Cristian Săpunaru

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Cristian Săpunaru
Cristian Sapunaru 2011.jpg
Săpunaru training with Porto in 2011
Personal information
Full name Ionuț Cristian Săpunaru
Date of birth (1984-04-05) 5 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Pandurii
Number 19
Youth career
1990–2002 Național București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Național București 34 (3)
2003–2004 → Callatis Mangalia (loan) 10 (0)
2006–2008 Rapid București 51 (3)
2008–2012 Porto 67 (3)
2010 → Rapid București (loan) 10 (3)
2012–2013 Zaragoza 29 (2)
2013–2014 Elche 8 (1)
2015 Rapid București 13 (4)
2015– Pandurii 8 (3)
International career‡
2006 Romania U21 3 (0)
2008– Romania 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2015

Ionuţ Cristian Săpunaru (born 5 April 1984) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Early years / Porto

Săpunaru was born in Bucharest, Romania. A product of FC Național București, joining its youth system at the age of only 6, Săpunaru signed with FC Rapid București in July 2006. In the summer of 2008 he was sold for €2.5 million to FC Porto and signed a five-year contract,[1] with the Primeira Liga club owning 50% of the player's rights – Romanian sources indicated the price was actually €6 million plus two players.[2]

During his debut campaign Săpunaru was first-choice right-back, as the northerners achieved a double, and scored his first goal in a League Cup 1–2 away loss against C.D. Nacional.

In early February 2010, he was suspended in Portugal – as his teammate Hulk – following incidents during a 0–1 league loss against S.L. Benfica, so he returned to his country for a five-month loan and moved to former side Rapid.[3] He did not manage to be played regularly at Porto during that time but, following his return for 2010–11, became a very important first-team unit as the team won three major titles, appearing in 40 official games in the process.

On 17 February 2014, Săpunaru was condemned to pay a €90,000 fine for his participation in the beating of two stewards at the Estádio da Luz on 20 December 2009.[4][5][6]

Zaragoza

On 31 August 2012, Săpunaru signed a one-year contract with La Liga club Real Zaragoza.[7] He made his official debut on 16 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–2 loss at Real Sociedad.[8]

In his first season in Aragon, Săpunaru started but also suffered team relegation. He also entered his name in the competition's history books, after breaking the record for the most bookings in a single campaign (19 yellow cards and one red).[9]

International career

Săpunaru made his debut for the Romanian national team on 31 May 2008 against Montenegro, and was selected to the nation's squad at UEFA Euro 2008, although he did not play in the final stages.

Club statistics

As of 1 June 2013[10][11]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Național București
2002–03 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003–04 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Callatis Mangalia
2003–04 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Național București
2004–05 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
2005–06 23 3 5 0 0 0 28 3
Total 34 3 9 0 0 0 43 3
Rapid București
2006–07 19 1 3 0 6 0 28 1
2007–08 32 2 2 0 2 0 36 2
Total 51 3 5 0 8 0 64 3
Porto
2008–09 17 0 7 1 8 0 25 0
2009–10 5 0 0 0 4 0 9 0
Rapid București
2009–10 10 3 0 0 0 0 10 3
Total 10 3 0 0 0 0 10 3
Porto
2010–11 19 0 9 0 13 0 41 0
2011–12 15 2 2 0 3 0 20 2
Total 56 2 18 1 28 0 102 3
Zaragoza
2012–13 29 2 6 0 0 0 35 2
Total 29 2 6 0 0 0 35 2
Career total 190 13 38 1 36 0 264 14

Honours

Rapid Bucharest
Porto

References

  1. ↑ Rapid's Săpunaru plumps for Porto; UEFA.com, 14 July 2008
  2. ↑ Ce transfer !!! Sapunaru la FC Porto pentru 6 milioane + 2 jucatori (We have a transfer !!! Sapunaru to FC Porto for 6 million + 2 players); Sport Magazin, 9 July 2008 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ Sapunaru to return on loan to Rapid Bucharest; Romanian Times, 1 February 2010
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