Alexandru Pițurcă

Alexandru Pițurcă
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Victorio Pițurcă
Date of birth (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1993–2000 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Steaua București 19 (1)
2003 → Jahn Regensburg (loan) 0 (0)
2003 → Jahn Regensburg II (loan) 6 (2)
2004–2005 FC Caracal 27 (8)
2005–2006 Universitatea Craiova 11 (0)
2006–2007 CSKA Sofia 4 (2)
2007–2009 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 51 (8)
2009–2010 FC Brașov 5 (0)
2010–2011 Universitatea Craiova 25 (6)
2011 Khazar Lankaran 4 (0)
Total 279 (27)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Victorio Pițurcă (born 28 October 1983) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Pițurcă was born on 28 October 1983 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1993 at Steaua București.[1] He made his Divizia A debut on 13 June 2001, playing under the guidance of his father Victor in a 3–3 draw against Argeș Pitești in which he scored one goal.[1][2][3] That was his only appearance, as the team won the title at the end of the season.[1][2] He won another trophy when his father sent him in extra time to replace Adrian Neaga in the 2–1 win over rivals Dinamo București in the 2001 Supercupa României.[1][4] Afterwards, Pițurcă made two appearances in the 2001–02 Champions League qualifying rounds, helping them get past Sloga Jugomagnat, but got eliminated in the following round by Dynamo Kyiv.[1][5] He was loaned in 2003 to 2. Bundesliga team Jahn Regensburg, but played there only for the club's satellite team.[1]

From 2004 until 2006 he spent two seasons in Divizia B at FC Caracal and Universitatea Craiova, helping the latter win promotion to Divizia A.[1] In 2006 Pițurcă signed with CSKA Sofia, where he played alongside fellow Romanians Florentin Petre and Eugen Trică.[1][6] He made his debut in the Bulgarian league on 1 October 2006 when coach Plamen Markov sent him in the 68th minute to replace Robert Petrov in a 1–0 away loss to Botev Plovdiv.[7][8] On 28 October he scored a brace in a 6–0 win over Chernomorets Burgas.[7] Those were his only goals in the four league appearances he made for CSKA.[1][7] In the following years he went to play in the Romanian first league for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Brașov and Universitatea Craiova.[1] At the latter, on 14 November 2010, he netted a double in a 2–2 draw against Dinamo.[9] On 3 December 2010, he made his last Divizia A appearance in "U" Craiova's 2–1 away loss to CFR Cluj, totaling 100 matches with 15 goals in the competition.[1] Pițurcă retired in 2011 at age 27, after playing in the Azerbaijan Premier League for Khazar Lankaran under coach Mircea Rednic.[1][10]

Personal life

His father, Victor, was a footballer and a coach.[3][11]

Honours

Steaua București

Universitatea Craiova

Khazar Lankaran

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Alexandru Pițurcă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Alexandru Pițurcă: "Nu mă compar cu tata!"" [Alexandru Pițurcă: "I can't compare myself with my father!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Romanian Supercup – Season 2001". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Alexandru Pițurcă. Champions League Qual. 2001/2002". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
    "Steaua – Dinamo Kiev 2-4 (8 august 2001)" [Steaua – Dinamo Kiev 2-4 (8 August 2001)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Adevărul i-a vizitat pe românii de la ŢSKA Sofia" [Adevărul visited the Romanians from ŢSKA Sofia] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Alexandru Pițurcă profile". Fccska.com. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Botev 1912 (Plovdiv) — CSKA (Sofia)". Fccska.com. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Dubla lui Alex Pițurcă i-a adus Craiovei un punct în "Ștefan cel Mare". "Muică, tată!"" [Alex Pițurcă's double brought Craiova a point in "Ștefan cel Mare". "Mom, dad!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
    "FC Dinamo București - FC Universitatea Craiova 2:2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Alex Pițurcă, la Khazar Lankaran" [Alex Pițurcă, at Khazar Lankaran] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
    "Pițurcă jr. s-a lăsat de fotbal la 27 de ani și s-a apucat de poker!" [Pițurcă jr. quit football at the age of 27 and started playing poker!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Alexandru Pițurcă, program separat de pregătire: "Tata e dur cu mine"" [Alexandru Pițurcă, separate training schedule: "My father is tough with me"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
    "SPECIAL Situație de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câștigarea titlului cu Astra. De la frații Vâlcov, la frații Costea și familia Pițurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Pițurcă family] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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