Alexandru Bourceanu

Alexandru Bourceanu
Bourceanu with Arsenal Tula in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-24) 24 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Dunărea Galați 96 (7)
2008–2009 Oțelul Galați 31 (1)
2009–2011 Politehnica Timișoara 54 (2)
2011–2014 FCSB 80 (3)
2014–2016 Trabzonspor 12 (0)
2014–2015 → FCSB (loan) 11 (0)
2016–2017 FCSB 27 (0)
2017–2018 Arsenal Tula 33 (0)
2018–2019 Dunărea Călărași 22 (0)
2019 Gloria Buzău 7 (0)
Total 373 (13)
International career
2009–2014 Romania 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Bourceanu (born 24 April 1985) is a Romanian minifootball player and former footballer. A defensive midfielder, he was known for his combative playing style, being physically strong in spite of his short stature. He plays for the Romania minifootball national team with whom he won the 2023 WMF World Cup.

Career

Steaua București

Born in Galaţi, Bourceanu has played central defensive midfielder for various local clubs. He transferred from Politehnica Timișoara to Steaua București in the summer of 2011. After just 10 league matches, Bourceanu became team's captain.[1]

Trabzonspor

On 3 February 2014, Trabzonspor completed a 3.5-year deal for an undisclosed fee for the 28-year-old midfielder who had less than six months left on his contract.[2] He was loaned back home to recover completely from an injury.[3]

Arsenal Tula

On 13 January 2017, he signed a contract with the Russian Premier League side Arsenal Tula. The contract is for 1.5 years with an additional one-year extension option.[4]

Gloria Buzău

On 29 October 2019, Bourceanu signed a one-season contract with Liga II side SCM Gloria Buzău.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 December 2019[6][7][8][9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dunărea Galați 2004–05 14 0 0 0 – – – 14 0
2005–06 26 0 1 0 – – – 27 0
2006–07 24 2 0 0 – – – 24 2
2007–08 32 5 0 0 – – – 32 5
Total 96 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 7
Oțelul Galați 2008–09 31 1 1 0 – – – 32 1
Politehnica Timișoara 2009–10 29 1 0 0 – 9 0 – 38 1
2010–11 25 1 2 0 – 4 0 – 31 1
Total 54 2 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 69 2
Steaua București 2011–12 31 0 2 0 – 9 0 – 42 0
2012–13 32 3 0 0 – 11 0 – 43 3
2013–14 17 0 2 0 – 11 1 1 0 31 1
2014–15 (loan) 11 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 – 18 0
2015–16 9 0 2 0 3 0 – – 14 0
2016–17 18 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 – 27 0
Total 118 3 9 0 5 0 42 1 1 0 175 4
Trabzonspor 2013–14 12 0 0 0 – 2 0 – 14 0
Arsenal Tula 2016–17 13 0 – – – 2 0 15 0
2017–18 20 0 1 0 – – – 21 0
Total 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36 0
Dunărea Călărași 2018–19 22 0 2 0 – – – 24 0
Gloria Buzău 2019–20 7 0 0 0 – – – 7 0
Career total 373 13 16 0 5 0 57 1 3 0 454 14

Honours

Steaua

References

  1. ^ Petrişor, Ionuţ (14 October 2011). "Bourceanu e cel mai forjat » "Gattuso" a ratat un singur meci de cînd a ajuns la Steaua" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor.
  2. ^ "Alexandru Bourceanu ile anlaşma sağlandı". Trabzonspor.org.tr (in Turkish). 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Steaua l-a imprumutat pe Bourceanu pentru un sezon!" (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 31 August 2014.
  4. ^ АЛЕКСАНДРУ БУРЧАНУ СТАЛ ИГРОКОМ АРСЕНАЛА (in Russian). Arsenal Tula. 13 January 2017.
  5. ^ "ESTE OFICIAL! ALEXANDRU BOURCEANU A SEMNAT CU SCM GLORIA BUZĂU" (in Romanian). SCM Gloria Buzău. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  6. ^ Alexandru Bourceanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  7. ^ Alexandru Bourceanu at Soccerway
  8. ^ Alexandru Bourceanu at WorldFootball.net
  9. ^ "Alexandru Bourceanu's 2005–06 Romanian Cup appearance". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Alexandru Bourceanu's 2008–09 Romanian Cup appearance". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 25 December 2019.