Horațiu Moldovan
Horațiu Moldovan (born 20 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Rapid București.[1]
 Moldovan with Romania in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Horațiu Alexandru Moldovan | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rapid București | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2017 | CFR Cluj | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | CFR Cluj | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Hermannstadt (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Energeticianul (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Ripensia Timișoara | 15 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sepsi OSK | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ripensia Timișoara | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | UTA Arad | 4 | (0) |
| 2021– | Rapid București | 83 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2022 | |||
Early life
During his childhood, Moldovan was passionate about karting, engines and speed. He stated that he saw his first football at age seven, and "From that moment on, football was everything".
Club career
Early career
He started football at CFR Cluj, where he failed to make his debut, being loaned to Hermannstadt and Viitorul Târgu Jiu. In 2019, he was transferred to Ripensia Timisoara.
UTA Arad
At the age of 22, Horațiu Moldovan scored his first match in League 1. He was in the foreground, being the man of the match Viitorul Constanta - UTA Arad, the score being 1-1, helping his team to get a point. After the first game, he became a reserve, leaving for Rapid Bucharest.
Rapid București
On 6 January 2021, he signed with Rapid where he would become the main goalkeeper of the club from Giulesti. In the first season on the first stage of Romanian football, he impressed, becoming one of the best goalkeepers of the first division, making some amazing interventions. In the 2021–22 season, Horațiu Moldovan conceded 21 goals in 21 matches in League 1, managing nine games without conceding a goal, Horațiu Moldovan was one of six footballers in League 1 to get all the minutes on the pitch in the 2021–2022 season. Being summoned to the national team. Horațiu Moldovan was elected, by the votes of the rapidist supporters, the player of the year 2021 of the Rapid.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 April 2023[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hermannstadt (loan) | 2016–17 | Liga III | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Liga II | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Energeticianul (loan) | 2018–19 | Liga II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ripensia Timișoara | 2018–19 | Liga II | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Liga II | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Sepsi OSK | 2019–20 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| UTA Arad | 2020–21 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rapid București | 2020–21 | Liga II | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 83 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 126 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | ||
References
- Navas de la UTA » Horațiu Moldovan, surpriza primei etape din Liga 1 gsp.ro (in Romanian)
- Horațiu Moldovan at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- "Horațiu Moldovan". European Football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
- Horațiu Moldovan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)