Gabriel Cânu Explained

Gabriel Cânu
Birth Date:18 January 1981
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Height:1.86 m
Position:Centre back
Currentclub:Metaloglobus București (assistant)
Youthyears1:–1999
Youthclubs1:Național București
Years1:1999–2004
Caps1:23
Goals1:0
Years2:2000–2001
Clubs2:Cimentul Fieni (loan)
Caps2:31
Goals2:1
Years3:2001–2002
Clubs3:FC Baia Mare (loan)
Caps3:26
Goals3:1
Years4:2005–2008
Caps4:73
Goals4:6
Years5:2008–2013
Clubs5:Vaslui
Caps5:49
Goals5:6
Years6:2013–2014
Caps6:26
Goals6:2
Years7:2014–2018
Clubs7:Poli Timișoara
Caps7:96
Goals7:7
Totalcaps:324
Totalgoals:23
Manageryears1:2018–2019
Managerclubs1:Hermannstadt (assistant)
Manageryears2:2021–2023
Managerclubs2:Metaloglobus București (assistant)
Pcupdate:22 July 2018
Ntupdate:26 March 2008

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 Lucian Sânmărtean and Emanuel Terzian and assistant manager of Metaloglobus București.

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 consecutive seasons 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.

Honours

FC Vaslui

2008

ACS Poli Timișoara

2014–15