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Eric Bicfalvi
	Bicfalvi with Ural Yekaterinburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi
Date of birth	5 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Carei, Romania
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team	Ural Yekaterinburg
Number	10
Youth career
	Școala Sportivă Carei
0000–2005	Kaizer Carei
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Fink Fenster Petrești
2006–2007	Jiul Petroșani
2007–2012	Steaua București
2008	→ Gloria Buzău (loan)
2012–2015	Volyn Lutsk
2015–2016	Liaoning Whowin
2016	Dinamo București
2016	Tom Tomsk
2017–	Ural Yekaterinburg
International career‡
2006–2007	Romania U19
2007–2010	Romania U21
2014–2021	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2021

Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi (Romanian pronunciation: ['erik kosˈmin ˈbikfalvi]; born 5 February 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Russian First League club Ural Yekaterinburg, which he captains.

Bicfalvi began his senior career with Fink Fenster Petrești in the Romanian third tier, and went on to amass over 100 appearances in the Liga I for Jiul Petroșani, FC Steaua București and Gloria Buzău combined. He moved abroad for the first time by joining Ukrainian team Volyn Lutsk in 2012, where he was top scorer of the national league in the 2014–15 season. After brief spells in China and back to Romania, Bicfalvi has played in Russia since 2016.

Bicfalvi has been a full Romania international since November 2014, making his debut in a 2–0 friendly win over Denmark. He previously represented the nation at under-19 and under-21 levels.

Club career

In 2005, Bicfalvi began his senior career in the Romanian third division with Fink Fenster Petrești, where he spent one year. During this period, he made 23 appearances and scored nine goals for the club. The following season he moved to Liga I side Jiul Petroșani. After the team was relegated, he was signed by FC Steaua București on a five-year deal.

In 2012, as his contract expired he subsequently joined Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk. Bicfalvi ended the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season as joint-top scorer with 17 goals,^[1] which earned him a transfer to Liaoning Whowin in the Chinese Super League on 7 July 2015.^[2]

He did not adapt to life in China and after a brief spell with Dinamo București, the cross-town rival of his former club Steaua, he put pen on a contract with Tom Tomsk, newly promoted to the Russian Premier League.^[3]

On 23 January 2017, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Russian first division side, Ural Yekaterinburg.^[4] Bicfalvi was chosen as Russian Premier League player of the month for May 2022 after scoring 4 goals in 4 games during the month.^[5]

International career

Bicfalvi is a former Romania youth international, representing the nation at under-19 and under-21 levels.

In August 2013, after not being convoked by the Romania senior team on any occasion, his agent announced that Bicfalvi would like to play for Hungary in the near future.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

However, Romania senior manager Anghel Iordănescu named him as a possible call-up for the next UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Northern Ireland in November 2014.^[13]^[14] On 18 November that year, Bicfalvi made his full debut in a friendly with Denmark.^[15]^[16]

Personal life

Bicfalvi's paternal grandfather, Alexander Bicfalvi/Sándor Bikfalvi was also a footballer and played for Victoria Carei. He was ethnic Swedish according to Gazeta Sporturilor and Hungarian according to Nemzeti Sport, while Eric's mother, Elisabeta/Erzsébet, is of Hungarian heritage.^[17]^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 October 2024^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jiul Petroșani	2006–07	Liga I	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
Steaua București	2007–08	Liga I	9	1	2	0	4	0	—		15	1
	2008–09	Liga I	6	1	0	0	—		—		6	1
	2009–10	Liga I	7	0	2	0	6	0	—		15	0
	2010–11	Liga I	20	0	3	0	6	0	—		29	0
	2011–12	Liga I	21	1	1	0	6	0	1^[a]	0	29	1
	Total		63	3	8	0	22	0	1	0	94	3
Gloria Buzău (loan)	2007–08	Liga I	14	1	1	0	—		—		15	1
	2008–09	Liga I	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	1
Steaua II București	2009–10	Liga II	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
Volyn Lutsk	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	24	5	1	0	—		—		25	5
	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	23	4	1	0	—		—		24	4
	2014–15	Ukrainian Premier League	26	17	3	2	—		—		29	19
	Total		73	26	5	2	0	0	0	0	78	28
Liaoning Whowin	2015	Chinese Super League	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
Dinamo București	2015–16	Liga I	7	1	2	1	—		1^[b]	0	10	2
Tom Tomsk	2016–17	Russian Premier League	15	3	0	0	—		—		15	3
Ural Yekaterinburg	2016–17	Russian Premier League	9	2	3	2	—		—		12	4
	2017–18	Russian Premier League	26	8	0	0	—		—		26	8
	2018–19	Russian Premier League	26	6	5	2	—		1^[c]	0	32	8
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	26	8	1	0	—		1^[c]	0	28	8
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	22	7	2	3	—		—		24	10
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	28	10	1	0	—		—		29	10
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	26	4	11	4	—		—		37	8
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	22	3	4	1	—		1^[d]	0	27	4
	2024–25	Russian First League	8	1	1	0	—		—		9	1
	Total		193	49	28	12	0	0	3	0	224	61
Career total			407	84	44	15	22	0	5	0	478	99