Liviu Antal

Liviu Ion Antal (born 2 June 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Romanian club UTA Arad.

Liviu Antal
Antal playing for Oțelul Galați in 2010
Personal information
Full name Liviu Ion Antal
Date of birth (1989-06-02) 2 June 1989
Place of birth Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 UTA Arad
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2007 LPS Bihorul Oradea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Concordia Chiajna 21 (2)
2008–2009 Târgu Mureș 26 (6)
2009–2012 Oțelul Galați 83 (16)
2012–2014 Vaslui 63 (21)
2014–2015 Gençlerbirliği 9 (1)
2015 → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 14 (3)
2015–2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 (2)
2016–2017 → Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) 24 (5)
2017 CFR Cluj 7 (0)
2017–2021 Žalgiris 85 (48)
2021– UTA Arad 1 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Romania U21 2 (0)
2011 Romania 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2011

He was the top goalscorer of the 2013–14 Liga I, as he netted fifteen times for Vaslui which was relegated at the end of the season due to financial issues.[1] After moving abroad and having brief spells in Turkey and Israel, he repeated the performance with Lithuanian side Žalgiris in 2018.

Club career

Oțelul Galați

He was a very important player for Oțelul Galați helping the team win their first title in the 2010–11 season. He then played in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League season against teams like Manchester United, S.L. Benfica or FC Basel.

Vaslui

On 14 June 2012, Antal signed a 4-year deal with FC Vaslui. He scored his first goal for FC Vaslui on 1 August 2012 in a 1–1 draw against Fenerbahce in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Gençlerbirliği

In July 2014, Antal started his first experience abroad. After FC Vaslui declared bankruptcy, Antal became a free agent and signed a contract with the Turkish side Gençlerbirliği. He made his debut for the club coming on as a 67' substitute on 13 September 2014. He scored his first goal for the club on 25 October 2014 against Fenerbahce.[2]

Beitar Jerusalem

On 1 February 2015, Antal signed a 1-year deal with Beitar Jerusalem F.C.. Antal made his debut for the club that same week in an away game at Hapoel Haifa, scoring Beitar's second goal from a penalty as Beitar went on to win 4–3.

Žalgiris Vilnius

Antal signed for Vilnius-based club on 20 June 2017.[3] He agreed to 1,5 years deal with Lithuanian champions.[4]

International career

Antal made his debut for the Romanian national team at the age of 22 in 2011 in a friendly game against Paraguay.

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 November 2019[5]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Concordia Chiajna 2007–08 21220––232
Total 21220––232
FCM Târgu Mureş 2008–09 26630––296
Total 26630––296
Oțelul Galați 2009–10 25510––265
2010–11 28710––297
2011–12 304326110407
Total 83165261109519
Vaslui 2012–13 3151041–366
2013–14 321521––3416
Total 63203141–7022
Gençlerbirliği 2014–15 9153––144
Total 9153––144
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2015–16 16210––172
Total 16210––172
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2015–16 113–––113
2016–17 132–––132
Total 245–––245
CFR Cluj 2016–17 7000––70
Total 7000––70
Žalgiris 2017 1243110–165
2018 28234463–3830
2019 28152321103319
2020 17 6 3 0 2 2 1 0 23 8
Total 85481281162011062
UTA Arad 2020–21 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Career total 334100311421830388122

Honours

Club

Oțelul Galați

Žalgiris

Individual

References
  1. "Liviu Antal, golgheterul Ligii 1 cu doar 15 goluri" (in Romanian). ProSport. 22 May 2014.
  2. "Gençlerbirliği Liviu Antal'ı transfer etti" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 18 July 2014.
  3. "Žalgiris signed experienced Romanian winger". FK Žalgiris. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. Nedelea, Vlad (20 June 2017). "EXCLUSIV Duelul românilor în Champions League! Un fost fotbalist de la CFR a semnat cu o campioană din Europa și va da piept cu Keșeru și Moți". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. Liviu Antal at Soccerway
  6. "A Lygos Rinktinė 2018 Sezono". Facebook (in Lithuanian). A Lyga. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  7. "Gegužės žaidėjo laurai atiteko Liviu Antaliui" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. "Žurnalistai geriausiu rugpjūčio žaidėju išrinko Liviu Antalį" (in Lithuanian). Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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