Sorin Frunză Explained

Sorin Frunză
Fullname:Sorin Cătălin Frunză
Height:1.70NaN0
Birth Date:1978 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Jorăști, Romania
Currentclub:Avântul Valea Mărului
Clubnumber:10
Position:Left midfielder
Youthclubs1:Dunărea Galați
Years1:1997–1999
Caps1:28
Goals1:4
Years3:1999
Clubs3:Cimentul Fieni
Caps3:31
Goals3:5
Years4:2000
Caps4:7
Goals4:1
Years5:2000–2001
Caps5:28
Goals5:19
Years6:2001–2002
Caps6:28
Goals6:7
Years7:2002–2004
Clubs7:FC Vaslui
Caps7:54
Goals7:28
Years8:2004
Clubs8:FC U Craiova
Caps8:15
Goals8:1
Years9:2005–2008
Clubs9:FC Vaslui
Caps9:60
Goals9:7
Years10:2007
Clubs10:Botoşani (loan)
Caps10:16
Goals10:2
Years11:2008–2010
Clubs11:Unirea Urziceni
Caps11:63
Goals11:5
Years12:2010–2011
Clubs12:Rapid București
Caps12:24
Goals12:2
Years13:2011–2012
Clubs13:Oțelul Galați
Caps13:14
Goals13:0
Years14:2012–2018
Caps14:134
Goals14:23
Years15:2019
Clubs15:CSU Galați
Caps15:7
Goals15:0
Years16:2019–2022
Caps16:47
Goals16:16
Totalcaps:542
Totalgoals:114
Pcupdate:29 March 2020

Sorin Cătălin Frunză (born 29 March 1978) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Liga IV side Avântul Valea Mărului.

Frunză began his career at Dunărea Galați. After one year spent at Cimentul Fieni and Politehnica Timişoara and two one-year spells at Dacia Unirea Brăila and Jiul Petroşani, Frunză moved in 2002 to newly founded Vaslui, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian first division. However, following a dispute between Vaslui and Craiova over $50,000 that the former was to receive from the latter, Frunză returned to Vaslui after only six months. He was appointed team captain and helped Vaslui to gain a historical promotion in Divizia A, after only three years since the club foundation.

On 30 March 2008, Frunză alongside team-mates Silviu Bălace and Daniel Sabou were accused by Adrian Porumboiu of fixing a match against Steaua București. As a consequence, he was relegated to Vaslui's second team and subsequently sold to Unirea Urziceni. He won the first and only league championship of his career with the Wolves, as part of the squad that conquered the season's Liga I title. In 2010, as a result of Unirea Urziceni's decline, Frunză was released and subsequently moved to Rapid București. He returned one year later at his youth club Oțelul Galați, but he failed to make an impact. In 2012, he returned for a second spell at Dacia Unirea Brăila in the Romanian second tier.

Career

Frunză started his professional career at Oțelul Galați. He moved after that at Cimentul Fieni, Politehnica Timişoara and Jiul Petroşani, before he signed for FC Vaslui, when the team was in the 3rd Division. He managed to win the promotion with Vaslui and became the team captain because of his good display.

Universitatea Craiova

In the 2004–05 summer, he was loaned to U Craiova, but he stayed there only half of season, after that he returned at Vaslui, where he succeeded promotion for the first time in history club, in Liga I.

FC Vaslui

He played only half of the season at FC Vaslui in the 2005–06 season, an injury causing him troubles for playing in that season. In the next season, he played only two matches, because a conflict with the coach Viorel Hizo, and in the second part of the season, he was loaned to FC Botoşani.

He returned in the next season, where he was chosen vice-captain from the team, after Bogdan Panait. Because of his good performance, he was named captain of the team, and he was one of the best assisters from the Championship. He scored two goals in the FC Vaslui 2–1 victory against the champions, FC Dinamo București, and he scored one of the most beautiful goals from the Romanian Championship history, against Universitatea Craiova, recovering in his own half, and after dribbling three players, he shot with his right foot, right to the bottom corner.At the end of the season he was sold to Unirea Urziceni, for almost 200.000 $.

Unirea Urziceni

Frunză quickly established himself as a key member in Dan Petrescu's team and helped the side to its first championship title in history in the 2008–09 season. Frunză was a starter in all six Champions League matches for Unirea as the team finished third with eight points, behind FC Sevilla and Vfb Stuttgart, but ahead of Rangers. On 6 March 2010, Frunză was named best player of Unirea in the derby against Steaua Bucharest after scoring once and providing an assist for team-mate Marius Onofras.[1]

Rapid București

After Unirea disbanded, Frunză joined FC Rapid București, but failed to impress and ended his contract after only one season.

Oțelul Galați

In July 2012, Frunză signed up for Oţelul Galaţi on a one-year-contract.[2] He was on the bench for the Romanian Supercup, game won by Oțelul against FC Steaua București. At the end of his contract, in June 2012, he was released by Oțelul.

Dacia Unirea Brăila

After he was released by Oțelul, Sorin Frunză signed up for Dacia Unirea Brăila the fierce rivals of Oţelul Galaţi. He quickly established himself as a key member of the team.

Honours

Unirea Urziceni
Oțelul Galați

2011[3]

CSU Galați

Statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 December 2017

ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dunărea Galaţi1997–98171171
1998–99113113
Total2840000284
Cimentul Fieni1998–99192192
1999–00123123
Total3150000315
Poli Timişoara1999–007171
Total71000071
Dacia Unirea Brăila2000–012819203019
Total28192000003019
Jiul Petroşani2001–02287287
Total2870000287
Vaslui2002–032716222918
2003–042712202912
2004–0515300153
2005–0613010140
2006–07200020
2007–0830410314
Total1143562000012037
Universitatea Craiova2004–0515141192
Total151410000192
Botoşani2006–0715200152
Total152000000152
Unirea Urziceni2008–092513110292
2009–10324207011425
2010–11600041101
Total6355112111818
Rapid București2010–1124232274
Total242320000274
Oțelul Galați2011–121402050210
Total140205000210
Dacia Unirea Brăila2012–1319220212
2013–1431310323
2014–1525320273
2015–1633620356
2016–1710121122
2017–1816810178
Total13423101000013924
Career Total50110432717111546113

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sorin Frunză: În astfel de momente îţi vine să te laşi de fotbal. 7 March 2010. 7 March 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100805130853/http://www.realitatea.net/sorin-frunza-in-astfel-de-momente-iti-vine-sa-te-lasi-de-fotbal_703581.html. 5 August 2010. dmy-all.
  2. http://www.otelul-galati.ro/stiri.php?id=3375{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  3. News: OŢELUL VS. FCSB 1 - 0. soccerway.com. 4 April 2024.