Gheorghe Grozav

Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe teˈodor groˈzav]; born 29 September 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Gheorghe Grozav
Grozav playing for Terek Grozny in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Teodor Grozav
Date of birth (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990
Place of birth Alba Iulia, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Diósgyőri VTK
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Unirea Alba Iulia 61 (14)
2010–2012 Standard Liège 15 (0)
2011–2012 → Universitatea Cluj (loan) 24 (6)
2012–2013 Petrolul Ploiești 36 (10)
2013–2017 Terek Grozny 45 (7)
2015 → Dinamo București (loan) 11 (3)
2017–2018 Karabükspor 14 (2)
2018 Bursaspor 8 (0)
2018 Dinamo București 3 (0)
2019–2020 Kisvárda 40 (13)
2020– Diósgyőr 13 (3)
National team‡
2009–2011 Romania U21 5 (1)
2012– Romania 29 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2019

Club career

Unirea Alba Iulia

Grozav started his career at his hometown club Unirea Alba Iulia, playing his first match in the 2007–08 Liga II season. In the summer of 2009, after two years in the Romanian Liga II, Grozav wanted to score a move away at Standard Liège as a free agent. He was later forced by UEFA to sign for another three years with the club for which he was a junior.[1]

On 1 September 2009, Gicu Grozav made his Liga I debut in a 1–0 defeat against FC Brașov.

Standard Liège

László Bölöni eventually brought Grozav to Belgium in January 2010, signing for Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, whilst Unirea Alba Iulia retained 15% of the players rights.[2] He got limited playing time in his first two years with the team, only making 15 league appearances.

For the 2011–12 season Grozav was transferred to Liga I team Universitatea Cluj on a one-year loan move.[3] He refound his form here as he helped his team to an eighth-place finish.

Petrolul Ploiești

In the summer of 2012 Gicu Grozav signed a three-year contract with Petrolul Ploiești after a number of his teammates also signed with the Yellow Wolves.[4] On 8 August 2013, he scored the decisive goal against Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem in the 95th minute to make sure Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Europa League last preliminary round for the first time in the club's history.[5] On 25 August 2013, Grozav scored a consolation goal with a superb overhead kick at Swansea City in the play-off.[6]

Terek Grozny

On 28 August 2013 he joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny[7] for a rumoured fee of €2.1 million.[8]

On 2 February 2015, Grozav once again returned to Romania, signing for Dinamo București on loan.

Karabükspor

On 27 July 2017, Grozav joined Turkish Süper Lig side Kardemir Karabükspor on a three-year contract.[9] On 19 August, he scored on his league debut for the club in a 3–1 home win over İstanbul Başakşehir.

Bursaspor

Grozav was signed by Bursaspor on a six-month contract with the option of another two years on 17 January 2018.[10]

FC Dinamo București

On 2 October 2018, Grozav signed for FC Dinamo București.[11] He was released from his contract on 2 November, after he missed a Panenka style penalty shootout kick and Dinamo was eliminated from the Romanian Cup against third tier opponent AFK Csíkszereda.

Kisvárda FC

On 16 January 2019, Grozav signed for Kisvárda FC.[12] On 31 March 2020, Kisvárda terminated Grozav's contract when he and teammate Iasmin Latovlevici left for Romania without permission during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

International career
Grozav against Austria in June 2012.

Grozav made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Switzerland on 30 May 2012, where he scored the winning goal.[14] This was the first-ever goal scored for the full side by a player born after the Romanian Revolution. On 12 October 2012, Grozav netted the only goal of a 1–0 victory over Turkey at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium.[15]

Personal life

Grozav's uncle, Cornel Țălnar, is a former footballer and a coach.[16][17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 7 May 2017[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unirea Alba Iulia
2007–08 1562100177
2008–09 3160000316
2009–10 1621000172
Total 611431006415
Standard Liège
2009–10 50001060
2010–11 1000000100
Total 1500010160
Universitatea Cluj (loan)
2011–12 2461000256
Total 2461000256
Petrolul Ploiești
2012–13 3194000359
2013–14 511056117
Total 361050564516
Terek Grozny
2013–14 703100101
2014–15 00000000
2015–16 1823000212
2016–17 2152000235
Total 4678100548
Dinamo București (loan) 2014–15 1132100134
Career total 193401936621849

International
As of 8 September 2019[19]
National teamYearAppsGoalsRatio
Romania
2012830.38
2013900.00
2014100.00
2015000.00
2016100.00
2017520.40
2018400.00
2019200.00
Total3050.16

International goals
As of 9 November 2017 (Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Grozav goal)[19]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 May 2012Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland1  Switzerland1–01–0Friendly
2 15 August 2012Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia3 Slovenia3–43–4Friendly
3 12 October 2012Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey6 Turkey1–01–02014 World Cup qualification
4 9 November 2017Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania22 Turkey1–02–0Friendly
5 2–0

Honours

Club
Unirea Alba Iulia
Standard Liège
Petrolul Ploiești

References
  1. "Gicu Grozav a revenit la FC Unirea!". informatiadealba.ro (in Romanian). 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. "Standard wil transfers Camara en Grozav afronden". voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). 11 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. "Gheorghe Grozav revine pentru un an în Liga I". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 4 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. "Grozav a semnat un contract pe trei ani cu Petrolul Ploieşti". Digi24 (in Romanian). 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  5. "Vitesse vs. Petrolul Ploieşti 1–2". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. "Tottenham and Swansea cruise". ESPN FC. 22 August 2013.
  7. Грозав и Бокила подписали контракты с "Тереком" и присоединились к команде (in Russian). championat.com. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. "EXCLUSIV – Augsburg a încercat să blocheze transferul lui Grozav la Terek, dar vârful a plecat astăzi în Rusia! Ce ofereau germanii" (in Romanian). Prosport. 29 August 2013.
  9. "Gheorghe Grozav Kardemir Karabükspor'da". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 27 July 2017.
  10. "Gheorghe Grozav ile Anlaşma Sağlandı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. "OFICIAL. Gheorghe GROZAV la Dinamo" (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  12. "NB I: 27-szeres román válogatott játékost igazolt a Kisvárda" (in Hungarian). nso.hu. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  13. "Kisvárda: Grozav és honfitársa hazament Romániába, szerződést bontottak velük" (in Hungarian). nso.hu. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  14. "Naţionala GROZAVĂ! Revanşă după 18 ani: Elveţia – România 0–1". ProSport (in Romanian). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  15. "Grozav şi Pintilii, mîndri de succesul cu Turcia: "I-am bătut la Rovine, i-am bătut şi la Istanbul!"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 13 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  16. "Gicuuuu Grozav! Povestea puştiului capricios care bea şampanie pentru copii, merge la cosmetică şi creşte găini indiene" [Gicuuuu Grozav! The story of the capricious kid who drinks champagne for children, goes to cosmetics and takes care of Indian hens] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  17. "Nepotul lui Cornel Ţălnar va veni la Dinamo sub formă de împrumut" [Cornel Ţălnar's nephew will come to Dinamo on loan] (in Romanian). click.ro. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  18. Gheorghe Grozav at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  19. "Gheorghe Grozav". European Football. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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