 2019.
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