Cătălin Itu

Cătălin Itu
Personal information
Full name Cătălin Mihai Itu
Date of birth (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999
Place of birth Dej, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 67
Youth career
2012–2016 Unirea Dej
2016–2017 Gheorghe Hagi Academy
2017–2018 Unirea Dej
2018–2019 CFR Cluj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 CFR Cluj 61 (7)
2021 → Dinamo București (loan) 13 (0)
2023 → Politehnica Iași (loan) 12 (2)
2023–2024 Politehnica Iași 23 (1)
2025 Krumovgrad 17 (3)
2025–2026 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 34 (3)
2026– CSKA Sofia 1 (0)
International career
2019–2021 Romania U21 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:47, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Cătălin Mihai Itu (born 26 October 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia.

Club career

Itu made his debut in the Liga I for CFR Cluj on 19 May 2019, in a 1–0 loss to FCSB.[1] In January 2025, he signed a contract with Bulgarian First League club Krumovgrad.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 August 2026[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CFR Cluj 2018–19 Liga I 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2019–20 33 4 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 34 4
2020–21 24 3 0 0 5[c] 0 0 0 29 3
2021–22 3 0 – 1[d] 0 0 0 4 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 61 7 0 0 6 0 1 0 68 7
Dinamo București (loan) 2021–22 Liga I 13 0 2 0 – – 15 0
Politehnica Iași (loan) 2022–23 Liga II 12 2 – – – 12 2
Politehnica Iași 2023–24 Liga I 17 1 1 0 – – 18 1
2024–25 6 0 2 0 – – 8 0
Total 35 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 38 3
Krumovgrad 2024–25 Bulgarian First League 17 3 – – – 17 3
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2025–26 Bulgarian First League 30 3 5 4 – 1[e] 0 36 7
2026–27 4 0 0 0 – – 4 0
Total 34 3 5 4 0 0 1 0 40 7
CSKA Sofia 2026–27 Bulgarian First League 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Career Total 161 16 10 4 8 0 2 0 181 20
  1. ↑ Includes Cupa României, Bulgarian Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in Bulgarian First League European play-offs

Honours

CFR Cluj[3]

Politehnica Iași

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

References

  1. ↑ "Dejeanul Cătălin Itu, debut în Liga I în tricoul celor de la CFR Cluj". dej24.ro.
  2. ↑ Popov, Krasimir (22 January 2025). "Халф с четири титла на Румъния подписа с Крумовград" (in Bulgarian). eurocom.bg. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 Cătălin Itu at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "FOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj a câștigat Supercupa României!" [PHOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj won the Romanian Supercup!] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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