Virgil Ghiță

Virgil Ghiță
Personal information
Full name Virgil Eugen Ghiță
Date of birth (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Pitești, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Cracovia
Number 5
Youth career
2003–2010 LPS Pitești
2010–2011 Argeș Pitești
2011–2017 Gheorghe Hagi Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Viitorul Constanța 69 (6)
2021–2022 Farul Constanța 24 (2)
2022– Cracovia 89 (10)
International career‡
2014–2015 Romania U17 6 (1)
2016 Romania U18 1 (0)
2016 Romania U19 2 (0)
2017–2020 Romania U21 9 (1)
2021 Romania Olympic 5 (0)
2021– Romania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Virgil Eugen Ghiță (born 4 June 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Ekstraklasa club Cracovia and the Romania national team.[1]

International career

He made his debut for the Romania national football team on 5 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Liechtenstein, a 2–0 home victory. He substituted Ionuț Nedelcearu in the 79th minute.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 December 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viitorul Constanța 2017–18 Liga I 8 1 2 0 0 0 10 1
2018–19 Liga I 20 1 6 2 0 0 26 3
2019–20 Liga I 27 4 0 0 2[b] 0 29 4
2020–21 Liga I 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Total 69 6 8 2 2 0 79 8
Farul Constanța 2021–22 Liga I 24 2 1 0 — 25 2
Cracovia 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 10 0 — — 10 0
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 34 3 2 1 — 36 4
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 29 4 2 0 — 31 4
2024–25 Ekstraklasa 16 3 1 1 — 17 4
Total 89 10 5 2 0 0 94 12
Career total 182 18 14 4 2 0 198 22
  1. ^ Includes Cupa României, Polish Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 12 October 2024.[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2021 1 0
2024 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Viitorul Constanța

References

  1. ^ "Virgil Ghita nowym zawodnikiem Pasów!" (in Polish). Cracovia. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Romania v Liechtenstein game report". FIFA. 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ Virgil Ghiță at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Virgil Ghiță". European Football. Retrieved 3 June 2021.


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