Valerică Găman

Valerică Găman
Găman with Romania in 2012
Personal information
Full name Valerică Marius Găman
Date of birth (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989
Place of birth Băilești, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea II Craiova (sporting director)
Youth career
–2006 FC Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 90 (3)
2011 Dinamo București 6 (0)
2011–2016 Astra Giurgiu 126 (15)
2016–2018 Karabükspor 27 (0)
2018 FCSB 5 (0)
2018–2019 Al-Shabab 27 (1)
2020–2021 Astra Giurgiu 25 (1)
2021–2023 Universitatea Craiova 32 (0)
2023–2025 Hermannstadt 55 (2)
Total 393 (22)
International career
2009–2010 Romania U21 16 (3)
2011–2017 Romania 14 (1)
Managerial career
2026– Universitatea II Craiova (sporting director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valerică Marius Găman (born 25 February 1989) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, currently sporting director at Liga III club Universitatea II Craiova.[1]

Club career

Universitatea Craiova

Găman was the captain of Universitatea Craiova and a regular player for Romania U21. In February 2011 he was declared free agent, but in the meantime he signed a new contract with U Craiova, from 1 July 2011. So he played in the Spring of 2011 for Dinamo București, and returned to Craiova in July.

Astra Giurgiu

Following the disaffiliation of Universitatea, Găman was again declared free agent and signed on 3 August 2011, a contract for five years with Astra Giurgiu.[2]

Personal life

He has two brothers, one of them is Robert Irinel who was also a footballer at Universitatea Craiova and the other one is George who is a football referee.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2025[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Universitatea Craiova 2006–07 Liga I 3000———30
2007–08 Liga I 8000———80
2008–09 Liga I 33100———331
2009–10 Liga I 29120———311
2010–11 Liga I 17131———202
Total 90351———954
Dinamo București 2010–11 Liga I 6020———80
Astra Giurgiu 2011–12 Liga I 27320———293
2012–13 Liga I 27221———293
2013–14 Liga I 27150—4[c]1—362
2014–15 Liga I 17300202[c]01[d]0223
2015–16 Liga I 28600106[c]0—356
Total 1261591301211015117
Karabükspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 17000———170
2017–18 Süper Lig 10010———110
Total 27010———280
FCSB 2017–18 Liga I 5000—2[c]0—70
Al-Shabab 2018–19 Saudi Professional League 27110———281
Astra Giurgiu 2020–21 Liga I 25131———282
Universitatea Craiova 2021–22 Liga I 17010—1[e]01[d]0200
2022–23 Liga I 15021—3[e]1—202
Total 32031—4110402
Hermannstadt 2023–24 Liga I 32220———342
2024–25 Liga I 23020———250
Total 55240———592
Career total 39322284301822044428

International

As of 4 September 2017
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 201120
201271
201320
201410
201610
201710
Total141
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Găman goal.
List of international goals scored by Valerică Găman
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 September 2012Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Andorra3–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Dinamo București

Astra Giurgiu

Universitatea Craiova

Hermannstadt

References

  1. ↑ "Valerică Găman a semnat în Liga 1 » Unde a ajuns fostul fundaș de la FCSB și CSU Craiova".
  2. ↑ Marius Șumudică preia un lot cu noutăți Găman și Bărboianu Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Craiova: Walter, vânătorul Ştiinţei. Vezi povestea celor trei fraţi Găman" [Craiova: Walter, Ştiinţa's hunter. See the story of the three Gaman brothers] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Valerică Găman at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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