Darius Olaru

Darius Dumitru Olaru (born 3 March 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Liga I club FCSB as an attacking midfielder or a winger.

Darius Olaru
Personal information
Full name Darius Dumitru Olaru
Date of birth (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998
Place of birth Mediaș, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 FCSB
Number 27
Youth career
2008–2011 CSȘ Mediaș
2011–2015 Gaz Metan Mediaș
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Gaz Metan Mediaș 113 (11)
2020– FCSB 23 (5)
National team‡
2018– Romania U21 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Olaru made over 100 appearances in the Romanian first league for hometown team Gaz Metan Mediaș, before transferring to FCSB at the start of 2020.

Club career

Gaz Metan Mediaș

Olaru made his senior debut for Gaz Metan Mediaș on 29 August 2015, appearing in a second division 2–1 away win over UTA Arad.[2] He amassed twelve games and scored two goals in that season, as his hometown club returned to the Liga I after just one year of absence.[3]

He recorded his debut in the latter competition on 19 September 2016, in a 2–0 victory against defending champions Astra Giurgiu. On 23 May 2017, Olaru scored his first league goal from the penalty spot in a 3–0 defeat of Concordia Chiajna.[4] In early 2018, he signed a precontract with fellow Liga I side FCSB, but the move initially fell through after a transfer fee could not be agreed upon.[5]

In May the following year, FCSB reinstated its interest and signed Olaru for an undisclosed sum, with the deal seeing him join up with the squad at the start of 2020.[6][7] The Bucharest-based club reportedly outbid rival side CFR Cluj for the transfer of the player, where he was highly regarded by manager Dan Petrescu.[8]

FCSB

Olaru was officially unveiled as a FCSB player on 7 January 2020, and he was assigned the number 27 jersey.[9] On his second appearance for the Roș-albaștrii on 6 February, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win against FC Voluntari.[10]

International career

Olaru received his first call-up for the Romania national under-21 team in September 2018.[11] On 15 November that year, he scored in a 3–3 friendly draw with Belgium in Cluj-Napoca.[12] Olaru was consequently selected by Mirel Rădoi in Romania's squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he played two matches in the group stage. He was an unused substitute as his nation exited the competition after a 2–4 defeat to Germany in the semi-finals.[13]

Personal life

Olaru's parents left Romania in order to work abroad and got divorced at some point during his childhood, leaving him mainly in the care of his grandparents. He stated that he was an ardent supporter of Dinamo București growing up.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 December 2020[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2015–16 12200–––122
2016–17 1011010––121
2017–18 36140–––401
2018–19 34410–––354
2019–20 21300–––213
Total 113116010––––12011
FCSB 2019–20 12241–––163
2020–21 11 3 0 0 – 1 1 0 0 12 4
Total 23 5 4 1 – 1 1 0 0 28 7
Career total 1361610110110014818

Honours

Club

FCSB

References
  1. "OLARU DARIUS DUMITRU" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. "Medieşanul component al naţionalei României U18, Darius Olaru : „Cu fiecare evoluție pe care o am simt că mi se împlinește visul sa devin fotbalist"" [The Mediaș native who is part of the Romania national U18 squad, Darius Olaru: "With every match I play I feel closer to fulfilling my dream of becoming a footballer"] (in Romanian). Sibiu 100%. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. "Gaz Metan Mediaş a obţinut promovarea în Liga I în ultima etapă a play-off-ului eşalonului secund" [Gaz Metan Mediaș obtained the Liga I promotion in the last fixture of the second division's play-off round] (in Romanian). News.ro. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. "Gaz Metan - Concordia Chiajna 3-0 și ilfovenii au tot mai mari emoții cu retrogradarea" [Gaz Metan - Concordia Chiajna 3–0 and "the Ilfov people" are close to relegation]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. "Încă o lovitură pentru Gigi Becali! Darius Olaru: „E adevărat că am semnat un precontract cu FCSB!"" [Another hit for Gigi Becali! Darius Olaru: "It's true that I've signed a precontract with FCSB!"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. "FCSB a transferat un fotbalist din lotul convocat de Rădoi la Euro 2019" [FCSB transferred a player that is selected in Rădoi's Euro 2019 squad]. ProSport (in Romanian). 20 May 2019.
  7. "Gaz Metan a dezvăluit contractul cu Gigi Becali: „Am făcut un «deal» bun"" [Gaz Metan revealed the contract it made with Gigi Becali: "It was a good deal"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 22 May 2019.
  8. "Lovitura pe care FCSB i-a dat-o lui CFR Cluj! Dan Petrescu: "Este jucătorul pe care-l doream cel mai mult!"" [The hit that CFR Cluj got from FCSB! Dan Petrescu: "He is the player I wanted the most!"] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. "Bine ai venit, Darius Olaru!" [Welcome, Darius Olaru!] (in Romanian). FCSB. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  10. "Golazo Darius Olaru la primul meci ca titular la FCSB! Mijlocaşul a prins un voleu de senzaţie" [Golazo from Darius Olaru on his first start at FCSB! The midfielder scored an amazing volley] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  11. "INTERVIU cu Darius Olaru: "Regula U21 m-a ajutat să ajung la națională"" [INTERVIEW of Darius Olaru: "The under-21 rule helped me to get convoked to the national team"] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  12. "ROMÂNIA U21 - BELGIA U21 3-3 // Darius Olaru, eroul revenirii "tricolorilor": "E cel mai bun grup în care am fost vreodată. Vreau să rămân în el"" [ROMANIA U21 - BELGIUM U21 3–3 // Darius Olaru, the comeback hero of "the Tricolours": "It's the best group I was ever in. I want to stay"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  13. "Germany 4–2 Romania". UEFA.com. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  14. "Darius Olaru, povestea impresionantă a noii vedete. Crescut fără părinți de bunicii mamei. Bunica a murit recent!" [Darius Olaru, the impressive story of the new star. He was raised by his mother's parents. The grandmother passed away recently] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  15. Darius Olaru at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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