Marius Onofraș

Daniel Marius Onofraş (born 17 August 1980) is a Romanian former professional footballer and current team manager of first league club Politehnica Iași. He played for most of his career in the Romanian Liga I, mainly as a winger or a forward.[1][2]

Marius Onofraş
Personal information
Full name Daniel Marius Onofraş
Date of birth (1980-08-17) 17 August 1980
Place of birth Iaşi, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Politehnica Iași (team manager)
Youth career
0000–1998 Politehnica Iaşi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Politehnica Iaşi 46 (7)
2000–2004 FC Braşov 85 (6)
2004–2006 Politehnica Iaşi 51 (10)
2006–2010 Unirea Urziceni 97 (27)
2010–2011 Steaua Bucureşti 16 (4)
2011 Khazar Lankaran 0 (0)
2011–2014 Politehnica Iași 89 (19)
2014–2016 Dacia Unirea Brăila 56 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2016

Career

Early years

Marius Onofraş started his career at hometown club Politehnica Iaşi, moving through the youth systems and making his debut in the senior squad in 1998.[3]

Wanting to play in the Romanian Liga I, he moved to FC Braşov.[4] Onofraş had a successful spell at FC Braşov playing also in the UEFA Europa League. In the summer of 2004 he rejoined his hometown club Politehnica Iaşi, now playing in the Romanian Liga I. With his good performances he helped them avoid relegation from the first tier of Romanian football.

Unirea Urziceni

Being spotted by Unirea Urziceni manager Dan Petrescu as a great talent he was bought alongside Politehnica Iaşi teammate Valeriu Bordeanu. He later signed a four and a half year contract with the Urziceni team.[5] He went on to win the 2008–09 Liga I and play in UEFA Champions League, where he scored a goal in a 4-1 win against Rangers.[6]

Steaua Bucureşti

On August 2010 he signed a contract with Steaua Bucureşti alongside team mates from Unirea Urziceni: Galamaz, Ricardo, Marinescu, Apostol, Bilaşco and next week Brandán.[7][8] On 11 May 2011, Onofraş scored his first goal for Steaua against ACF Gloria Bistrița in a Liga I home match, helping Steaua win with 3-1.[1][9] In June 2011, Onofraş left Steaua.[8]

In the summer of 2011 he joined Azerbaijan team Khazar Lankaran.[10] In August, after only two matches, Onofraş left the team.[1][2]

Politehnica Iași

In the same month he signed a two-year contract with his hometown club Politehnica Iași.[11] On 3 September, Onofraş scored the winning goal against Gloria Buzău, in extra time, to bring all the points to Politehnica.[12] In a game against Dunărea Galaţi he scored a goal only to help the team earn a draw.[13]

Although there were talks that Onofraş will leave the team in the winter break,[14] the player confirmed that he was committed to bringing the team to the first league.[15]

On April 28, 2012, Onofraş scored the last two goals in the 4-2 victory against CS Otopeni.[16] Politehnica turned the score around from 0–2 to stay in the fight for promotion.[17] On June 2, Onofraș captained his team to a 4–2 victory against Farul Constanța, and subsequent Liga II title and promotion to Liga I.[18]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 1 June 2016)[1][2]

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Politehnica Iaşi
1998–99 1510000151
1999–00 3162100337
Total 4672100488
FC Braşov
2000–01 80000080
2001–02 2633410307
2002–03 2621000272
2003–04 2511000261
Total 85654109110
Politehnica Iaşi
2004–05 2141000224
2005–06 2813200313
2006–07 1851100196
Total 671053007213
Unirea Urziceni
2006–07 1210000121
2007–08 3064200348
2008–09 2281020258
2009–10 2782061359
2010–11 600040100
Total 97237212111626
Steaua Bucureşti
2010–11 1212000141
Khazar Lankaran
2011–12 00002020
Politehnica Iași
2011–12 2861000296
2012–13 2971000307
2013–14 3251100336
Total 891831009219
Dacia Unirea Brăila
2014–15 2442000264
2015–16 3272000347
Total 561140006011
Career total 45276281115149588

Honours
Unirea Urziceni
Politehnica Iași

References
  1. Marius Onofraș at Soccerway
  2. Marius Onofraș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  3. "Culisele transferului lui Onofras la Iasi" [How Onofras trasfered to Iasi]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 9 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. "Stelistul Onofras a ajuns in Liga 2" [Steaua player Onofras in Liga 2]. ziare.com (in Romanian). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. "Urziceniul a virat deja banii pentru Onofras" [Urziceni paid for Onofras]. Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. "Onofraş - marcator în UCL" [Onofraş - scores in UCL]. ProSport (in Romanian). 8 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. "Şapte jucători de la Urziceni au semnat cu Steaua!" [Seven players from Urziceni signed with Steaua!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. "Cifrele lotului transferat de Steaua de la Urziceni: 86% eşec, 14% cîştig!" [Figures of the players transferred by Steaua from Urziceni: 86% failure, 14% win!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. Marius Onofraș at Soccerway
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Mrsport.ro
  11. "Un fotbalist de CL va juca la Iasi" [CL player will play at Iasi]. Adevărul (in Romanian). 6 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  12. "Salvatorul Onofraş" [Onofraş the saviour]. ProSport (in Romanian). 4 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  13. "Reactii la finalul meciului Iasi - Dunarea" [Reactions at the end of the game Iasi - Dunarea]. ziarelive.ro (in Romanian). 20 November 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  14. "Onofraş poate pleca de la Iaşi" [Onofraş could leave Iaşi]. ProSport (in Romanian). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  15. ""Avem o mare responsabilitate, să readucem Iaşiul în elită"" [“We have a big responsibility, to bring Iaşi to the top”]. ProSport (in Romanian). 17 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  16. "Iaşiul revine de la 0-2" [Iaşiul come back from 0-2]. ProSport (in Romanian). 28 April 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  17. "CSMS Iaşi - CS Otopeni 4-2" [CSMS Iaşi - CS Otopeni 4-2]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 28 April 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  18. "Iaşiul şi Viitorul au promovat" [Iaşi and Viitorul promoted]. ProSport (in Romanian). 2 June 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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